Richard Porton is one of the editors of Cineaste magazine and has written on film for Cinema Scope, In These Times, and Moving Image Source. His anthology On Film Festivals (Wallflower Press) was published in 2009.
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Palme d’Or Winner Isn’t Porn
Richard Porton on the surprisingly hostile reaction to Palme d’Or winner ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color.... MORE
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Cannes's Great Directors Polanski and Jarmusch
The two great directors both have films at the famous French festival, but neither quite succeeds. MORE
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Cannes Standout ‘The Immigrant’
Richard Porton on James Gray’s stunning film, ‘The Immigrant,’ one of the strongest films at Cannes.... MORE
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Sluggish Days at Cannes
Richard Porton on Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cannes snoozer, ‘Only God Forgives,’ starring Ryan Gosling.... MORE
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The Many Shades of Liberace
Soderbergh’s new Liberace biopic carefully navigates the campy joy of the pianist’s persona with... MORE
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Cannes Festival's Latest Films
Cannes latest flicks: Coen brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' and James Toback’s 'Seduced and... MORE
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Cannes’s First Palme d’Or Contender
The bleak yet unexpectedly funny film could win the big prize at this year’s festival, says Richard... MORE
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‘Young and Beautiful’ Hits Cannes
‘Jeune et jolie,’ which opened at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, stars former Yves Saint... MORE
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Becoming Jeff Buckley
Richard Porton talks to Penn Badgley about playing musician Jeff Buckley in ‘Greetings From Tim... MORE
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The Crush for ‘Cosmopolis’
Richard Porton reports from Cannes on David Cronenberg’s surprisingly topical competition entry. MORE
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Cannes’s Mischief Maker
Director Lee Daniels stormed the festival with ‘The Paperboy’—and its buzzy Nicole Kidman urination... MORE
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‘On the Road’ Goes in the Ditch
Jack Kerouac’s beat classic, ‘On the Road,’ finally makes it to the big screen, with unsatisfying... MORE
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Haneke’s Deft Riff on Euthanasia
Richard Porton talks with director Michael Haneke and legendary actor Jean-Louis Trignanant about... MORE
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Polanski’s Cannes Whitewash
Why does ‘Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir’ gloss over the director’s divisive past? By Richard Porton.... MORE
