#Cannes According to Rollerskater Thaïs Coupet

#Cannes According to Rollerskater Thaïs Coupet

Cannes native Thaïs Coupet is a professional roller skater and skating instructor. She shared with THR her tips for Cannes, a local’s insider knowledge and some of her experiences. Coupet can be found on Instagram at: @thaisonwheels Best bargain in Cannes?  For a quick bite during the day, I would definitely recommend you try my…

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#Cannes: Anamaria Marinca and Jean-Marc Barr Set to Team on ‘White Friar’ for Director Ivan Murphy

#Cannes: Anamaria Marinca and Jean-Marc Barr Set to Team on ‘White Friar’ for Director Ivan Murphy

A pair of actors who hail from Cannes Film Festival award-winning projects — Anamaria Marinca (Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and Jean-Marc Barr (Lars Von Trier’s Europa) — are teaming to star in a new film that marks an official collaboration between France and Ireland.    The project is White Friar and will mark…

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#Cannes: 42’s Josh Varney and Ben Pugh on U.S.-U.K. Production Relations and the Writers Strike

#Cannes: 42’s Josh Varney and Ben Pugh on U.S.-U.K. Production Relations and the Writers Strike

Five years ago, 42, the British management and production company that counts Nicolas Hoult and Ralph Fiennes among its clients, made its way across the pond. Modeled on U.S. outfits like Entertainment 360 and Anonymous Content, 42 jumped into the crowded territory of American producer-managers, with a Beverly Hills-based office headed by co-founder and manager…

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#Cannes: Streamers and Theatrical – Better Together?

#Cannes: Streamers and Theatrical – Better Together?

Has the war between streaming and theatrical reached détente? After years defined by no quarter battling over releases, exclusive windows and global rights for the most in-demand independent films — battles fought most fiercely in Cannes — theatrical distributors and online platforms have put down their arms and started to work together. Martin Scorsese’s hotly-anticipated…

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#Cannes: The 5 Best Books About the Festival

#Cannes: The 5 Best Books About the Festival

No book could ever fully capture the beautiful, ugly, inexplicable madness that is the Cannes Film Festival — but that hasn’t stopped a handful from trying. Here are THR’s executive editor (awards) and resident film-book bibliophile’s picks for the five best. 1. Two Weeks in the Midday Sun: A Cannes Notebook, by Roger Ebert (1987)…

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#Cannes: Saint Laurent Makes Chic Splash With Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ as Debut Project From New Production Division

#Cannes: Saint Laurent Makes Chic Splash With Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ as Debut Project From New Production Division

In fashion, credits are everything. This week in Cannes, French fashion house Saint Laurent graduated beyond “who are you wearing?” to “who made that movie?” courtesy of the world premiere of Pedro Almodovar’s gay Western Strange Way of Life starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal. Because credits are crucial, now is the time to point…

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