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...Decisions, decisions. That is the lot of a journalist covering the Cannes Film Festival, which is one part high art, the rest low hype. This morning, for instance, provided a wrenching dilemma. See the new film by Hou Hsiao-hsien, the world-renowned Taiwanese auteur of demanding minimalist dramas? Or attend a promotion for the DreamWorks computer-animated comedy Bee Movie, starring and thought up by Jerry Seinfeld? I went with the bees...
...fine wines when we're not testing the films on view. Once again we'll be filing daily dispatches on the movies, press conferences, parties and other events of this, the 60th Cannes Film Festival. When the new works of the Coen brothers, Emir Kusturica, Gus Van Sant, Hou Hsiao-hsien and other world-class directors are shown, we'll report on them. When Brangelina comes calling, for their respective films (Ocean's Thirteen and A Mighty Heart), we'll be in the mob trying to ask them questions. If Michael Moore is arrested by the U.S. government...
...Dardenne’s Palm d’Or winner “L’Enfant” nomination? Where is Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” honor? Where is the recognition for Korean director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “Three Times”? You can’t complain that the films are too hard to find in the U.S.—all three are already available on Netflix. Look out, Academy members—I might have to sic my international...
...Liang Hou: "After the disaster, people want to be closer to the gods, closer to what they believe, and most importantly closer to each other," says Shanghai-based architect Liang Hou. His proposal, a Stonehenge-like structure of massive white blocks, forms an abstract, architectural sculpture of people dancing in a circle...
...Hou sees it, guest workers would send remittances back to the Solomons and return home with improved skills. Well-designed temporary labor and permanent migration schemes, he argues, offer the best long-term options for poor and rich economies alike: "For one thing, Australia won't need to keep paying aid money, and it will get the benefit of the labor." At last week's Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Papua New Guinea, the 16 member states agreed to an extensive reform plan on economic integration, governance and security. But Prime Minister John Howard, reflecting longstanding opposition to guest workers...