Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 8:30PM by Nathaniel R
Vincent Lindon in Titane (2021)
Hot off his incredible work in Titane (2021), for which he received numerous accolades including a European Film Award nomination, Vincent Lindon will preside over this year's jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Lindon previously won Best Actor at Cannes for his role in The Measure of a Man (2015). The other members of the jury are...
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 7:00PM by Nathaniel R
© Paramount Pictures Corporation – Jim Carrey, The Truman Show by Peter Weir / Graphic design © Hartland Villa
Look! The official Cannes poster is out (see above) which uses a moment from The Truman Show (1998). About which the festival says:
The decisive scene urges viewers to not only experience the border between reality and its reprsentation but to ponder the power of fiction, between manipulation and catharsis. Just as Truman escapes falsehood as he rises, the Festival, with its famous ascending red carpet, offers viewers the truth of the artists when they enter the theater
Last year we had our most Cannes coverage ever with our favourite Italian Elisa Giudici at the festival covering the Competition lineup. Simultaneously Cláudio was doing a 'Cannes at Home' series to highlight older films by directors with new pictures at the festival. Since you liked both we're doing it again! The 75th edition of the festival runs May 17th- May 28th this year. We'll also be celebrating Cannes with an episode of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" covering Wong Kar Wai's Happy Together on May 12th. That moody gay drama took the Cannes Best Director prize 25 years ago from a jury led by the great French movie star Isabelle Adjani.
P.S. The Cannes lineup post has been updated to reflect the week later additions to the official selection.
Cannes, The Film Experience, The Truman Show Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 12:36PM by Nathaniel R
The 54th edition of Directors Fortnight, a sidebar which plays alongside Cannes 75th Official Selection films, has announced its lineup for this May's screenings and festivities. The opening night ceremony will honor director Kelly Reichardt with the Carrosse d'Or for her oeuvre, which they describe like so
"Political humanistic and grounded in American land, her seven feature films tell an intimate counter - history of her country, attached to territories and underdogs."
The lineup this year includes the following 23 features (if there's an asterisk it's a first film and thus also eligible for the Camera d'Or)...
Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:32AM Direct from France, please welcome longtime reader / first time contributor Arnaud Trouvé to talk about the Cannes festival and share the new lineup... uPDATE 04/23: new additions indicated below under red headlines
Ruben Östlund's "Triangle of Sadness" © SF Studios
My first encounter with the Cannes Film Festival was in 1998, when Roberto Benigni kissed Martin Scorsese’s feet after winning the Grand Prix for Life is Beautiful (which he mistakenly took for the Palme d’Or). Cannes ceremonies are always broadcast live on French TV and my interest grew rapidly over the years. Flash-forward to 2009: the Paris visual effects company I’m working for had to deliver over a hundred shots for an upcoming production destined for the Croisette. "It has to be ready for Cannes," was the motto as we worked on a very tight schedule. This production happened to be Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void and we managed to screen it in Competition at the last minute, with no opening or closing credits!
A decade later, the announcement of the Cannes lineup is still an annual event for cinephiles around the world. And after a bonkers ceremony in the summer of 2021 that saw the victory of Titane, the festival is ready to get back to its usual May slot. Let’s have a look at its anticipated official selection unveiled today by artistic director Thierry Frémaux...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 11:54AM Today's must read
• IndieWire's Eric Kohn has an interesting piece on Jim Carrey's retirement and why A list actors get bored and why they don't pursue more challenging opportunities. Some good theories here even if some of the information shared about how name actors (and their agents) invest time in finding fresh auteurs who could improve their filmographies.
Secret Lynch film, Nicolas Cage reflections, Nimona resurrected, Joel Grey celebration, Mother's Instinct pre-production, and more after the jump...
