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Chanel Celebrates Biarritz Film Festival With Dinner at the Grand Palais
NEW WAVE: The Cannes Film Festival may be done and dusted, but Chanel’s film community reunited in Paris for a dinner celebrating the…
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‘Drunken Noodles’ Review: A Breezy, Summery Ode to Casual Sex and Embroidered Erotica
Alone and happily adrift for the summer in Brooklyn, a young gay grad student hits the apps for an evening hookup, and within minutes, is…
Business
Mubi Expands Theatrical Operations to Italy With Former Lucky Red Exec Gabriele D’Andrea in Charge
Mubi is set to expand its theatrical operations in Italy as Efe Cakarel, CEO of the global streamer, producer and film distributor,…
Celebrity
‘Magellan’ Review: Gael García Bernal Plays the Famed Explorer in Lav Diaz’s Mesmerizing, Myth-Busting Biopic
By the standards of Filipino formalist and running-time maximalist Lav Diaz, his latest opus “Magellan” qualifies as a veritable…
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‘I Only Rest in the Storm’ Review: A Sprawling Narrative That Demands Patience and Attention
Nearly two hours into an ambitious critique of colonialism that runs almost twice as long, a pivotal scene brings “I Only Rest in the…
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‘Girl on Edge’ Review: A Mother and Daughter Hit Thin Ice in Zhou Jinghao’s Alluring but Unsatisfactory Skating Drama
Zhou Jinghao’s “Girl on Edge” starts strong. A young woman is shown skating in a dimly lit ring, finishing her routine and stopping right…
Culture
Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Triumph Sends a Warning to Authoritarians Everywhere
When “It Was Just an Accident,” a new movie from the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, on…
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Riviera Reels
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival officially closed Saturday with the anointing of newly minted Palme d’Or winner “It Was Just an Accident.”…
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Helen Mirren on Cannes, Culture Shift and the Power of Visibility
Helen Mirren makes a regular pilgrimage to the South of France for the Cannes Film Festival with both her own films and L’Oréal Paris.…
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Inside TikTok’s Cannes Film Festival Takeover, From One-on-One Time With Tom Cruise to Reece Feldman’s Short Film Premiere
TikTok creators got the surprise of their lives during the first week of Cannes Film Festival, when Tom Cruise showed up to give a talk on…
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All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2025, Ranked from Best to Worst
When the competition program of the seventy-eighth Cannes Film Festival was announced several weeks ago, I wasn’t alone in predicting that…
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Viola Davis, Jane Fonda Spotlight Emerging Directors at L’Oréal’s Lights on Women’s Worth Award
CANNES, France – Cannes was lit up by Jane Fonda and Viola Davis, who arrived on the final weekend of the film festival to honor the next…
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Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Palme d’Or is a ‘Powerful Blow to the Machinery of Repression in the Islamic Republic,’ Says ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad Rasoulov (EXCLUSIVE)
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulov, who in May 2024 escaped from Iran to Europe after receiving a jail sentence from the country’s…
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‘Militantropos’ Review: Austere Anti-War Doc Employs Formal Control in an Impassioned Defense of Ukraine
Billowing gray smoke intermingles with moody cloud cover, while scores of grim-faced Ukrainian citizens watch the skies, arms folded. The…
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‘The Last One for the Road’ Review: A Pleasant Italian Gem on Drinking Buddies, Aging and Wistful Flavors of Life
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…
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Margaret Qualley Likes the Look of Leather in Chanel Halter Dress with Slingback Heels for ‘Honey Don’t!’ Cannes Photocall
Margaret Qualley was at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday her new film “Honey Don’t,” a queer detective flick. Qualley stars alongside…
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Cannes’ Show Goes on with Dior, Prada and Chanel at Closing Ceremony
CANNES, France – As they say in entertainment, “the show must go on.” And so it did. The Cannes Film Festival continued its closing…
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Oliver Laxe’s ‘Sirat’ Sold by the Match Factory to Slew of International Territories After Cannes Jury Prize Win
The Match Factory has sold Oliver Laxe‘s “Sirat” to a slew of international territories following its jury prize win at Cannes Film…
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Jeremy Strong Says Serving on Cannes Jury Was ‘Like “Conclave” With Champagne’ and Celebrates Palme d’Or Winner ‘It Was Just an Accident’: It ‘Changed Me’
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…
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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Brazilian Epic ‘The Secret Agent’ Wins Fipresci Award at Cannes: ‘A Rich, Strange and Deeply Troubling Story’
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…
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Cannes Film Festival Hit by Power Outage, Closing Ceremony to ‘Proceed as Planned’ After Palais Switches to ‘Independent Power Supply’
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…
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Josh O’Connor Says ‘There’s a Kindness’ to Working With ‘Mastermind’ Director Kelly Reichardt and Responds to Paul Mescal Calling Him ‘Silly’: ‘I Am’
Josh O’Connor heaped praise on his “The Mastermind” director Kelly Reichardt during the film’s Cannes press conference on Saturday, saying…
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‘Caravan’ Review: Tender Debut Feature Focuses on a Single Mom’s Experience with Her Disabled Son
Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road-trip movie “Caravan” opens with a series of idyllic holiday scenes. A wide shot of a tranquil swimming pool. A…
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Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza Get Raunchy in Ethan Coen’s Detective Movie ‘Honey Don’t!,’ Earning Rowdy 6-Minute Cannes Ovation
Ethan Coen’s raunchy, gory detective movie “Honey Don’t!,” starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans, premiered to a rowdy…