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Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulov, who in May 2024 escaped from Iran to Europe after receiving a jail sentence from the country’s authorities for making his drama “The Seed of the Sacred…
Billowing gray smoke intermingles with moody cloud cover, while scores of grim-faced Ukrainian citizens watch the skies, arms folded. The visual opening salvo of “Militantropos,” directed…
There is a kind of sadness that comes from living in a restless state of FOMO — or fear of missing out, as the acronym goes. The experiences you’d squander if you didn’t show up to an…
Margaret Qualley was at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday her new film “Honey Don’t,” a queer detective flick. Qualley stars alongside the likes of Chris Evans and Aubrey Plaza in the…
The Match Factory has sold Oliver Laxe‘s “Sirat” to a slew of international territories following its jury prize win at Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night. The Match Factory will…
Jeremy Strong is reflecting on his past 11 days as a member of the Cannes Film Festival competition jury, comparing it to the process of choosing a new pope as depicted in the…
Bringing a turbulent world together through cinema, the 78th Cannes Film Festival went off largely without a hitch —— despite hosting a day of films honoring Ukraine at the outset, two…
Bearing out Brazil’s place as country of honor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” (“O Agente Secreto”) won the Fipresci Prize in the Official…
The city of Cannes was hit by a major power outage on Saturday morning, just hours before the film festival is set to award this year’s Palme d’Or. However, a festival rep tells Variety…
Josh O’Connor heaped praise on his “The Mastermind” director Kelly Reichardt during the film’s Cannes press conference on Saturday, saying “there’s a kindness” to working with her “which…
Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road-trip movie “Caravan” opens with a series of idyllic holiday scenes. A wide shot of a tranquil swimming pool. A beach ball, close up, with iridescent sequins…
Ethan Coen’s raunchy, gory detective movie “Honey Don’t!,” starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans, premiered to a rowdy Cannes crowd at midnight on Friday. The film earned…
Directed by the twin duo of Tarzan and Arab Nasser, “Once Upon a Time in Gaza” is about a collaboration of a different sort: a small-time drug scheme concocted by timid university student…
Margaret Qualley swans through “Honey Don’t!” like a movie star who might have been born in the wrong era, but she’s going to make the most of it. Regally tall, in red heels and a…
No one was expecting Nadav Lapid to hold back in his first feature since the events of October 7, 2023: The Israeli filmmaker has long been cinema’s most vigorously expressive and…
The Cannes Film Festival‘s second-most prestigious competition, Un Certain Regard, is typically dominated by newer, less heralded names in world cinema. But there’s more star power than…
Belgian Valéry Carnoy’s “Wild Foxes” (“La Danse des renards”) has won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2025 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Announced…
The Cannes Film Festival, an international event that premieres some of the most anticipated new releases in film and television, has a reputation for its iconized red carpet and…
Charli xcx first declared a “Joachim Trier summer” at Coachella, and now Elle Fanning — one of the stars of his new film “Sentimental Value” — is doubling down. On Thursday, Fanning rocked…
Paul Mescal reflected on masculinity in film during the Cannes press conference for “The History of Sound,” saying that he thinks cinema is “moving away” from alpha male roles. Mescal…
Roughly a year after its launch, Italian state broadcaster RAI’s new sales unit for film is at Cannes with its first full-fledged slate headlined by surreal Western “Heads or Tails”…
Gracie Abrams hit the Palais des Festivals on Wednesday for “The History of Sound” premiere in a look that was classic Hollywood glamour front and a playful wink in the back. Dressed head…
Sepideh Farsi’s documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” follows 25-year-old Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona, a story of a woman under siege by constant bombing, made…
Joachim Trier and star Renate Reinsve‘s “Sentimental Value” smashed past this year’s record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes on Wednesday evening, with the premiere crowd…
