Michael Moore was in Cannes to present Fahrenheit 9/11 and held a press conference with Variety at the American Pavillion...

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 directed by Michael MOORETwo years after his Cannes 55th Anniversary Prix for Bowling For Columbine, Michael Moore is back on the Croisette with Fahrenheit 9/11, screening in competition. The documentary opens with the contested presidential election in the year 2000, and moves on to 9/11 exposing relations between the Bush and the Bin Laden families, how the American leaders have instilled an overriding climate of false fear, the witch hunt spirit of the Patriot Act, the armed f...

How good does a movie have to be to be “relevant?” Is it the implied message, or the delivery system, the power of the story itself that makes or breaks it. The obvious answer, of course, is the story. No story, no characters that are interesting and relatable, then no relevance. Or so it goes.It’s a tried and true formula, be it from the biggest of studios to the tiniest of indie films shot on the run, but I witnessed an interesting twist on the premise this past week-end at the Santa Fe ...