Cannes 2021: Vortex, In Front of Your Face, Blue Bayou
A report on three films from Cannes and final feelings on this year’s fest.
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2021 Video #8: The Winners are Revealed
Chaz Ebert’s eighth video dispatch from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival reveals this year’s winners of the Palme d’Or and the other major awards.
Cannes 2021 Video #7: The Critics Roundtable
Chaz Ebert’s seventh video dispatch from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival features our annual critics roundtable with Ben Kenigsberg, Lisa Nesselson and Jason Gorber.
Cannes 2021: Titane Wins Palme d’or
Julia Ducournau’s Titane took the Palme d’Or at Cannes. It’s only the second feature directed by a woman to do so.
Cannes 2021: The Restless, Nitram, Casablanca Beats, France
Ben Kenigsberg reviews the festival’s final competition titles, from Joachim Lafosse, Justin Kurzel, Nabil Ayouch, and Bruno Dumont.
Cannes 2021: Prayers for the Stolen, The Year of the Everlasting Storm
A report on two films from Cannes, including an anthology film that features work from David Lowery, Jafar Panahi, and Laura Poitras.
Cannes 2021: Memoria, Paris, 13th District, The Story of My Wife
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Memoria, the first feature in six years from the Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul, along with Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District and Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story of My Wife.
Cannes 2021: Red Rocket, Titane
Sean Baker (The Florida Project) and Julia Ducournau (Raw) get upgraded to the Cannes competition with Red Rocket and Titane.
Cannes 2021 Video #5: Bergman Island, Flag Day, Stillwater
Our latest video dispatch from Cannes includes coverage of new films by Sean Penn and Tom McCarthy.
Cannes 2021: A Hero, Deception, Petrov’s Flu
Ben Kenigsberg reviews A Hero, the latest film from A Separation director Asghar Farhadi, and Deception, a French adaptation of Philip Roth.
Cannes 2021: Where is Anne Frank, Stillwater, Lamb
On three films that premiered at Cannes this week, including the latest from Ari Folman and Tom McCarthy.
Cannes 2021: The French Dispatch, JFK Revisited, Three Floors
Ben Kenigsberg delivers a dispatch from France on The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson’s latest, and on JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone’s latest examination of the Kennedy assassination.
Cannes 2021: Table of Contents
An updating table of contents for all of our Cannes 2021 coverage.
Cannes 2021 Video #4: After Yang, The Worst Person in the World, Jane by Charlotte, Everything Went Fine, Benedetta
Chaz Ebert’s fourth video dispatch from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival features part two of her chat with Jason Gorber about this year’s selections.
Cannes 2021 Video #3: The Velvet Underground, Val, Onoda, Cow, Where is Anne Frank
Chaz Ebert’s third video dispatch from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival features part one of her chat with Jason Gorber about this year’s selections.
Cannes 2021: Rehana Maryam Noor, Evolution, The Story of Film: A New Generation
A remote dispatch covering three films from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including the first film from Bangladesh chosen for the program.
Cannes 2021: Bergman Island, Drive My Car, The Innocents
Ben Kenigsberg reviews two films about the creative process, Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, from Cannes.
Cannes 2021: Flag Day, Compartment No. 6, The Divide
Ben Kenigsberg reviews Sean Penn’s Flag Day from Cannes, along with Catherine Corsini’s The Divide and Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6.
Judging the No Malice Film Contest
An article about the judges and criteria for the No Malice Film Contest
The Winners of the Inaugural No Malice Film Contest are Revealed
An article revealing the winners of the inaugural No Malice Film Contest.
