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Fittingly, the majority of my favorites came from Cannes’ kookier programming sections, Directors’ Fortnight and Un Certain Regard — and I suspect many of yours did, too, oui?

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Second, Ms. Behn’s affordability message seems to be trumping the effect of her kookier statements because she is filling a vacuum left by the White House, which remains quiet on an agenda to lower costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

There was nothing wrong with her voice; they just wanted to make the character a little kookier without re-shooting the whole thing.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2024

Once she retired—she died in 2017—the troupe couldn’t perform pieces on that scale, but it could always come up with a few people to do the kookier early work.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

Then there were the kookier neon illustrations, like a ruffled tuxedo shirt of glowing white on a dry-cleaner window, or a girl jumping for joy at the prospect of going bowling.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2011