The Assassin / Top 5 Cannes Best Director Winners / Junun

The Assassin / Top 5 Cannes Best Director Winners / Junun

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The Cannes Film Festival has awarded a Best Director Prize since the festival’s second year, 1946. For this week’s Top 5, Adam and Josh pick their favorite winners of the Prix de la mise en scène and review the film that won this year’s prize, THE ASSASSIN, from Taiwan’s Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Plus, some thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s JUNUN.

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0:00-2:51 - Billboard / MUBI

2:51-20:57 - Review: “The Assassin”

The Surface of the Deep, “Poetry”

21:57-38:19 - Notes / Polls

38:19-45:55 - AK Recommends: “Junun”

Jonny Greenwood, et al, “Roked” (Junun)

46:30-53:13 - Donations

53:13-1:21:17 - Top 5: Cannes Director Winners

1:21:17-1:24:06 - Close

MUSIC

- The Surface of the Deep

LINKS

- Josh’s “Movies Are Prayers” Tumblr

- Labuza’s interview w/ Hou Hsiao-Hsien

- “Junun” on MUBI

- John DeCarli’s review of “Junun”

- Cannes Best Director Winners