2025 Cannes: Critics’ Week Lineup Includes Sean Baker-Written Feature and a Dialogue-Free, Post-Apocalyptic Animated Film
Cannes Critics’ Week, the festival sidebar spotlighting first and second features, has revealed the 11 competition and special screenings titles for its 64th edition running... Read More
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‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Sets World Premiere at 2025 Cannes Film Festival
The highly anticipated eighth chapter of the Mission: Impossible is officially headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival next month and will be presented Out... Read More
Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, during... Read More
Juliette Binoche to Preside over Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival
Exactly 40 years after her first appearance on La Croisette, award-winning French actress Juliette Binoche will preside over the Jury of the 78th Festival de... Read More
Interview: Zoe Saldaña On Her Award-Winning Performance and Role as Rita in ‘Emilia Pérez’ and Working with Madonna’s Choreographer [VIDEO]
At a recent press stop in Los Angeles, I talked with Zoe Saldaña about her role and performance in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, which won... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 256: Reviewing ‘Anora’ Plus Our Favorite Palme d’Or Winners
On episode 256 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer and Josh Parham to discuss Sean Baker’s... Read More
‘To Live, To Die, To Live Again’ Review: Gaël Morel’s AIDS-era Drama Doesn’t Break New Ground but Doesn’t Need to Either | Cannes
Can you believe it’s been about a decade since the last major film that addressed HIV and AIDS? For a long while the theme dominated... Read More
‘To a Land Unknown’ Review: Mahdi Fleifel’s Thriller about Stranded Palestinian Refugees is Powerful and Unpretentious | Cannes
Mahdi Fleifel’s directorial debut in fiction, To a Land Unknown, follows the harrowing journey of Chatila (Mahmood Bakri) and Reda (Aram Sabbah), two Palestinian cousins... Read More
‘Bird’ Review: Andrea Arnold’s Fable is Salvation in Pure Cinematic Form | Cannes
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold has always been interested in humans: the way they live, love, and carry their wounds through a world that is not... Read More
77th Cannes Film Festival Awards: ‘Anora’ Wins Palme d’Or, Four ‘Emilia Pérez’ Women Take Best Actress
Sean Baker’s sex worker drama-comedy-romance Anora has won the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Baker is the first American filmmaker to take... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10