Even though Sandra Hüller failed to take home the Best Actress Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, her two Official Competition movies bagged the Palme d’Or and the Grand Prix.
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2023 Cannes Film Festival winners: Molly Manning Walker’s directorial feature debut How to Have Sex was named the Un Certain Regard sidebar’s Best Film. Mia McKenna-Bruce stars.
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Veteran actor Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. He is the eighth American to be accorded the honor (out of 17 recipients).
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Cannes Film Festival 2023 has announced 19 eclectic titles in competition for the Palme d’Or, but the big story has been – and will likely remain – a high-profile U.S. movie not in the running.
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Cannes Winners vs Oscar Nominations: Joaquin Phoenix and AIDS Drama that made Pedro Almodóvar sob plus rare Swedish Palme d’Or winner chances?
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Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars. ‘Maps to the Star’s trailer and clips: Julianne Moore goes ballistic after losing a role, Robert Pattinson learns that Mia Wasikowska’s parents are…
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Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist aborted. Pattinson is seen above in Life with Dane DeHaan. Robert Pattinson out of ‘Mission: Blacklist’ movie Robert Pattinson and Mission: Blacklist have parted ways. Pattinson,…
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Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color.’ Lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color wins Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or The 2013 Cannes Film Festival…
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Gay Erotic Thriller Wins Cannes Award + Jerry Lewis ‘Disastrous’ Comeback + ‘Pussy Riot’ Documentary
Gay erotic thriller Stranger by the Lake: Cannes Film Festival’s Queer Palm winner. Gay erotic thriller ‘Stranger by the Lake’ is Cannes’ Queer Palm winner Writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s gay erotic…
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Alfred Hitchcock ca. 1960. Alfred Hitchcock San Francisco: Guided tour through the sites of Hitchcock’s movies The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has arranged for San Francisco City Guides to…
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Oscar host Seth MacFarlane: Off-color jokes and dance numbers led to raised eyebrows and complaints. Oscar host debate + producers return Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return next year…
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Grace of Monaco Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly. Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly in ‘Grace of Monaco’: Best Actress Oscar nominee? Nicole Kidman Best Actress Academy Award nominee (possibly winner)…
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Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur While delivering her intro for the Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony, Mistress of Ceremonies Bérénice Bejo waxed poetic: “If festivals are…
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Sex Tourism Movie Outrages Critics: ‘Paradise: Love’ directed by Ulrich Seidl and criticized for not taking a ‘morally acceptable’ stance re: its subject.
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First lesbian kiss? Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace go for it in Passion. Rachel McAdams kisses Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma’s thriller Passion, a remake of Alain Corneau’s Crime…
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Kathleen Turner: Body Heat femme fatale. Actress Kathleen Turner, perhaps best remembered for seducing William Hurt in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat and for romping about with Michael Douglas in Robert…
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Anna Magnani in Luchino Visconti’s Bellissima (1951). At the end of Giuseppe Tornatore’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner Cinema Paradiso, small-town projectionist Philippe Noiret has died and the Nuovo…
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Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy: Aaron Cross replaces Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity reboot/spin-off. Jeremy Renner in ‘The Bourne Legacy’: First look at Aaron Cross Matt Damon has…
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Mike Leigh vs Isabelle Adjani: Berlin Film Festival getting ‘Outspoken’ President with no qualms about badmouthing 2-time Best Actress Oscar nominee.
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Family conflict at the core of Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or-winning psychological drama The Tree of Life. Pictured above: Maïwenn, Mélanie Laurent, Kirsten Dunst, Edgar Ramírez, Marisa Paredes, Dede Gardner, Pablo…
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This probably isn’t the last of Lars von Trier – according to him, his project with Martin Scorsese is still a go – but the ‘persona non grata’ filmmaker has…
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Zombie comedy The Curse of the Buxom Strumpet to Star Judi Dench and Ian McKellen. Non-aficionados may want to reconsider aversion to genre.
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Emily Browning, Sleeping Beauty. Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival – while reminding some of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Presented by Jane Campion, Sleeping…
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Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen romantic fantasy stars Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams. Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, the director’s 41st film, opened the Cannes Film Festival today. Starring unlikely…
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Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito Christophe Honoré & Catherine Deneuve to close Cannes Film Festival Christophe Honoré’s…
Cannes Winners Diane Kruger and Sofia Coppola Oscar Chances + bypassed but potential awards season contenders from Michael Haneke to Robert Pattinson.
Kristen Stewart in Camp X-Ray. ‘Camp X-Ray’: Kristen Stewart & Peyman Moaadi praised, but mixed reviews for Sundance political drama The Guardian‘s Xan Brooks wasn’t too crazy about first-time feature…
Oscar watch: Fruitvale Station with Michael B. Jordan. Oscar watch: Cannes is Harvey Weinstein’s Academy Awards preview show Harvey Weinstein’s Cannes Film Festival Coming Attractions Special, a showcase of upcoming…
Maps to the Stars for Robert Pattinson / David Cronenberg? Above, Pattinson in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (Paul Giamatti in background) Robert Pattinson hates Twilight, according to those who have taken seriously…
Penélope Cruz, Alessandro Tiberi, Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love. Cannes movies The 2012 Cannes Film Festival buzz keeps getting stronger for a variety of movies. So far, the only…
Justin Bieber Justin Bieber going to jail? Not so fast Justin Bieber, pop icon and the star of the documentary Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (right), has come out against…
Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, Unlawful Killing. Screened at Cannes on Friday, Keith Allen’s documentary about the British royal family, Unlawful Killing, will likely fail to find the popular reception accorded…
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