Since premiering his last film “An Officer and a Spy” in competition at Venice in 2019, Roman Polanski has fallen from grace in France. But he’s now back with a new movie called “The Palace” that could make a surprise splash on the festival circuit. Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty … Read more
Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson in “Triangle of Sadness”Credit…Festival de Cannes CANNES, France — The satire “Triangle of Sadness,” from the Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival at a ceremony here on Saturday. A blunt, ugly sendup of class politics, the movie had sharply divided critics. The … Read more
The good news is that Pacifiction, the latest feature from Catalan auteur Albert Serra, who’s only in his 40s but directs like a grand old man of the 1960s avant-garde, is quite watchable, even sort of plot-driven — for a Serra film. It’s got a fun central performance from Benoît Magimel and a spectacular Tahitian … Read more
If the Met Gala has become the ultimate high-fashion costume party, the Oscars the ur-brand marketing opportunity, and the VMAs an expression of pure dress-up id, the Cannes Film Festival, which will draw to a close on May 28, is the anything-goes oleo of all of the above. It is simply so long — 11 … Read more
CANNES, France — Last year at the Cannes Film Festival, there was one question on everybody’s lips: “What’s the next ‘Parasite’?” You can see why people wondered, since that Bong Joon Ho film had used its Palme d’Or win to jump-start a historic Oscar campaign. But if last year’s festival had an heir to “Parasite,” … Read more
The full extent of how blockbuster films can influence how movie fans view the world has been revealed in a survey. More than three quarters of people questioned admitted that films had changed their opinion on cultural issues. Half of those who took part in the study, commissioned by Mastercard to mark the 75th Cannes … Read more
Director Léa Mysius expertly crafts a queer, witchy movie in her Directors’ Fortnight debut film The Five Devils (Les Cinq Diables), which received a five-minute standing ovation at the screening I attended. Mysius takes concepts like identity, sexuality and mysticism and creates an intricate genre film that’s part time travel, part drama, and all heart. … Read more
CANNES, France — Shorts made on TikTok haven’t been seen on the big screen in the Grand Théâtre Lumière just yet, but last week the video app was still accused of a Cannes faux pas: attempting to influence a jury’s decisions. In March, TikTok announced that it would be an official partner of the Cannes … Read more
Miller wrote the script with his daughter, Augusta Gore; his wife, Margaret Sixel, edited the movie. She’s edited several of his other movies, winning an Oscar for “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Miller clearly likes creating in a familial setup and has worked with some crew members repeatedly, including the cinematographer John Seale, who shot “Three … Read more
CANNES, May 22: For the first time more than one restored Indian film has been included in the Cannes Classics selection. Two Indian films — ‘Thampu’ and Satyajit Ray’s 1970 film ‘Pratidwandi’ (‘The Adversary’) — are part of the official selection this year.Malayalam actor Jalaja began her film career more than four decades ago, debuting … Read more