AwardsWatch

2018 Cannes Awards: Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee Takes Grand Prix for ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Erik Anderson May 19, 2018

Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters. He previously won the Jury Prize for... Read More

Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Burning’ Tops ICS Cannes Awards

Erik Anderson May 19, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The International Cinephile Society (of which I am a member) has chosen its own Cannes winner just ahead of the festival’s... Read More

2018 Cannes Winner Predictions: History in the Making

Erik Anderson May 18, 2018

Trying to predict the winners of the Cannes Film Festival is a bit of a crapshoot. It doesn’t seem like it should be, there are... Read More

2018 Cannes: ‘Border,’ ‘Girl,’ win top Un Certain Regard awards

Erik Anderson May 18, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Un Certain Regard section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival has given the troll romance film Border (Gräns) its top... Read More

First look at Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in ‘Beautiful Boy’

Erik Anderson May 18, 2018

Fresh off his first Oscar nomination at 22-years of age for Call Me By Your Name, Timothée Chalamet and Oscar nominee Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) give... Read More

Cannes: Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Wins Top Director’s Fortnight Prize

Erik Anderson May 17, 2018

No one was more surprised than director Gaspar Noé himself when his new film, Climax, was met was near universal raves when it debuted in... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Whitney’ – a Heartbreaking Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of a Legend

Erik Anderson May 17, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] If you were alive in the 1980s it was impossible to miss out on the once in a lifetime talent that... Read More

Let’s Go! The first trailer for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is here

Erik Anderson May 15, 2018

As promised yesterday, the first teaser trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody has landed. Playing like a Queen greatest hits record, we get a lot more of... Read More

Cannes Review: Kore-eda’s unforgettable ‘Shoplifters’ is his best film to date

Mina Takla May 15, 2018

SHOPLIFTERS is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s best film to date, and one of the most pleasant surprises of the Cannes Film Festival. A deceptively simple but utterly... Read More

CBS Films Scoops Up Julian Schnabel Van Gogh Pic with Willem Dafoe

Erik Anderson May 15, 2018

CBS Films has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to At Eternity’s Gate, the Julian Schnabel-directed Vincent Van Gogh biopic starring Willem Dafoe. The film... Read More

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