Cannes Film Festival

  • The Rundown

Tom Cruise Bests Johnny Depp; Kevin Spacey to ‘Voluntarily Appear’; Inside Outtakes

Kevin Spacey agrees to "voluntarily appear" before U.K. courts; Top Gun: Maverick sets Memorial Day records; Bo Burnham releases new…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Cannes Deadline Drama; Casting Bill Murray; Mike Tyson and Sean Penn’s Ambulance Ride

Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux insisted on altering an interview after the fact; a new book looks at Sofia…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Denis Villeneuve Q&A; Blonde Aims for Cannes; Michael Mann’s Big Week

Denis Villeneuve talks with us about making Dune and watching Lawrence of Arabia in a theater all alone; Andrew Dominik addresses Blonde…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Festival Beat: Cannes Film Festival 2019

Cannes: For most moviemakers, it’s the be-all, end-all for their movies to screen here. Maybe for that reason, the pressure…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Foreign Contenders: Shoplifters Director Hirokazu Kore-eda on Father Figures and His Methods of Working with Children

For the last 15 years, Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda has elicited unfeigned portrayals from children and teens using parameters tested…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Surrounded By Wolves: Jeremy Saulnier Teamed up with Netflix to Adapt His Latest Atmospheric Thriller Hold the Dark

Since Jeremy Saulnier’s second feature, the slow-burn revenge tale Blue Ruin premiered to rave reviews at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival,…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

The Glory of Blaze: Ethan Hawke on His Restless Spirit, Coming Full Circle and His New Country Music Movie

Cool, cocky and complex, Ethan Hawke sits down with me at a breakfast table in the Boerum Hill section of…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Cannes Film Festival 2018: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Stewart, and More in Our Portrait Gallery

What do red carpet selfies, Netflix films, and pre-premiere advance screenings have in common? They were all roundly banned at…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Cannes Film Festival 2018: Nandita Das’ Biopic Manto Examines Iconclast Writer Saadat Hasan Manto

Presented in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section, Nandita Das' biopic, Manto, follows the most tumultuous years in the…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

“Time to Dream:” Find Inspiration in Daily Life with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in this New Doc

Within the first minute of A.W.: A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a fiery crab emerges from a small mound of…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Beyond The Forest: How the Director Of Red Trees Brought Her Family’s Survival Story From Short to Feature Doc

There I was, in the presence of a rock 'n' roll lawyer, palming through a contract. “Well done, sweetie,” the…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

The Laws of Nature, the Study of Violence: Taylor Sheridan Takes Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen to Wind River

“There's an interesting thing about this business,” says Taylor Sheridan. “It tells you what you're supposed to be doing. A…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

Shine a Light: Scorsese’s Film Foundation Leads a Charge to Preserve 50 Endangered Gems of Africa’s Cinema History

Having touched on the rich cultural heritage of West Africa with “Feel Like Going Home,” an episode in his 2003…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

"Men React Poorly to the Power of Women": Cannes 2017 Award-Winner Michel Franco Talks New Film April’s Daughter

Though his screenplays delve into the delicate and provocative, Michel Franco’s direction is restrained. His shooting style remains dispassionate. The…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Cannes Film Festival 2017: Charlize Theron, David Lynch, Will Smith and More in Our Red Carpet Gallery

Stars aligned at the 70th anniversary edition of Cannes Film Festival, May 17-28, 2017. It was a typically eventful time…

7 years ago
  • Other

A Tale of Truth and Darkness: An Appreciation of Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał

On April 20, the late Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał, a landmark of Polish cinema and a universally acclaimed masterpiece, celebrates its…

7 years ago
  • Movie News

The Best Advice I Ever Received: How the Team Behind Slamdance Film Cortez Found the Courage to Make Their Film

The Man with the White Hair sat a long way away from me, his '80s-era glasses slipping down his nose.…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Dixie Flicks: How Justin Wheelon Persuaded Skeptical South Carolinians to Embrace Southern City Film Festival

How does a Southeastern film festival land a spot on Film Freeway's top 100 best-reviewed festivals list after its first…

7 years ago
  • Acting

Upstaged by Injustice: The Salesman Is About More Than Its Titular Character, Says Actor Shahab Hosseini

Asghar Farhadi’s newest film The Salesman recently won prizes at Cannes for both Farhadi’s screenplay and for Shahab Hosseini’s lead performance. The…

7 years ago
  • Directing

“You Are a Person Seated in Court:” Asghar Farhadi Says Those Watching The Salesman Are More Than Spectators

A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary classic intertwine with a…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Laughing With Pain: Director Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on Their Hilarious Father-Daughter Dramedy Toni Erdmann

Fake teeth, a raggedy wig, and the playful love of a father that knows no boundaries make the title character…

7 years ago
  • Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line: Andrzej Wajda, Pioneer of the Personal and Political in Polish Cinema (1926—2016)

Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of war-torn Europe, passed away…

8 years ago
  • Producing

Expanding the Doc Universe: Producing Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time, and the Business of IMAX

Those of you who are familiar with film markets—either those happening in conjunction with a festival like Cannes, Berlin, Toronto…

8 years ago
  • Summer 2016

Aging Bull: Robert De Niro Remains Ferocious as He Spars with Édgar Ramírez in Hands of Stone

I had just arrived on the Croisette for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was having lunch at my regular…

8 years ago