Cannes Film Festival Postponed Because of Coronavirus
Organizers are hoping to reschedule for June or July.
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Terry Gilliam Has Lost Rights To ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
The curse against Terry Gilliam’s passion project continues with a new devastating blow.
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Will Have a Special Premiere At Cannes
A new report reveals Han Solo will make a special debut at the Cannes Film Festival.
Here Are Your Major Cannes Film Festival Award Winners
Even by its normally prestigious standards, this was a pretty exciting year for the Cannes Film Festival. Surprise selections, an atypically fun jury, and countless debates about Netflix and the future of film exhibition all combined to make headlines all around the world. Oh, and there were also a …
Bong Joon Ho, Tilda Swinton Defend Netflix at Cannes
It’s not a Cannes Film Festival without a little bit of controversy. This year, Netflix has the hot potato, as the festival has practically torn itself in twain on the matter of the online streaming platform — to purists, they’re the barbarians at the multiplex gates, but to tho…
Netflix Buys Taika Waititi's 'Bubbles,' the Michael Jackson Chimp Biopic
Over the past few days, the Netflix-Cannes Film Festival debate has been reaching new heights. This morning news arrived that the streaming platform/studio has purchased the rights to Bubbles, which is not a movie about the delightful little spheres of soap fill with air, but about Michael Jackson&a…
Tilda Swinton Goes on a Giant Pig Chase in First Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Okja’
Across the Atlantic, Will Smith and Pedro Almodovar may be jousting over Netflix’s place in the Cannes Film Festival – should a movie produced by the streaming empire be worthy of competing for the French festival’s coveted awards? Or should the Palme D’or only be granted…
Will Smith, Almodovar Butt Heads Over Netflix at Cannes
The jury at this year’s Cannes film festival features a diverse group of acclaimed filmmakers and actors, including Park Chan-wook, Jessica Chastain, Pedro Almodóvar and Will Smith — yes, as in the artist formerly known as the Fresh Prince. It’s only the second day of the f…
Cannes Won’t Allow Non-Theatrical Movies in Competition
Those of you with an interest in the changing face of theatrical exhibition and film festival bylaws (there are dozens of us!) may have caught wind of some recent meshugas unfolding in France. This year’s main Competition slate at the Cannes Film Festival included two films from online-stream…
French Exhibitors Attack Netflix's Cannes Selections
With two high-profile films premiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Netflix is hard at work proving to filmmakers and financiers alike that it deserves to be taken seriously as both a commercial and artistic distribution platform. And while fans might be excited to watch Bong Joon-Ho&…