Top titles from Cannes and Berlin, like Sean Baker’s “Anora” and Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” join new work by Pedro Almodóvar, Steve McQueen and RaMell Ross.
Category: Cannes International Film Festival
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Margot Benacerraf, Award-Winning Venezuelan Documentarian, Dies at 97
She made only two films, but her “Araya,” a rumination on the daily rituals of salt-mine laborers, became an enduring work of Latin American cinema.
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Which Cannes Films Might Become Oscar Contenders?
Films backed by the studio Neon have won Cannes and gone on to Oscar nominations regularly in the last few years. That’s one reason to keep an eye on “Anora.”
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Bawdy Comedy ‘Anora’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The movie about a sex worker, from the American filmmaker Sean Baker, took the top prize at a ceremony that also honored George Lucas.
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Director Who Fled Iran Brings a Movie and a Message of Hope to Cannes
At a news conference for his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof reveled details of his escape from the country to avoid a prison sentence.
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The Cannes Love Affair With American Cinema Takes Unexpected Turns
Whether it’s Demi Moore’s performance in “The Substance” or Sean Baker’s tale of a Brooklyn sex worker, this year’s jury will have a lot to ponder.
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Did Cate Blanchett Make a Pro-Palestinian Fashion Statement at Cannes?
The actress hasn’t said so, but some internet users think she did. Plus, a bleak week for small fashion brands and wedding dresses for fashion-forward brides.
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‘The Substance’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ Cause a Stir at Cannes
“The Substance” features Demi Moore in go-for-broke mode, while “Emilia Pérez” is a musical crime drama that defies description.
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Trump Calls ‘Apprentice’ Biopic at Cannes ‘Garbage’ and Plans to Sue
The director of “The Apprentice” was unfazed by the threat to the film, which covers the ex-president’s relationships with his first wife and the fixer Roy Cohn.
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At Cannes, the Dogs Were Good Again This Year
The festival has long embraced canine stars like Messi, the hero of “Anatomy of a Fall,” while human stars are happy to take their furry friends along.
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Cannes Meets a Trump Biopic: ‘The Apprentice’
The film covers Donald J. Trump’s relationships with the fixer Roy Cohn and his first wife, Ivana, and tries to explain the future president, at least as a young man.
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Lily Gladstone in the Spotlight at the Kering Women in Motion Dinner
The juror found herself at the center of the Kering Women in Motion dinner, a year after she was a little-known guest for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”