Festivals

Cannes Dispatch: Hip to Be Square

May 25, 2017

Portrait of the artist: Ruben Östlund’s The Square and Michel Hazanavicius’s Redoubtable sought to satirize the self-seriousness of the art and film worlds, respectively, with mixed success

Cannes Report #4: Coppola, Kidman, and Women in the Industry

By Eugene Hernandez

May 25, 2017

Glass ceilings and celluloid: the gender gap is as wide as ever on the Croisette (and at other festivals)

Interview: Valeska Grisebach

By Jordan Cronk

May 23, 2017

True Bulgarian West: the director of Western discusses her return to filmmaking after an 11-year absence

Cannes Report #3: Wonderstruck

By Eugene Hernandez

May 23, 2017

Time and space oddity: Todd Haynes discusses his latest, a tale of two outsiders making similar journeys in different eras

Cannes Staycation: The 1987 Edition—Part Two

By Nick Davis

May 22, 2017

From sidebars to the main event: a (Babette's) feast of offerings from the U.K., Palestine, and beyond

Cannes Report #2: Loveless

By Eugene Hernandez

May 22, 2017

From Russia without love: Andrei Zvyagintsev's follow-up to Leviathan is more oblique but even more biting

Cannes Brief: Varda & Denis

By Amy Taubin

May 22, 2017

New films by two of cinema’s greatest weren't in competition but towered over most that have been shown so far

Cannes Report #1: Netflix vs. Cannes & Arnaud Desplechin

By Eugene Hernandez

May 18, 2017

The greatest show on earth: the ongoing format wars and Ismael's Ghosts made headlines during the first day of the fest

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

Cannes 2017 Cheat Sheet

By Film Comment

May 17, 2017

Hitchhiker's guide to the Croisette: a quick reference for all sections