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Friday, July 30, 2021 at 12:38AM by Nathaniel R
"Father... Son.... and House of Gucci" If the trailer is any indication, people are going to be obsessing on or quoting House of Gucci frequently in the coming months. So let's go immediately to our Yes No Maybe So™ routine, but in the more expansive second-by-second way we do occassionally when we're really excited...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 4:55PM TFE is thrilled to have a correspondent on the ground in Cannes this year. Please welcome back Elisa Giudici.
by Elisa Guidici
It's my first day of my first year as a press pass holder at Cannes Film Festival. Let me tell you that as an Italian, I am so proud of how Venice Mostra handled their Covid-19 edition last season. Cannes had an extra year to plan how to be efficient, safe and as Covid-free as possible. How did the organisation spent these months?.The ticketing system to avoid long queues before screenings? A hot mess. The website? Almost always down. Covid tests? Bizzarre, but at least free for pass holders...
Adam Driver, Annette, Cannes, Cannes Diary, France, Italy, Leos Carax, Reviews, film critics, film festivals, musicals Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 10:18PM 
It all starts in the recording studio, as Leos Carax and his daughter - to whom this achingly personal film is dedicated - observe the Sparks working their magic. The reference to supernatural powers when writing on artistic marvel is overused, but it does seem fitting for Annette. Here, performance can invoke a new reality, singing it into existence. That's what the film's team does in this metatextual prologue. As the Sparks exit the recording booth, the camera and the Carax duo follow, with the movie stars joining along for good measure. As they ask "May We Start," they also admonish the audience, heed them, warn them, and set the stage for what's to come. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard depart in separate vehicles at the end of the song, no longer themselves. The ritual of performance has begun – they're now Henry and Ann…
Adam Driver, Amazon Prime, Annette, Cannes, Leos Carax, Marion Cotillard, Sparks, musicals Monday, August 17, 2020 at 6:00PM By Juan Carlos Ojano
Three men from Saturday Night Live, a “regular” guest actor in a Comedy Series frontrunner, a lead in an anthology series episode, and a comedy veteran receiving a posthumous nomination. These are the men nominated in this category. SNL has had at least two nominees in this category since 2013, peaking last year with four of the seven slots. Their last winner was in 2017. Meanwhile, performances from Comedy Series have bagged the last two wins.
Let’s consider each nominee...
Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 5:25PM by Lynn Lee
Company may be approaching its 50th birthday, but it’s never looked hipper – not that it ever really went out of fashion. But between its prominent appearance in last year’s Marriage Story, a recent successful gender-switched revival in London that’s transferring to Broadway (previews just started!), Sondheim’s musical about a thirtysomething Manhattan bachelor and his various coupled friends is definitely having a(nother) moment.
Which raises the inevitable question: why hasn’t anyone tried to make a movie out of it? Could it even work as a movie? I think it could...
