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Javier Bardem Talks About Cannes Flop, Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’: “It Was A Disaster,” The Debut “Like A Funeral”

May 31, 2022 11:53 am

There’s bound to be a critically reviled premiere at every film festival. But no debut in recent years has been more horrific than the premiere of Sean Penn’s “The Last Face” at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival (...

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The Worst Films Of 2017

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

December 19, 2017 12:33 pm

Features, News

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Best of this; top 20 that; breakthrough the other. At some point in our ever-comprehensive year-end coverage, especially after a pretty great movie year like this one, we simply get sick and tired of scanning o...

Exclusive: Clip From ‘The Last Face’ Featuring Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem & Adèle Exarchopoulos

Edward Davis

July 24, 2017 11:22 am

News

The stories of doctors working in dangerous regions of the world is rich with cinematic potential, that's likely what drew Sean Penn to "The Last Face." His latest directorial effort brings together a star-stud...

New Trailer For Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’ Starring Charlize Theron & Javier Bardem

Kevin Jagernauth

June 28, 2017 3:23 pm

News, Trailers

This year at Cannes, while there were some movies that perhaps didn't live up to expectations, nothing truly stunk up the place quite in the same way that Sean Penn's "The Last Face" did last spring on the Croi...

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Charlize Theron & Javier Bardem Find Love During War In First Trailer For Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 23, 2016 11:58 am

News, Trailers

The one movie that got thoroughly kicked around at Cannes this year was Sean Penn's latest directorial effort, "The Last Face." The drama was mostly roundly thrashed by critics (we called it "a preposterous and...

James Gray’s ‘The Lost City Of Z’ Gets Spring 2017 Release Date, Amazon & Criterion Team For David Lynch Doc

Oliver Lyttelton

September 9, 2016 9:30 am

News

It was a real shame what happened to “The Immigrant,” James Gray’s last film. It was a beautiful movie, that won strong reviews in Cannes, and had a starry cast with Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy...

Cannes: 2 Clips From Sean Penn’s Panned ‘The Last Face’ Starring Javier Bardem & Charlize Theron

Kevin Jagernauth

May 22, 2016 9:25 am

News

Every year at the Cannes Film Festival, there are films that are universally praised, others that cause a sharp divide, and then those that get a critical torching. And this year, Sean Penn's "The Last Face" se...

Cannes: Sean Penn Talks ‘The Last Face’ Reviews, Donald Trump, Egos, And More

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 20, 2016 1:01 pm

News

Every film that received a mixed reaction so far at the Cannes Film Festival — "Personal Shopper" (we didn't like it), "It's Only The End Of The World" (yep, it's bad) and "The Neon Demon" (they're crazy, this ...

Cannes Review: Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’ Starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 20, 2016 7:14 am

Reviews

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Watching Sean Penn's stupendously self-important "The Last Face" is an exercise in multi-layered torture. You're not sure what hurts more: seeing accomplished actors Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron choke on l...

Cannes: New Photos Of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman,’ Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’ With Charlize Theron & Many More

theplaylist

May 9, 2016 4:12 pm

News

As you probably already know if you've been anywhere near #filmtwitter lately, the Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week, and there's almost too many movies to keep track of. Our team on the ground will be d...

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