“I have no problem with that movie existing and going to film festivals and winning awards. But if you tell Americans to go see it, I guarantee they will never give foreign-language films another chance.” That was the defeatist quote given by an anonymous American film critic to Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir following the awarding of cinema’s highest honor, the Palm d’Or, to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives at Cannes last year.