Il Racconto dei Racconti / Tale of Tales, dir. Matteo Garrone, Italy, 2015 - 68e Festival De Cannes Competition  Martin I. Petrov     A composition of stories we’ve heard and fruitful thoughts of fairytale dreams - in the Tale of Tales, Matteo Garrone gets something new, something old and something borrowed in an attempt to create an adventurous epos.  The Italian director of Gomorrah and Reality returns to the Croisette, this year in Competition with Il Racconto...

    Tale of Tales Press Conference There was a fully packed audience at the Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone) press conference as moviegoers prepare for it's premiere today. Loosely based on Giambattista Basile's collection of stories from the 17th century, the film focuses on the Queen of Longtrellis (Salma Hayek) who is desperately trying to conceive a child. The fantasy fairytale, though not aimed for a children's audience, also stars Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, and Jo...

    Despite murmurs of criticism amongst festival regulars, George Miller’s “Mad Max” looks to be a thrilling two hour kickoff for Thursdays big day of films. The movie looks to be a 2 hour long chase filled with explosions, killer Tom Hardy one liners and A-list acting from the beautiful Charlize Theron. The film will be followed by Matteo Garrones “Il Racconto Dei Racconti”, which has created quite a bit of excitement in the film world. The cinematog...