Cannes 2018

Festivals: Drifting Apart

By Kent Jones

July 2, 2018

Cannes risks the loss of cherished ideals, though filmmakers fight the good fight

Festivals: Trolling the Croisette

By Nicolas Rapold

July 2, 2018

At Cannes, self-determination effectively became the topic du jour, whether on the screen or in debates about the festival

Festivals: Why Settle for Less?

By Amy Taubin

July 2, 2018

Showstoppers could still be found at Cannes beyond the security barricades

Interview: Yann Gonzalez

By Jordan Cronk

June 14, 2018

Adult entertainment: the French filmmaker, winner of the Prix Jean Vigo, discusses his story set in the gay porn industry when film was still king

Festivals: Cannes 2018

By Dennis Lim

May 28, 2018

Bending the rules: with the frenzy of Cannes in the rearview mirror, a few films reward consideration for their thoughtful reinventions

Cannes Interview: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

By Jordan Cronk

May 23, 2018

It's the loneliest number since the number one: the Japanese director of Asako I & II follows a young woman's doubled romance to the bittersweet end

The Film Comment Podcast: Cannes Day 11

By Film Comment

May 21, 2018

That’s all, folks: Manohla Dargis discusses Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro, and the privilege of attending the festival

The Film Comment Podcast: Cannes Day 10

By Film Comment

May 18, 2018

When will it end? On the strategies (and effectiveness) of the hard-knock stories in Nadine Labaki’s Capernaüm, Sergei Dvortsevoy’s Ayka, Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, and Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves

Film of the Week: The Wild Pear Tree

By Jonathan Romney

May 18, 2018

Difficult people: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes follow-up to Winter Sleep approaches the novelistic

Cannes Interview: Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

By Jordan Cronk

May 17, 2018

Puppy love: the co-directors of post-postmodern digital satire Diamantino—now screening in NYFF—probe desire, family, and football