Bonello

This film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello is set almost entirely in a brothel at the turn of the 20th century.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Five: Can Cannes Handle A Truly Fun Film? "The Artist" Debuts Michael Giltz 2011

I don't know or care what Bonello thinks, since he barely created any characters I could care about or a story that did more than meander along.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Five: Can Cannes Handle A Truly Fun Film? "The Artist" Debuts Michael Giltz 2011

Bonello might have been saying "pity the poor prostitute" the film ends with a flash forward to the present when we see the same actresses playing streetwalkers or it might just as easily have been comparing the camaraderie found in a brothel compared to the shameful degradation of the streets and calling for a return to legalized bordellos.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Five: Can Cannes Handle A Truly Fun Film? "The Artist" Debuts Michael Giltz 2011

The instant general dismissal of this opiated Bertrand Bonello movie seems premature to me.

Antisemitism, paedophilia, sex and talking beavers: Cannes film festival 2011 round-up§ 2011

I don't know or care what Bonello thinks, since he barely created any characters I could care about or a story that did more than meander along.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Five: Can Cannes Handle A Truly Fun Film? "The Artist" Debuts Michael Giltz 2011

This film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello is set almost entirely in a brothel at the turn of the 20th century.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Five: Can Cannes Handle A Truly Fun Film? "The Artist" Debuts Michael Giltz 2011

Bonello might have been saying "pity the poor prostitute" the film ends with a flash forward to the present when we see the same actresses playing streetwalkers or it might just as easily have been comparing the camaraderie found in a brothel compared to the shameful degradation of the streets and calling for a return to legalized bordellos.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Five: Can Cannes Handle A Truly Fun Film? "The Artist" Debuts Michael Giltz 2011

And during those years, I also was helped by many at Alger, including Christina Halpern and Charles Bonello.

Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009

And during those years, I also was helped by many at Alger, including Christina Halpern and Charles Bonello.

Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009

And during those years, I also was helped by many at Alger, including Christina Halpern and Charles Bonello.

Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009