This year’s edition of the annual film festival features a prominent presence of Indian stories and storytellers that celebrates the country’s independent cinema.
Category: Cannes International Film Festival
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Laurent Cantet, Whose Films Explored France’s Undersides, Dies at 63
His acclaimed “The Class” walked a provocative line between documentary and fiction. In that film and others, he explored the inescapable traps of late-stage capitalism.
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Cannes Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup, Including a Francis Ford Coppola Film
Organizers on Thursday announced a lineup that also features new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Paul Schrader.
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Paolo Taviani, Half of a Famed Italian Filmmaking Duo, Dies at 92
He and his brother Vittorio made films, including “Padre Padrone,” that mixed neorealism with a lyrical, almost magical sense of storytelling.
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Greta Gerwig, ‘Barbie’ Director, to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury
The director and writer behind “Barbie,” “Little Women” and “Lady Bird” will help pick the winner of next year’s Palme d’Or, the festival’s main prize.
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‘The Storms of Jeremy Thomas’ Review: A Transgressive Producer
Thomas’s dedication to pushing the envelope of big-screen entertainment is the focus of Mark Cousins’s latest documentary.
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Iran Sentences Director Saeed Roustaee to 6 Months Over Film
The Islamic Revolutionary Court said the director of “Leila’s Brothers,” Saeed Roustaee, and the film’s other producer had been “participating in the opposition’s propaganda.”
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Best Cannes Red Carpet Looks: Scarlett Johansson, Lily-Rose Depp and More
The film festival, which took place over almost two weeks, brought lots of fashion to French Riviera.
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Is ‘May December’ the Most Fun Film at Cannes?
The movie stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore as cravenly self-interested women. Its director, Todd Haynes, is relieved that festival audiences are laughing.