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This year’s Cannes Film Festival, originally scheduled to start on May 12, has been postponed—but hopefully not by…
Nov 27 2018
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The first half of Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy As Lazzaro unfolds in a sharecropping tobacco farm known as Inviolata,…
May 3 2018
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings walked back some of his company’s more inflammatory stances of late today, admitting that…
Apr 11 2018
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The Netflix-Cannes feud got just a little bit nastier today, with the streaming service’s CCO, Ted Sarandos,…
Jul 13 2017
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I like to imagine that someone fought passionately for Shrek. It’s an idea that amuses me to no end, thinking about…
May 28 2017
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Early today, Pedro Almodóvar and his Cannes jury announced the winners at the film festival’s annual awards…
May 26 2017
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While we don’t yet know who received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, we have learned who got the Palm…
May 24 2017
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Sunday is the final day of Cannes, but for yours truly, the festival ends in a couple hours, with a flight from Nice…
May 18 2017
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Call it a victory for the TV-is-the-new-cinema crowd or just proof that the small screen’s talent pool keeps…
May 10 2017
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Cannes is dealing with its identity crisis over the inclusion of Netflix films in a gloriously passive aggressive…
Apr 20 2017
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There was a time when the most surefire way to win Cannes was, apparently, to earn the condemnation of the pope.…
Apr 16 2017
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The lineup for the 70th Cannes Film Festival was announced a few days ago, and it included the Netflix original…
Mar 16 2017
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There’s a new Terrence Malick movie in theaters this week. Not long ago, that news would have hit cinephiles like a…
Feb 16 2017
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Among his many claims to fame, the renowned French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau is often remembered as a pioneer…
Jan 26 2017
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Is it irony or just hypocrisy that Harry Caul, the professional snoop Gene Hackman plays in The Conversation, is…
Dec 19 2016
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As Republicans prepare to repeal as much of the Affordable Care Act as they can, replacing it with a far superior…
Nov 10 2016
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I shall not fail to uphold my reputation. I am particularly pleased by all the protests and whistles directed at me…
Oct 20 2016
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Festival acclaim isn’t always a perfect barometer for a filmmaker’s importance; plenty of flashes-in-the-pan get…
Sep 29 2016
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It isn’t often that a movie commences with a perfect summary of its own appeal. But that’s exactly what Black…
Aug 11 2016
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Robert Altman. David Cronenberg. Michael Cimino. Stephen Frears. Raúl Ruiz. André Téchiné. Chen Kaige. The Coen…