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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…
Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel58 Boulevard de la Croisette Carlton Cannes, courtesy of Regent Opened in 1913, the Carlton is arguably Cannes’ most famous film hotel thanks to its prominent role in To Catch a Thief starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. Its Belle Époque façade and Croisette location helped define the Riviera fantasy for…
When Japanese director Koji Fukada received the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Akira Kurosawa Award at the age of 42 in 2022, he bashfully suggested that the career achievement prize might be coming a little too soon. Past recipients had included Steven Spielberg, Yoji Yamada and Taiwan’s Hou Hsiao-hsien; and the other honoree that night, with…
Hollywood star Demi Moore and Korean auteur Park Chan-wook kicked off the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with a series of careful but unequivocal statements defending the role of politics in cinema. Asked whether she had concerns about political statements during the festival potentially distracting from the films themselves, Moore said…
On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, some 600 French film professionals, including acclaimed actors Juliette Binoche, Adèle Haenel, Swann Arlaud and Damien Bonnard, have signed an open letter opposing plans by right-wing billionaire Vincent Bolloré to take full control of UGC, France’s third-largest cinema chain. The letter, published in left-leaning French newspaper Libération,…
With a population of about 1.8 million, comparable to that of West Virginia, the Baltic country of Latvia is punching well above its weight in terms of cinematic breakouts. Case in point: Flow‘s Oscar for best animated feature in 2025. Now, an emerging actor from Latvia is taking an increasingly global spotlight and is gearing…
Bong Joon Ho‘s much-anticipated animated feature Ally has lined up its voice cast, with Bradley Cooper, Ayo Edebiri, Dave Bautista, Finn Wolfhard, Rachel House and Werner Herzog joining the project, the Oscar-winning director’s producers announced Tuesday on day one of the Cannes Film Festival. Newcomer Alex Jayne Go led the casting announcement, suggesting she could…
As global film and television production spreads across more regions than ever, the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) and Stage 32 are teaming up to launch a new education partnership aimed at solving one of the industry’s key bottlenecks: a shortage of trained below-the-line crew in emerging and competitive markets. The partnership will officially…
Seth Rogen took to the BAFTA TV Awards stage on Sunday to pick up the best international series honor for The Studio, paying homage to his late co-star Catherine O’Hara, who died in January. “I’d be remiss not to mention one of the key parts of the show, Catherine O’Hara,” he said. “She meant so…
Oscar season may be over, but London is in awards mode again on Sunday thanks to the BAFTA TV Awards. The 2026 BAFTA TV honors are being handed out at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the British capital. Netflix drama Adolescence led the nominations with 11, followed by Disney+’s A Thousand Blows with seven. Comedian and Taskmaster host Greg Davies is hosting the awards ceremony. …