Cannes 2017 Archives - The Playlist

The Biggest Entertainment News Stories Of 2017

December 28, 2017 11:51 am

It seemed improbable that anything could top the dramatic ups and downs of 2016, but 2017 found a way. And for Hollywood, it was a year where it often felt like the entire town was on fire (and we’re not just r...

Ruben-Östlund, Elisabeth-Moss, The-Square, Claes-Bang

Elisabeth Moss, Claes Bang, ‘The Square’ And The Truth About Losing Awards [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

October 27, 2017 11:18 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News

TORONTO - It's September and the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing. Elisabeth Moss is a weekend away from finally winning her first Emmy. Claes Bang still had hours of transatlantic air ...

Showtime’s ‘Becoming Cary Grant’ Is A Disappointingly Depthless Doc [Review]

Jessica Kiang

June 8, 2017 4:14 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

You don't have to have had his face as your avatar since you joined Twitter, like a certain @jessicakiang we could mention, to believe that Cary Grant is possibly the greatest movie star that cinema has ever pr...

Malice Is A Mother In Michel Franco’s Overripe Melodrama ‘April’s Daughter’ [Cannes Review]

Jessica Kiang

June 2, 2017 12:17 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

The mothering instinct gets a sociopathically melodramatic makeover in Michel Franco's "April's Daughter," an initially engrossing but increasingly lunatic film that nonetheless convinced the Cannes Un Certain ...

Are Robert Pattinson, Diane Kruger And ‘The Florida Project’ Cannes’ Stealth Oscar Contenders?

Gregory Ellwood

May 31, 2017 11:30 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The 70th Cannes Film Festival has come and gone, but its films will live on as the march toward awards season begins. 2017 has already delivered one true Oscar player in Luca Guadagnino's Sundance breakthrough ...

Pedro Almodóvar Fights Back Tears When Asked Why ‘120 Beats Per Minute’ Didn’t Win Palme d’Or [Cannes]

Gregory Ellwood

May 28, 2017 4:38 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

4

CANNES - There was truly only one major shock when the winners of the 70th Cannes Film Festival competition were announced Sunday evening, and it was the fact Ruben Östlund's "The Square" won the Palme d'Or ove...

Jessica Chastain “Disturbed” By Depiction Of Women At 2017 Cannes Film Festival

Gregory Ellwood

May 28, 2017 3:51 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

48

CANNES - The jury of the 70th Cannes Film Festival made history — or maybe that should be "herstory." They not only awarded the festival's best director honor to "The Beguiled"'s Sofia Coppola, the first time a...

Hey Hollywood, Ask Lynne Ramsay If She Wants To Make A Superhero Movie [Cannes]

Gregory Ellwood

May 27, 2017 10:59 am

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

1

CANNES — She's coming off some of the most glowing (if not slightly overrated) reviews of her career, but Lynne Ramsay is keeping all her options open after the debut of "You Were Never Really Here" at the 70th...

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

Jessica Kiang

May 26, 2017 7:30 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

3

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...

Robert Pattinson “So Happy” To Follow ‘Good Time’ With New Claire Denis & Antonio Campos Films [Cannes]

Gregory Ellwood

May 25, 2017 8:30 am

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

CANNES — A unique trend at this year's Cannes Film Festival is the number of well known, Hollywood "industry" actors who are being rewarded after years of taking one challenging indie film movie role after anot...

Tagged Cannes 2017