70th Festival de Cannes Archives

Lynne Ramsay’s Extraordinary ‘You Were Never Really Here’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix [Cannes Review]

May 26, 2017 7:30 pm

An early shot in Lynne Ramsay's "You Were Never Really Here" shows a door handle in a dingy hotel on which hangs a battered sign: Do Not Disturb. It is advice Ramsay herself thrillingly fails to take with her a...

Josh & Benny Safdie’s Electrifying & Energetic ‘Good Time’ With Robert Pattinson [Cannes Review]

Jessica Kiang

May 25, 2017 8:06 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

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The botched bank robbery is a well-worn genre staple, but has a heist ever gone quite so wrong to such electric, propulsive effect as in Josh and Benny Safdie's "Good Time"? Bouncing wildly off the screen like ...

Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’ With Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell & Kirsten Dunst [Cannes Review]

Jessica Kiang

May 24, 2017 6:56 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

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The greatest favor you can do for Sofia Coppola's "The Beguiled," and yourself before you watch it, is to put all thoughts of Don Siegel's 1971 Clint Eastwood film of the same name from your mind. As a standalo...

Jane Campion’s ‘Top Of The Lake: China Girl’ With Elisabeth Moss & Nicole Kidman Gets Off To An Uneven Start [Cannes Review]

Jessica Kiang

May 23, 2017 1:19 pm

Festivals, Reviews, Television

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Let's go through the checklist. 1: Jane Campion is one of my favorite working filmmakers; 2: The only other time she collaborated with megastar Nicole Kidman, she made "The Portrait Of A Lady," which I'll defen...

Pedro Almodovar Follows George Miller As President Of The Jury of 70th Festival de Cannes

Gregory Ellwood

January 31, 2017 5:00 am

Awards Campaign, News

The Cannes Film Festival announced today that famed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar will be the President of the Jury at the historic 70th incarnation of the festival this May. In a statement from the fest...

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