Writer, director Jafar Panahi. Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images The show must go on, even if there was a high power outage throughout the entire region. On Saturday morning, Cannes experienced a high power outage on the final day of the festival, with police suspecting foul play as powerlines were sawed off in the Alpes-Maritimes; … Read more
June Squibb on Cannes, Scarlett johansson, and New Film Cannes – may 23, 2024 – Actress June Squibb, the star of “Eleanor the Great,” now returns to the Cannes Film Festival. The 95-year-old actress discusses working with Scarlett Johansson, her role, and reflects on life, drawing upon decades of experience in the film industry. Squibb … Read more
Denzel Washington was surprised at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night with an honorary Palme d’Or, a career achievement acknowledgement that has been presented only 21 previous times. Ahead of an out-of-competition screening of his latest film, Spike Lee‘s Highest 2 Lowest, fest director Thierry Frémaux surprised the Oscar winner with the honor. Lee … Read more
Photo: James Devaney/Getty Images Spike Lee touched down at Cannes today to support his latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, which premieres in competition tomorrow and stars Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky. I approached him at an intimate party, hosted by Hyde Beach Campari and The Hollywood Reporter, and before I knew it, we were sitting … Read more
In his feature directorial debut Pillion, writer-director Harry Lighton sets a beautifully heartbreaking love story against a modern world of BDSM. Based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, Pillion stars Harry Melling as a timid young gay man named Colin who comes into his sexuality when a biker named Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) … Read more
It’s hard to imagine an American indie movie more suitable for a Cannes red-carpet premiere than Richard Linklater‘s Nouvelle Vague. The maverick director’s black-and-white love letter to the French New Wave premiered to a rapturous response Saturday night inside Cannes’ Palais des Festivals, drawing a 10-minute-plus standing ovation from the black-tie crowd. “Cinema is magic,” … Read more
The Cannes Film Festival and its iconic red carpet are officially open for business. And aside from the shadow of President Donald Trump looming large over this year’s festivities, the buzziest story to emerge so far this week has been the fest’s new red carpet dress code. On the eve of this year’s opening ceremony, … Read more