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Viggo Mortensen Dispels “Bullsh*t” Myth That Cronenberg’s Cannes Jury “Deprived” Pedro Almodóvar Of 1999 Palme d’Or Win

May 25, 2022 5:08 pm

It's a Cannes Film Festival legend. Supposedly, at the 1999 festival, when David Cronenberg headed the competition jury, he swayed his jury cohorts to award the Palme d'Or to the Dardennes' "Rosetta" over Pedr...

‘The Silent Twins’ Review: Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Take On A Tragic True Story Is Imaginative, But Frustrating [Cannes]

Rafaela Sales Ross

May 25, 2022 4:31 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

In the late 19th century, two French psychiatrists coined the term “folie à deux,” literally translated as madness for two, to describe what is now widely referred to as shared psychotic disorder, or when two ...

Guillermo Del Toro At Cannes On “Pernicious” Streaming & Cinema’s Future: “Break The Machine From The Inside”

Ned Booth

May 25, 2022 3:28 pm

Festivals, News

Guillermo del Toro doesn’t have a new film at the Cannes Film Festival, but the director was on the French Riviera this week as part of a symposium on the current state of cinema. And he had some choice words ...

Joe Alwyn On ‘The Stars At Noon’: “I Was Never Going To Say No To Working With Claire Denis”

Ned Booth

May 25, 2022 2:03 pm

Festivals, News

A new film by Claire Denis is always a cause for excitement. And fans of the French director are in for a treat in 2022, with two new films from Denis premiering this year. "Both Sides Of The Blade" already ha...

Kristen Stewart On The “Gaping, Weird Bruises” Of David Cronenberg Films: “We’re Pleasure Sacks”

Ned Booth

May 25, 2022 12:39 pm

Festivals, News

David Cronenberg’s latest deep dive into body horror, “Crimes Of The Future,” had its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week (read our review here). And it looks like the C...

‘Godland’ Review: Hlynur Pálmason’s Hypnotic, Spiritual, Slow-Cinema Look At 19th Century Iceland [Cannes]

Elena Lazic

May 25, 2022 12:18 pm

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As countries go, Iceland is probably one of the most fast-changing in terms of its biological make up, its intense volcanic activities reshaping its surface and contours at a speed fast enough to be perceived ...

‘Forever Young’ Review: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s Tempestuous Romance Is Passionate, But Remote [Cannes]

Elena Lazic

May 25, 2022 10:30 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Based on her own time spent in the acting school Les Amandiers, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s “Forever Young” aims to recreate a very specific time and place both in her life and in France, more than it cares to in...

‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ Review: Unflinching Medical Doc Zooms In On Life & Death [Cannes]

Carlos Aguilar

May 25, 2022 9:41 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Observed in isolation, detached from the body or in extreme close-ups, organs and other vital viscera resemble moist masses of soft tissue plucked from alien landscapes in the unflinchingly immersive medical d...

‘Tori And Lokita’ Review: The Dardennes’ Trademark Sense Of Urgency & Empathy Missteps Into Exploitation [Cannes]

Iana Murray

May 25, 2022 9:10 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

“Tori and Lokita” opens on a tight close-up on the teenage Lokita (Joely Mbundu) as she struggles with the questions delivered by an immigration officer. She has fabricated a story about how she found her brot...

Alicia Vikander & Olivier Assayas & Their Very Personal Connections To ‘Irma Vep’ [Cannes]

Gregory Ellwood

May 25, 2022 7:51 am

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CANNES - To be frank, it's hard to explain Olivier Assayas' impressive new limited series "Irma Vep" with a simple logline. It's primarily about a modern-day movie star, Mira (Alicia Vikander), who is starring...