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Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 1:11PM by Nathaniel R
6:26 Most of the people we're seeing on the red carpet are people from the 2020 Cannes that was cancelled. It's a nice tribute to invite all of them. They wave before the 2021 stars begin crowding the carpet...
Cannes, Live Blog, Palme d'Or, Sharon Stone Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 11:00AM It's time to end the Cannes at Home project. Hopefully, these daily posts haven't been a bore. For me, as a writer and film lover, they've been a blast, a sparkling antidote to Cannes-induced FOMO. Thank you so much for reading along. Finally, to end on something special, I decided to rank all Palme d'Or winners from 1949 to 2019, eighty winners in all. For brevity's sake and because it's my birthday and I don't want to dwell on negativity, this write-up is only focused on the top ten, my absolute favorites of the bunch. If you're interested, the complete ranking's on my Letterboxd or you can read an old version of it on the Portuguese website Magazine.HD. And now, without further ado, here are my choices for the best Palme d'Or winners of all time…
Cannes, Cannes at Home, Palme d'Or, Top Ten Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 10:25AM by Nathaniel R
Catherine Corsini celebrates her Queer Palm win
The Queer Palm jury this year was led by actor Nicolas Maury (Call My Agent), and included Josza Anjembe, Vahram Murayan, Roxane Mesquida, and Aloïse Sauvage. They've given their prize to La Fracture / The Divide by Catherine Corsini (reviewed here) which is about a fifty-something lesbian couple (inspired by Corsini's own relationship) who are trying to survive a night in a chaotic hospital during a yellow vest protest. The film is also rumored to be a contender for a prize tonight when Spike Lee's jury hands out their awards in the main competition.
The other eligible feature films vying for the unofficial prize were...
Cannes, LGBTQ+, La Fracture, Queer Palm, short films Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:45PM Spike Lee's illustrious jury will hand out its prizes Saturday night. Friday was still full of screenings, however, including the last two premieres in the Main Competition. Justin Kurzel's Nitram has generated some controversy, purporting, as it does, to tell the story of the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Australian history. To extend cinematic empathy, or even a gesture of exploitation, towards such a figure is bound to cause a polemic. The other film to screen on this last competitive day of Cannes 2021 was Joachim Lafosse's The Restless, the story of a Belgian family dealing with the struggles brought upon by bipolar disorder. To celebrate the event, we'll take a look at two previous tales of killers from these filmmakers. One is a mythic warrior, haunted by the carnage he commits. The other, a real-life mother who did something unthinkable…
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Friday, July 16, 2021 at 6:30PM by Nathaniel R
Tilda in dog collar
With Cannes wrapping up this weekend, the awards are now rolling out. Trust Tilda Swinton to bring inhuman glamour to the kick-off by accepting the Palm Dog award and wearing the coveted red collar herself! Her three spaniels Rosie, Dora and Snowbear won for their roles in The Souvenir Part Two...
Cannes, Feathers, Middle Eastern Films, Olga, Palm Dog, The Souvenir, Tilda Swinton, dogs, egypt, film festivals, short films 
