The much ballyhooed film Sharknado has been hailed as a tour de force and possibly the greatest film ever capturing the sharknado experience in such depth.

"We think racism is gone now that we have a black president, but things are actually worse than before. People just don't talk about it anymore." These are the words of Ibrahim Ashmawey, co-producer and co-writer of Boiling Pot.

I am pleased that the reports from Cannes about the On the Road, Walter Salles' film are mainly favorable, although I have taken note that some say there is no inner world for the characters, that the film has no discernable plot, that it is overlong.