Category: Festivals
Bryan Cranston Has Finally Joined The Wes Anderson Live Action Ensemble
Bryan Cranston Has Finally Joined The Wes Anderson Live Action Ensemble

CANNES – He had a bite of Wes Anderson’s world voicing Chief in the stop-motion animated “Isle of Dogs,” but Bryan Cranston is now officially a member of the auteur’s growing live action ensemble. The six-time Emmy Award winner, two-time…

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Todd Haynes On Natalie Portman’s ‘May December’ Scene Everyone Will Be Talking About [Interview]
Todd Haynes On Natalie Portman’s ‘May December’ Scene Everyone Will Be Talking About [Interview]

CANNES – It was a warm afternoon on la Croisette when Todd Haynes sat down to chat about his celebrated new drama, “May December.” The Killer Films produced project still hadn’t been acquired yet (Netflix picked up North American rights…

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Wes Anderson Talks Aliens, Actors And Secret Animatics
Wes Anderson Talks Aliens, Actors And Secret Animatics

CANNES – For someone who is notoriously media-shy, Wes Anderson was in a delightful mood at the press conference for his new film, “Asteroid City.” And considering the star power alongside him on the dias, he dominated the conversation. Maybe…

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Alicia Vikander Saw The Future In Catherine Parr
Alicia Vikander Saw The Future In Catherine Parr

CANNES – Henry VIII was a bad, bad, bad man. The 16th Century King of England notoriously beheaded two of his six wives, divorced another two, and saw another die during childbirth. The story of the sixth, however, has somehow…

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Robert De Niro Finds Trump Parallel In Killers of The Flower Moon Character
Robert De Niro Finds Trump Parallel In Killers of The Flower Moon Character

CANNES – David Grann‘s acclaimed novel “Killers of the Flower Moon” has gone through a number of interactions to finally get to the big screen. One constant, however, has been director Martin Scorsese and star and producer Leonardo DiCaprio‘s commitment…

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Natalie Portman And Julianne Moore On Their ‘You Got This’ May December Moment
Natalie Portman And Julianne Moore On Their ‘You Got This’ May December Moment

CANNES – Perhaps it was the fact we’ve reached the halfway point of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and the media have reached an inevitable breaking point with lack of sleep. Or maybe it was the often (but not talways)…

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Brie Larson Has An Unexpected Cannes Press Conference Moment
Brie Larson Has An Unexpected Cannes Press Conference Moment

CANNES – She’s won an Academy Award and dealt with toxic, misogynist fans over the $1 billion success of “Ms. Marvel.” Still, we’re not 100% sure Brie Larson knew what she was getting into when she was asked to join…

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7 Big Questions For Cannes Film Festival 2023
7 Big Questions For Cannes Film Festival 2023

Once again, the world’s media, sales agents, acquisition execs, cinephiles hoping for a free ticket, and wanna-be celebrities crashing the famed red carpet have descended upon Cannes. And unlike 2022 where the festival was about 90% back to pre-pandemic norms,…

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Brie Larson And Paul Dano Join Ruben Ostlünd On The 2023 Cannes Jury
Brie Larson And Paul Dano Join Ruben Ostlünd On The 2023 Cannes Jury

The 76th Festival de Cannes already had a jury president in two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlünd. It now has eight more members to fill out its jury. Two of those members just happen to be Oscar winner Brie Larson…

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Academy Sets New Social Media, Screenings Rules For 2024 Oscars
Academy Sets New Social Media, Screenings Rules For 2024 Oscars

After every Oscar season, the brain trust of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sits down and determines what worked and what didn’t. Considering the drama and frustration (some might use the word “outrage”) over the viral campaign…

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Day One, Killers Of The Flower Moon
Day One, Killers Of The Flower Moon

Paramount Pictures put on a show at CinemaCon Thursday morning. Not only did they have an opening number to celebrate “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” a surprise in-person appearance from “The Smurf Movie” star and producer Rihanna, but made…

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Ethan Coen’s Drive Away Dolls Tops Focus Features CinemaCon Previews
Ethan Coen’s Drive Away Dolls Tops Focus Features CinemaCon Previews

Universal Pictures may have had some big guns to play with at CinemaCon with Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” and David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy,” but its mini-major division, Focus Features, wanted a little bit of the spotlight.…

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