Cannes 2024
‘Baby’ Review: Lessons in Survival for a Resilient Gay Teen in a Gritty and Tender Brazilian Drama
Director Marcelo Caetano shot significant portions of the narrative feature on the streets of downtown São Paulo, using hidden cameras.
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After Cannes’ Viral Red Carpet Mishaps, Will Anything Change?
As Sean Baker’s sex worker dramedy, Anora, rides off into the sunset carrying this year’s Palme d’Or, tongues are still wagging about another workplace drama — the one involving that female Cannes Film Festival security guard. Social media posts showing the same female security official rushing Kelly Rowland, Dominican actress Massiel Taveras and South Korean actress and […]
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Kevin Costner, Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer, Bella Hadid, Jesse Plemons and More in The Hollywood Reporter’s Cannes Film Festival Photo Portfolio
“I’ve been to Cannes with films that won the Palme D’or; others have done quite well, and some have really not done well. I know the A to Z of Cannes emotions — but it’s always such a pleasure to be there. And it’s very important to this art form that we all love.” Important […]
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The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend
The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend and Other True Tales He’s gone to war with Mike Ovitz, made peace with Steven Seagal, forded rivers in Thailand with Brandon Lee and once swiped Brad Pitt’s fiancée. And now director Dwight Little — the 68-year-old auteur behind such notable 1980s and ’90s movies as Marked for […]
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‘Black Dog’ Review: Man Bites Dog, Becomes His Best Friend in Gorgeously Offbeat Canine Caper From China
Director Guan Hu ('The Eight Hundred,' 'Mr. Six') won the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar for his darkly comic thriller starring Canadian-Taiwanese actor Eddie Peng.
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‘Faye’ Review: HBO’s Faye Dunaway Doc Is a Revealing Portrait of the Complicated Woman Behind the Screen Icon
Director Laurent Bouzereau takes in the Oscar winner’s career highs and lows, her personal life, her bipolar disorder and her “difficult” reputation.
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‘Universal Language’ Review: An Amusingly Offbeat Homage To Iranian Cinema, by Way of Winnipeg
The second feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin ('The Twentieth Century') won the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight audience award in Cannes.
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Cannes: Korean Action Maestro Ryoo Seung-wan on Reinventing the Cop Movie for ‘I, The Executioner’
Ryoo Seung-wan has been a pillar of the South Korean film industry for over 20 years, respected there for his keen social observation and thrilling action. But Europe’s great film festivals have feted him conspicuously less than some of his more internationally well-known peers. The Cannes Film Festival recently took a step toward correcting that […]
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Inaugural Prix Luciole Awards Honor Poster Art at Cannes
The inaugural Prix Luciole Awards ceremony, celebrating artistic achievements in the field of film poster design, took place Friday at Le Gray d’Albion hotel in Cannes. Co-sponsored by China’s leading movie ticketing platform, Taopiaopiao, and the Paris-based Alliance Cinéaste Chine-Europe, the Prix Luciole aims to raise awareness of the importance of graphic design in the […]
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Cannes: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Wins Palme d’Or as ‘Emilia Pérez’ Takes Two Awards
After two weeks of nonstop cinema, the moment of truth finally arrived. The winners of the 77th Cannes Film Festival were announced at a gala ceremony on Saturday night. The Palme d’Or, the fest’s top honor, went to Sean Baker’s sex worker screwball comedy Anora. A nervous and shaking Baker took the stage and thanked […]
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A Trans Drug Kingpin, Masturbating Zombies and Emma Stone: THR’s Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2024
A Danish drama about an unwanted pregnancy, a portrait of two nurses chasing romance in Mumbai and a Corsican mafia thriller are among other standouts from the world's pre-eminent film festival.
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Sideshow, Janus Films Take Leos Carax’s ‘It’s Not Me’ for North America (Exclusive)
Sideshow and Janus Films scooped up another buzzy title out of Cannes, acquiring It’s Not Me from French auteur Leos Carax (Holy Motors, Annette) for North America. An autobiographical collage of old and new footage, referencing everything from silent movies and Hollywood Golden Age classics to scenes from his own work and personal home movies, […]
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