2026 Oscar predictions manifesto: 5 new lessons learned

Fall festival fever is breaking Image Credit: Earl Gibson III/Deadline For years now, the path towards Best Picture has led contenders through the fall festival corridor — that two-month span from late August to late October when actors, directors, journalists, and publicists log hundreds of air miles by hopping from Venice to Telluride to Toronto … Read more

This nomadic rave adventure is tense, original and extraordinary – The Irish Times

Sirat      Director: Oliver Laxe Cert: 15A Starring: Sergi López, Brúno Nuñez, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier, Jade Oukid, Richard Bellamy Running Time: 1 hr 54 mins In the nine months since Oliver Laxe’s stunning fourth film landed to gasps of (mostly approving) bewilderment at the Cannes film festival, … Read more

Paul Mescal-led film struggles to strike an emotional chord – The Irish Times

The History of Sound      Director: Oliver Hermanus Cert: 12A Starring: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Chris Cooper, Peter Mark Kendall, Molly Price, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson Running Time: 2 hrs 8 mins The latest drama from Oliver Hermanus, director of the fine Moffie and the heartbreaking Living, has, on paper, all … Read more

Film stars, photographers and fans: the other side of Cannes – in pictures | Fashion

Damon Albarn and Justine Frischmann, 1996 When Ridgers wasn’t allowed to bring his camera to events or was trying to blag his way into parties, he would hide his Olympus MJU, a tiny, palm-sized camera, in one sock and a roll of film in the other. ‘I didn’t get accreditation most years but all the … Read more

Netflix Buys Richard Linklater’s Cannes Movie ‘Nouvelle Vague’

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has won out in a tug of war for Richard Linklater‘s Breathless homage Nouvelle Vague after its Cannes Film Festival debut in the competition. We understand the deal has closed for a hefty $4 million, a record domestic outlay for a French-language movie. This is an interesting one. Breathless is viewed as a … Read more

15 of the most unforgettable looks, from Pedro Pascal to Rihanna – The Irish Times

Organisers of this year’s Cannes Festival cast a conservative shadow over the red carpet with the release of a new dress code noting that, “for decency reasons, nudity is prohibited.” The rule was seen as an attempt to tamp down on so-called naked dressing, a trend that in recent years has inspired more people to … Read more

A nerve-shredding, bloody conclusion that leaves us wanting more, and soon – The Irish Times

Warning: Contains spoilers! Pedro Pascal is everywhere at the moment: recreating an iconic photograph of Harrison Ford outside the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc at Cannes; strapped to the front of the Marvel rocket ship as his Fantastic Four movie prepares to blast into orbit. Everywhere except The Last Of Us, the prestige zombie caper that has … Read more

Clapologists get it wrong, an acidic Israeli satire is too hot to handle, and Scarlett Johansson serves up schmaltz – The Irish Times

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

Sabotage causes power cut in Nice after Cannes film festival

By Euronews Published on 25/05/2025 – 13:29 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Following the Cannes festivities, the city of Nice experienced a power outage on Saturday night, leaving nearly 45,000 homes temporarily without electricity. According to the public prosecutor’s office, a fire broke out at an electrical transformer in the Moulins district, in the west of Nice. Nice Mayor … Read more