Cannes 2011: A video examination, Part 2

May 13, 2011 9:55 PM PT

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Julia Leigh’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and Lynn Ramsay’s ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ have plenty of similarities. They’re both intense dramas with distinct visual styles from young female directors, and they both traffic in questions about female identity. So why can’t The Times’ Steven Zeitchik and the Chicago Tribune’s Michael Phillips agree on which is the gem and which is the dud? A festival throwdown, Web-video style.

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