While the police force faces a massive task of image rehabilitation on screen, these are unexpectedly rich times at the movies for anyone with a firefighter fetish. After an unsurprisingly long wait for one film featuring a team of strapping laddermen in sensual dance formations, two have come along at once. Taking the queer emergency […]
Continue readingA time of division indeed.The last two editions of Cannes, the critics IndieWire polled were in lockstep with the jury’s picks, at least for Best Film. In 2019, they chose “Parasite” and “Titane,” both winners of the Palme d’Or. In 2022, the critics are shaking things up.This year’s Palme d’Or winner, “Triangle of Sadness,” tied […]
Continue readingThe 75th annual Cannes Film Festival reminded the world just why people love going to the movies. And movie theaters received an important endorsement from a powerful A-list ally. “I make movies for the big screen,” Tom Cruise said on May 18, just hours before “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered to a rapturous standing ovation on […]
Continue readingThe closing ceremony for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival provided a number of surprises. The biggest being “Triangle of Sadness” taking the Palme d’Or. Not only did it become Ruben Östlund’s second Palme winner after the “Square,” but U.S. distributor Neon’s third win in a row after 2021’s “Titane” and 2019’s “Parasite.” Like Julia Ducournau‘s […]
Continue readingGrand Prix shared between ‘Close’, ‘Stars At Noon’.Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle Of Sadness has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2022.More to follow.This year’s jury was presided over by French actor Vincent Lindon, and also included Jasmine Trinca, Joachim Trier, Noomi Rapace, Jeff Nichols, Asghar Farhadi, Rebecca Hall, Ladj Ly and Deepika Padukone.The winners of Un […]
Continue readingAs the Canadian master of the perverse returns to Cannes with his first film in eight years, what better time to look back at his career, from Shivers to CrashAs you read this, I will be packing my tuxedo, linen shirts and several packets of ibuprofen for the Cannes film festival, which kicks off on […]
Continue readingThis month, the Cannes Film Festival will be celebrating its 75th anniversary. The fest’s current highest honor, the Palme D’Or, was first awarded in 1955 to Delbert Mann’s working-class romance “Marty,” and has gone to, in recent years, “Titane,” “Parasite,” “Shoplifters,” and “The Square.” Honorary Palme D’Ors are not awarded every year, and are typically […]
Continue readingAfter what was rumored to be a long search, Thierry Fremaux has found his president for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Jury. Legendary French actor Vincent Lindon, who starred in last year’s Palme d’Or winner, “Titane,” will take the mantle following Spike Lee‘s reign last year. Lindon also won the Best Actor prize at the […]
Continue readingWhile 2021 may be in the rearview mirror, the awards season is still waging on, with the March 27 Oscars ceremony still over a month away. Back in December, IndieWire revealed its annual poll of the best films of 2021. This year saw a boon in cinema offerings with the revival of the festival circuit […]
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