What’s a Definitive Look at the Cannes Film Festival?

[ad_1] of Cannes sidebars and parallel festivities start today (apart from the Cannes Classics, which opened yesterday with the restoration of “The Mother and the Whore”) You’ll probably hear talk about Un Certain Regard, the biggest new movie sidebar of the official selection. The name of the department is often translated into English as “a …

Cannes Film Festival Influenced by the War in Ukraine

[ad_1] The war in Ukraine casts a long shadow on this year’s Cannes Film Festival. On Tuesday, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, addressed the opening ceremony of the eventwith exciting rhetoric and Charlie Chaplin quotes. But the conflict had already affected the festival long before the appearance of Zelensky. In February, days after Russia’s invasion, …

A Case for Films in the World of TikTok at the Cannes Film Festival

[ad_1] CANNES, France — When Jeff Nichols first attended the Cannes Film Festival, he was a 21-year-old college student interning at the event’s American Pavilion. His days were mostly spent waiting at a desk, but Nichols would often pick up a gala ticket, don a tuxedo his mother had bought him, and sit high on …

Zelensky Speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival

[ad_1] Minister Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian minister addressed the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival via satellite on Tuesday. The Ukrainian leader has addressed several Parliaments around the world, including Congress in March, to rally support for his country’s efforts to combat the invasion of Russia. Quoting Charlie Chaplin’s speech in The Dictator, he …

Cannes Film Festival Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to Forest Whitaker

[ad_1] American actor Forest Whitaker received the honorary Palme d’Or lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 75th festival on Tuesday. Clips from some of the director’s films such as “Bird”, “Ghost Dog”, “The Color of Money” and “Panic Room” were screened at the ceremony. And in the theater the actor received a …

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Lineup and Live Updates

[ad_1] May 17, 2022 at 10:59 PM ET May 17, 2022 at 10:59 PM ET Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, on Tuesday.Credit…John Phillips/Getty Images CANNES, France – “drive my car” “worst person in the world” “Bergman Island” “French Dispatch” “map” “Annette.” “whirlpool” Each of these films – some of them great, all …

David Cronenberg and Claire Denis to Compete at Cannes Film Festival

[ad_1] LONDON – Films by David Cronenberg, Claire Denis and Park Chan-wook It will compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, organizers of the event announced on Thursday. Films of previous winners Ruben Ostlund, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Cristian Mungiu A film by high-profile Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov will also be among …

‘Ambulance’ Review: Michael Bay is Our Emergency Film Technician

[ad_1] Before the big chase and shooting begins, the titular vehicle and its hero EMT, Cam Thompson (Eiza González), join a young car accident victim scraped onto a wrought iron fence. This kind of mishap forms the basis of shows like this one. “Grey’s Anatomy” and “9-1-1” and “Ambulance” can be seen as a constant …

Black Independent Film Champion Michelle Materre dies at 67

[ad_1] Michelle Materre, a distributor and educator who promoted the voices of Black women in films and released influential independent films from Black creators, died March 11 in White Plains, NY. She was 67 years old. A friend, Kathryn Bowser, said the cause was oral cancer. Ms Materre was an early advocate of independently published …