Cannes Report
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Netflix Bails on Cannes Over Theatrical Release Mandate
Ted Sarandos passes on the south of France
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ to Premiere at Cannes Film Festival
Special screening set for May 15, before its May 25 global premiere
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Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem Film ‘Everybody Knows’ to Open Cannes Film Festival
Asghar Farhadi’s thriller will be only the second non-English, non-French film to open the festival
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Quelle Horreur! Cannes Film Festival Bans Selfies on Red Carpet
Festival director Thierry Fremaux also eliminates all press screenings ahead of official premiere
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‘Happy End’ Movie Review: Michael Haneke’s Latest Tackles Social Media
Austrian director’s existential riddle/puzzle is set among France’s top 1 percent
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Cannes Film Festival to Start One Day Earlier in 2018
71st annual festival will take place from May 8 to May 19, 2018
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‘Wonderstruck’ Review: Todd Haynes Aims for Magic, But It’s Elusive
As a formal exercise in the look and feel of cinema, “Wonderstruck” is dazzing; as a piece of storytelling, it’s more problematic
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‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Review: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell Get Dark and Freaky
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has made a deranged-stalker flick with a thrilling, almost Kubrickian level of coldness and precision
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‘BPM’ Review: Powerful AIDS Drama Could Be Awards Bound
Robin Campillo’s film about the early days of ACT UP in Paris packs an emotional wallop and left the Cannes audience in tears
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‘The Unknown Girl’ Review: Guilt and Murder Meet Quiet Naturalism
The Dardenne brothers are looking to become the first to win three Palme d’Ors
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‘Good Time’ Review: Robert Pattinson Lurches Desperately Through Queens
Brother filmmakers Joshua and Ben Safdie tell a taut, tough tale of one sibling doing everything possible to bail out the other
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‘Okja’ Star Tilda Swinton on How Ivanka Trump Inspired Her Role as ‘Daughter of a Different Dubious Dynasty’
CannesWrap Magazine cover story: “She is a liar, from start to finish,” the Scottish actress says of her character in Bong Joon Ho’s new film
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‘Okja’ Review: Bong Joon Ho’s Giant Pig Movie for Netflix Is Messy Good Fun
Once you got past the technical problems at the first Cannes screening, the South Korean director’s film was audacious, frustrating and a real hoot
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‘The Beguiled’ Review: Sofia Coppola, Nicole Kidman Deliver a Southern Gothic Hoot
The film, which also stars Kirsten Dunst, Colin Farrell and Elle Fanning, is a satisfying reinvention that never tries to oversell its pulpy material
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‘I, Daniel Blake’ Review: Ken Loach’s Touching Character Study Is Fueled by Righteous Indignation
Standout performances highlight Loach’s occasionally heavy-handed but moving study of working-class struggles