CANNES, France — On paper, Jacques Audiard’s buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movie. The film, which premiered Saturday in Cannes, is probably the first movie that can sincerely be compared to both “Sicario” and “Mrs. Doubtfire” — and that’s just a start. Zoe … Read more
CANNES, France — A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the Cannes Film Festival to unveil his self-financed passion project. “Two of my boys are out fishing right now,” Costner said with a grin in an interview at the … Read more
The message here—that most of us, while fighting for our own free will, are fairly content, even reassured, to be told what to do (as we were during the many pandemic-triggered lockdowns), and wouldn’t know what to do with real freedom if we got it—was fairly clear to me, though the moral of the next … Read more
Is there any actor quite as versatile as Cate Blanchett? The 55-year-old double Oscar winner has built a reputation as a chameleonic character actor since arriving in Hollywood from her native Australia. She’s played monarchs, movie stars, a conservative activist, an elf, and the goddess of death—not to mention a prolific conductor in Todd Field’s … Read more
Margaret Qualley graced the Croisette at the Cannes Film Festival with the dancerly presence of someone with a lifetime of ballet training. The actor joined her castmates—including Emma Stone, Hunter Schafer, Jesse Plemons, and Joe Alwyn—for the premiere of their film Kinds of Kindness, from director Yorgos Lanthimos. “I’m feeling so grateful to be here … Read more
CANNES, France — Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we’re free.” “That’s me making this film,” Coppola says, speaking on a hotel terrace in Cannes the day … Read more
CANNES, France — Hollywood royalty is back at the Cannes Film Festival for its annual celebration of cinema along the French Riviera. Premieres bring an elegant parade of stars nightly and moments that become indelible Cannes images, whether it’s Francis Ford Coppola’s return to the Palais des Festivals or French actor Judith Godrèche and other … Read more
With an eternally chic cast—Emma Stone, Hunter Schafer, and Margaret Qualley among them—we always knew that the Kinds of Kindness premiere at the Cannes Film Festival would be a hearty serving of fashun. And, luckily for us, the stars did not disappoint! Stone wore a tiered, sparkly burgundy dress with a plunging neckline from Louis … Read more
CANNES, France — After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization. “If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.” The health of the 77-year-old filmmaker, whose films and scripts have covered half a century of American movies, from “Taxi Driver” to “First … Read more
The Cannes Film Festival is back! This year, the annual affair—which is known as one of the most glamorous and star-studded festivals in the world—will feature an eclectic mix of new films to take in, including Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez (starring Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana) and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness (with Emma Stone, … Read more
