A few days before the end of a strong, if rarely spectacular, 78th Cannes film festival, clapologists declared the race for the Palme d’Or over. Securing a bunion-inducing 19-minute standing ovation – by some measures the third-longest in the event’s history – Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value could surely not lose. It was hardly worth again … Read more
Cannes Film Festival Wraps Up Amid Power Outage, Palme d’Or Anticipation Table of Contents Cannes Film Festival Wraps Up Amid Power Outage, Palme d’Or Anticipation Power Restored Before Red Carpet, Ceremony Proceeds Will Neon’s Winning Streak Continue? Contenders for the Palme d’Or Geopolitics at Cannes American Films at the Festival Neon’s U.S. Distribution Cannes Film … Read more
It’s all too common today to see ambitious filmmakers turns their movies into “statements” that fit all too neatly into preset ideological boxes. But in “Eddington,” his teasingly audacious, bracingly outside-the-box cosmic sociological Western thriller, writer-director Ari Aster (“Beau Is Afraid,” “Midsommar”) gleefully tosses any hint of liberal art-house orthodoxy to the winds. The film is … Read more
Tom! Denzel! Brad! Dinosaurs, superheroes and the return of Happy Gillmore! Get ready for a packed calendar of blockbusters, big-name comedies and more Listen — can you hear it? That murmur of excitement as people begin to prep for a season best known for air-conditioned multiplexes, IMAX screens the size of city blocks, and the … Read more