Spike Lee Addresses Early Reveal of Palme d’Or Winner: “I Have No Excuses”
Cannes jury president Spike Lee expressed regret for accidentally announcing the film festival’s 2021 Palme d’Or winner ahead of schedule on Saturday during the closing ceremony. “I have no excuses. I...
View ArticleThe Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick 20 Cannes Film Festival Favorites
THR film critics choose the best of the fest, including a Palme d'Or-winning French shocker, Wes Anderson’s latest vision, a revealing documentary about a Hollywood stalwart and more.
View ArticleCannes: Neon Acquires North American Rights to Directors’ Fortnight Winner ‘A...
Wrapping up a busy and fruitful Cannes film market, pioneering indie distributor Neon nabbed North American rights to Italian director Jonas Carpignano’s A Chiara, winner of the Directors’ Fortnight...
View Article‘Hold Me Tight’ (‘Serre moi fort’): Film Review | Cannes 2021
French actor-director Mathieu Amalric's latest directorial outing stars Vicky Krieps as a woman dealing with sudden distance from her family.
View ArticleIrena Medavoy’s European (Working) Vacation
I’m here in Europe during COVID-19 producing a documentary based on the Denver Art Museum’s current exhibition, From Paris to Hollywood: The Fashion and Influence of Veronique and Gregory Peck....
View ArticleCannes’ Bombshell Hong Kong Protest Doc Director Speaks Out on Covering...
The Cannes Film Festival always delivers a few cinematic discoveries, but the big surprise at this year’s edition was much more overt than usual. On July 16, just a day before the Palm d’Or was set to...
View ArticleGrasshopper Film Takes U.S. Rights to Egyptian Cannes Winner ‘Feathers’
Grasshopper Film has picked up U.S. rights to Omar El Zohairy’s surreal comic drama Feathers. The Egyptian movie, El Zohairy’s feature debut, won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’...
View ArticleMusic Box Takes North American Rights to Brazilian Fantasy Horror ‘Medusa’
Music Box Films has picked up North American rights to Medusa, a fantasy horror film with a sharp satirical bite from Brazilian director Anita Rocha da Silveira. Medusa, da Silveira’s follow-up to her...
View ArticleTikTok Becomes Cannes Film Festival’s Official Partner
The austere French film festival that famously banned selfies from the red carpet has joined forces with the cellphone app that got grown men dancing the Renegade. TikTok has become the official...
View Article‘Intregalde’: Film Review
Writer-director Radu Muntean’s latest feature, which premiered last year in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, follows three aid workers on a mission in rural Romania.
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