Cannes

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (July)

Definitely glad I waited until after Cannes to do July Oscar predictions because the festival, and the winners in particular,… Read More

July 20, 2021

Cannes Film Festival: canceled but not yet canceled

Palais des Festivals building and entrance of the 72th International Film Festival (Shutterstock) "It is clearly difficult to assume that… Read More

April 14, 2020

Tensions rise in first trailer for France Oscar submission and Cannes winner ‘Les Misérables’

LES MISÉRABLES (Courtesy of Amazon Studios) Amazon Studios has revealed the first trailer and poster for Les Misérables, the feature… Read More

October 23, 2019

Senegal selects ‘Atlantics’ for International Feature Film Oscar

(Courtesy of Netflix) Grand Prix winner Mati Diop made history as the first black female director to compete for the… Read More

October 2, 2019

Music Box Films nabs Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title and Swedish Oscar hopeful ‘And Then We Danced’

Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to And Then We Danced  from Swedish filmmaker Levan Akin (Certain… Read More

August 20, 2019

Things aren’t what they seem in the trailer for Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’

PARASITE (Neon) Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Mother) brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale,… Read More

August 14, 2019

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson go a little mad in first trailer for ‘The Lighthouse’

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse (A24) From Robert Eggers, director of The Witch, comes a murky sea… Read More

July 30, 2019

Interview: Cannes winner Ladj Ly, director of ‘Les Misérables’

Director Ladj Ly speaks after receiving the Jury Prize award for the film Les Misérables at Closing Ceremony during the… Read More

May 30, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is passionate, unconventional lesbian cinema

Adèle Hanel and Noémie Merlant in Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire (photo: MK2) Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of… Read More

May 26, 2019

Netflix acquires Cannes winners ‘Atlantique,’ ‘I Lost My Body’

AtlantiqueI Lost My Body Hot off their wins at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Netflix has snapped up the rights… Read More

May 25, 2019

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