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Cannes

Cannes Staycation: The 1987 Edition—Part One

By Nick Davis
May 17, 2017
Same as it ever was: the first in a series of looks back at the wonderful, outrageous, and awful films that were on offer at the venerable French fest 30 years ago

Empire of Light

By Kent Jones
June 30, 2014
Three highlights from Cannes move in poetic and painterly directions

The Criminal Element

By Gavin Smith
July 1, 2013
Cannes security is fine, but what about the gatekeepers?

Cannes Roundtable Two

By Film Comment
May 25, 2013
Gavin Smith, Alexander Horwath, Todd McCarthy, Jonathan Romney, Marco Grosoli, and Joumane Chahine discuss the bias towards lesbian sex scenes, potential d'Or winners, and the 75 percent effort syndrome

Counting Blessings

By Mary Corliss
May 23, 2013
Ferrara, Soderbergh, Chen Kaige, et al.

Cannes: Amy Taubin on Behind the Candelabra

By Amy Taubin
May 21, 2013
Steven Soderbergh’s irresistibly entertaining Liberace biopic comes out on top at Cannes

Uneasy Riders

By Richard Peña
June 1, 2011
While world cinema power blocs butted heads at Cannes, two Iranian gems got lost in the shuffle

Hotbeds and Hinterlands

By Gavin Smith
June 1, 2011
A fistful of discoveries, comebacks, and consolidations

Paterfamilias

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
A father-and-son thread wove its way through the 58th edition of Cannes

The Humanity!

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
Everybody hurt at Cannes this year