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Cannes 2024: It's Not Me, Filmlovers!, Misericordia
On three more from the Cannes Film Festival, including the latest from Leos Carax.
On three more from the Cannes Film Festival, including the latest from Leos Carax.
It’s way too early to guess what movie has the best odds of taking home the festival’s prestigious top prize. But that’s part of the fun.
A preview of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, which includes new films by David Cronenberg, Claire Denis, Kelly Reichardt, Park Chan-wook, and many more.
Julia Ducournau's Titane took the Palme d'Or at Cannes. It's only the second feature directed by a woman to do so.
Chaz Ebert's second video dispatch from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival covers the jury press conference and the opening night premiere of Leos Carax's "Annette."
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Leos Carax's Annette, a musical conceived by the band Sparks that opened this year's Cannes.
A preview of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, which starts next week.
An interview with Edgar Wright and musical duo Ron and Russell Mael about their new documentary celebrating 50 years of Sparks.
A preview of the next seven months of musicals hitting theaters and streaming services in 2021.
A review of new films by Alfonso Cuaron and Rick Alverson from the start of the Venice Film Festival.
Oral history of "The Golden Girls"; Spotlight on Bradley Bischoff; Francis Lawrence on "Mockingjay Part 2"; Louis C.K. on meanness; David W. Packard rescues classic films.
A tribute to the late, great, unbelievable artist that is David Bowie.
Did North Korea order cyberattack on Sony?; The prestige freak show; "Hunger Games" is dangerous; The strangeness of "Gone with the Wind"; Alfred Hitchcock's final days.
A film-by-film look at the Criterion Blu-ray box set for "The Essential Jacques Demy."
Patrick Z. McGavin writes about "Shoah," which was just issued on Blu-ray by Criterion in a thorough package that makes the film's unique storytelling more transparent to the layperson. "Lanzmann has said the form and construction is the key to understanding his film," McGavin writes, "and with this new version, that process has never been more intuitive."
"Only God Forgives" commits the unforgivable sin of being boring, "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" is about old white men arguing about race, and "Blue is the Warmest Color" takes its time to follow the transition from uncertain teenager to knowing adult.
Barbara Scharres sets the stage the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival.
