Make-Up and Hairstyling Shortlist

Seven films advance to compete for the Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Oscar.  This is the category that in years past have made films like Click, Norbit and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Oscar nominees.  With that a sign must be expressed before reading the list.  The films advancing are:

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Maleficent
• Noah
• The Theory of Everything

Aw, relief, sort of.  Nothing too extreme or embarrassing to report, even though The Amazing Spider-Man 2 still sucks...and Maleficent and Noah (one was expected, the other, perhaps not) are meh, at best, even considering strong presumably CGI-enhanced design elements.  Strangely no Into the Woods, no Unbroken (all the wound make-up) and, shudder, no Snowpiercer, a film that should (but won't) deal with the technical branches of the Academy.  At least Tilda Swinton showed up in some form.

Cannes Film Festival Winners

PALME D'OR: Winter Sleep- directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
GRAND PRIX: The Wonders- directed by Alice Rohrwacher
PRIX DU JURY: (tie) Mommy- directed by Xavier Dolan; Goodbye to Language- directed by Jean-Luc Godard
BEST DIRECTOR: Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
BEST ACTOR: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
BEST SCREENPLAY: Leviathan- Andrei Zvyagintsev
CAMERA D'OR: Party Girl- directed by Marie Amachoukili-Barsacq, Claire Burger & Samuel Theis

Cannes 2014 has selected its winners from a jury headed by Jane Campion.  In the end it was longtime Palme D'Or bridesmaid Ceylan that won the big prize, while the rest of the field was an eclectic assortment of newbies (Dolan), legends (Godard) and Oscar hopefuls (Miller, Spall.)  Oh, and wait...the great Julianne Moore won Best Actress for playing a has-been actress in David Croenberg's gonzo Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars!!!!!!!!!!!  As an aside, Moore, while never an Oscar winner despite four nominations and two absolute deserved wins, joins an elite club that  Juliette Binoche (also in Cannes this year with Clouds of Sils Maria), Sean Penn, Isabelle Huppert and Jack Lemmon are the only members of-- the Triple Crown winners of the festival circuit, winning Cannes, Venice and Berlin.  Moore won Venice for Far From Heaven and shared the Berlin actress prize with The Hours co-stars Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.

Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
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arie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
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arie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
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2014 Cannes Film Festival Line-Up

OPENING NIGHT
Grace of Monaco- directed by Olivier Dahan (USA/France)- out of competition

IN COMPETITION
Adieu au Language (Goodbye to Language)- directed by Jean-Luc Godard (France)
The Captive- directed by Atom Egoyan (Canada)
Clouds of Sils Maria- directed by Olivier Assayas (France/Germany)
Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)- directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)
Foxcatcher- directed by Bennett Miller (USA)
Futatsume No Mado (Still the Water)- directed by Naomi Kawase (Japan)
The Homesman- directed by Tommy Lee Jones (USA)
Jimmy's Hall- directed by Ken Loach (UK/Ireland)
Le Meraviglie- directed by Alice Rohrwacher (Italy)
Leviafan- directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia)
Maps to the Stars- directed by David Croenberg (Canada/USA)
Mommy- directed by Xavier Dolan (Canada/France)
Mr. Turner- directed by Mike Leigh (UK)
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales)- directed by Damián Szifron (Argentina)
Saint Laurent- directed by Bertrand Bonello (France)
The Search- directed by Michel Hazanavicius (France)
Timbuktu- directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Winter Sleep- directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)