If super hero movies and blockbusters are taking over at the box-office and, as some predict, dramas and art movies may head to VOD and TV cable premieres, then adults should be grateful that Cannes will always exist as a global launching pad for dramas. And if there’s only a handful of filmmakers left who represent a kind of superstar prestige drama that “matters,” then director Todd Haynes has to be one of them.
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Off the heels of his somewhat underrated and underappreciated HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce” (which received solid reviews, but is capital A f*cking awesome), Haynes latest is “Carol,” an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s “The Price Of Salt” which centers on an illicit lesbian affair by two women in the 1950s. Haynes terrific cast stars Cate Blanchett in the lead, Rooney Mara as her co-star and supporting work by Kyle Chandler, Sarah...
