Cannes: ‘Gentle Monster’ Cheered at Premiere, Catapults Léa Seydoux Into Race for Fest’s Best Actress Prize and Oscar

Cannes: ‘Gentle Monster’ Cheered at Premiere, Catapults Léa Seydoux Into Race for Fest’s Best Actress Prize and Oscar

Gentle Monster, the latest work of Austrian auteur Marie Kreutzer, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival late on Friday night. The dark and disturbing drama, which is playing in competition at the fest, was enthusiastically cheered by the audience inside the Grand Théâtre Lumière, especially when its leading lady, Léa Seydoux, was…

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Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Pictures Boards Doc ‘Fashionopolis’ Directed by Reiner Holzemer (Exclusive)

Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Pictures Boards Doc ‘Fashionopolis’ Directed by Reiner Holzemer (Exclusive)

Cate Blanchett is diving deeper into the fashion business — on the big screen. The Oscar-winning actress and her production company Dirty Pictures with Andrew Upton and Coco Francini have boarded the documentary adaptation of Dana Thomas’ book Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, being directed by noted auteur Reiner…

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Cannes: ‘Parallel Tales,’ Iranian Master Asghar Farhadi’s Competition Film, Premieres to Polite Ovation

Cannes: ‘Parallel Tales,’ Iranian Master Asghar Farhadi’s Competition Film, Premieres to Polite Ovation

Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian master whose films have twice won the best international feature Oscar (2011’s A Separation and 2016’s The Salesman) and twice won prizes at the Cannes Film Festival (The Salesman and 2021’s A Hero), premiered his latest work, Parallel Tales, at Cannes’ Grand Théâtre Lumière on Thursday night. The French-language drama, which…

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My Cannes Moment: Anaïs Demoustier

My Cannes Moment: Anaïs Demoustier

I’ve been back to Cannes something like 15 times. I was there with Valérie Donzelli’s film [Marguerite & Julien in 2015] in Competition and with the closing film [2012’s Thérèse] from Claude Miller. I’ve had films in Critics’ Week and Un Certain Regard. I was President of the Jury that awarded the Camera d’Or [to…

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