AwardsWatch - cannes film festival

Cannes Schedule Revealed; ‘Wonderstruck’ Up First plus Masterclasses from Eastwood and Cuarón

Erik Anderson May 11, 2017

The full schedule of all films for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival has been announced and Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck will be first out of the gate... Read More

Oscar Profile: The Beguiled

Erik Anderson April 24, 2017

The Beguiled Focus Features – limited 6/23, wider 6/30 Dir: Sofia Coppola Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell What It’s About: Based... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: Cannes Lineup, ‘Downsizing’ Downgraded, ‘Detroit’ Remains #1

Erik Anderson April 14, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] A lot can happen in one week. The Cannes Film Festival just announced its lineup of In Competition films yesterday (more... Read More

2017 Cannes Film Festival Lineup; Four Nicole Kidman Projects to Hit the Croisette

Erik Anderson April 13, 2017

The lineup for the 70th Cannes Film Festival has been announced but this year it might as well be called the Nicole Kidman Film Festival... Read More

Loving, Manchester by the Sea, Things to Come and Elle Set for MVFF39

Erik Anderson August 18, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Some heavy hitters from the Sundance, Berlinale and Cannes Film Festivals are set to highlight the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival... Read More

Check out the visually sumptuous trailer for ‘American Honey’

Erik Anderson June 21, 2016

From Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) comes the visually sumptuous trailer for her new film, American Honey, which won the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes... Read More

Oscar Podcast #39: Cannes Post-Mortem – Dolan, Sonia Braga, Ken Loach and a Defensive Jury

Erik Anderson May 23, 2016

In this 39th Oscar podcast, Gold Rush Gang member Júlia Albuquerque and I break down the winners and losers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival... Read More

First Look: ‘Loving,’ starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton

Erik Anderson May 16, 2016

With the unveiling of Jeff Nichols’s Loving at the Cannes Film Festival to mostly rapturous reviews (especially for Ruth Negga) comes the first clip of the... Read More

Cannes 2016 Distribution Watch: What’s Been Picked Up

Erik Anderson May 15, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Sometimes it seems that for all of the prestige and pageantry of the Cannes Film Festival most American audiences will never see... Read More

Can ‘Elle’ Earn Isabelle Huppert Her First Oscar Nomination?

Erik Anderson May 11, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] So very often the world’s most celebrated actresses never find themselves in the Oscar conversation until something so extraordinary comes along,... Read More