Criticwire at Cannes: The Top Films and Performances Poll

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• Jordan Mintzer | June 12, 2012 11:16 AMReply

  With the exception of Pablo Larrain's "No," I find it rather disappointing that this poll hardly bothers to mention or rate films that screened in the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week sidebars. How can one offer an opinion or wrap-up of Cannes by only covering the Official Selection and practically ignorning the other sections entirely? Haneke, Carax, Audiard, Reygadas, Weerasethakul, Nichols, Dolan and Loach all premiered their earliest works in either the DF or CW, and it's unfortunate that the critics surveyed here seemed to limit their coverage to the tenured auteurs of the Official Selection rather than seeking out those of the next generation at the Palais Stephanie or the Miramar...

• ligya | June 10, 2012 2:50 PMReply

  mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi Robert Pattinson
  mimimimmimmimimimimimi robert Pattinson

• carol | June 1, 2012 11:57 AMReply

  Falta robert pattinson , su trabajo fue espectacular!

• MDL | May 29, 2012 11:39 PMReply

  It's because critics are sheep too. Consensus is often built within a critical enclave that becomes a consensus because they say it is.

• d | June 3, 2012 4:42 AM

  What? Um, no one here said he was bad, nor did anyone say that that was the consensus. In fact, I know of several critics who thought he was quite good. As you can see, there's no consensus at all regarding Cosmopolis. Some found it disappointing, others put it in their top 5. Just because your favorite actor didn't happen to make it into any top 5 performance lists doesn't mean they all decided he was bad, just that they liked 5 other performances they saw at the festival a little better.

• betty b | May 30, 2012 12:42 AM

  Ditto to the 10th Power !

• Elaine | May 29, 2012 3:09 PMReply

  I honestly do not understand how there are not more mentions of Pattinson. He did a superb job.