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The first big standing ovation at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival wasn't for a new film. It was for Guillermo Del Toro, at the conclusion of the Pan's Labyrinth screening. "Fuck AI," he said, to deafening applause. It's a weird Cannes, which means even our annual standing-o-meter is going to be a little funky.

There will be no Tom Cruise reveling in lowlevel flyovers along the beach at La Croisette by the French Air Force's aerobatic team, as happened at the 2022 premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Harrison Ford or a similar star will not climb the steps of the Palais des Festivals to the beat of an iconic theme, as he did in 2023 when bidding farewell to the whipcracking archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. There will be no screenings of major animated films from Pixar, Disney, or Universal.

Meta said in a statement that it was "proud to be an official partner of the Festival de Cannes in a new multi-year strategic partnership", replacing social video platform TikTok. The group is set to organise a series of promotional events for its video-enabled Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which are becoming increasingly popular among influencers but have sparked privacy fears. It will also showcase its new artificial intelligence-powered video generative technology, which has been embraced by Oscar-winning "Traffic" director Steven Soderbergh for his latest film.

Since then it's all gone a bit quiet, a planned desert-island drama starring Joaquin Phoenix scuppered by the Sag-Aftra strikes just as filming was due to begin, so excitement is understandably high for Fatherland, starring Sandra Hüller as Erika Mann, who takes a trip through the newly divided Germany with her dad, the author Thomas Mann, as the dust still settles on the Second World War.

"With filming just underway on Season 4 of The White Lotus, it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set."

Ira Sachs, who emerged from the New Queer Cinema movement of the '90s, has become one of the most accomplished & revered directors of his generation, crafting achingly intimate stories about love, friendship, and desire.

The invention of the Cinématographe was ready right away. The process of the invention was longer, and there were a lot of inventors before Lumière.

One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, The Gold Rush has been vividly brought back to life in a new restoration that premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival. On the opening day of its 78th edition, Cannes debuted a 4K restoration of The Gold Rush, one of Chaplin's most beloved silent masterpieces.

There was her 1999 debut, "Ratcatcher," about an impoverished Glasgow boy suffering tragedies and drawn almost telepathically to an eerie canal. Then, "Morvern Callar," in which Samantha Morton assumes the authorship of her dead boyfriend's manuscript, a man she has dismembered and buried in the Scottish mountains. "We Need to Talk About Kevin" became one of 2011's most controversial films, dousing us in the mental wreckage of a woman (Tilda Swinton) after her son shoots up his school with a bow and arrow.

It's still early days, but some fall festival hopefuls are losing steam. Three Venice premieres include box-office disappointment "The Smashing Machine" (A24), starring Dwayne Johnson as a mixed martial artist, critically flayed "After the Hunt" (Amazon/MGM) starring Julia Roberts, and show-business story "Jay Kelly" (Netflix), starring George Clooney. And two TIFF crowdpleasers could use a box office boost: the Channing Tatum-starring true story "Roofman" (Paramount) and poignant Brendan Fraser vehicle "Rental Family" (Searchlight).

I've flown into Paris, and been in the airport, but I've never spent time in Paris, nor London,

The White Lotus season four rumors have been white hot lately. The hit HBO Max show's creator Mike White has landed on France to host the murder-mystery anthology's comically out-of-touch guests, per a new report from Deadline. While neither HBO nor White (who also serves as writer and director of the series) have confirmed the speculation, France, with its rich cultural history, idyllic landscapes, and a flair for all things luxury,

This ineffably creepy, often unbearably tense and disquieting film has a little of early Christopher Nolan (the Nolan of Following and Memento), with hints of Lynch and Cronenberg in its hallucinatory episodes.

Miller stated, 'I came to Cannes to support one of my closest friends in the world, Lynne Ramsey, who is one of the greatest living filmmakers.'

"As I screened dozens of movies this year in Cannes, I've been reminded of what my late husband, Roger Ebert, said is the most noble thing movies can do: make us feel empathy for others."

Hiring hawks from local falconer Christophe Puzin was the Majestic's answer to curbing gull-related incidents (such as Sophie Marceau's 2011 wine-on-dress situation).

The Cannes Film Festival's 78th edition showcased a mix of familiar names and emerging talents, reflecting a transition phase, yet often lacking a strong unifying vision.

Luxury brands leveraged the Cannes Film Festival for storytelling, with Gucci leading social media engagement through high-profile fashion appearances and a significant earned media value.

At the press conference, Barhom talked about how he initially became an actor to get closer to the film business and eventually he developed...

"J.B. seems temperamentally incapable of even perceiving his mistakes. From a summary, 'The Mastermind' might sound like an uncharacteristically larky effort, but she approaches the proceedings with counterintuitive restraint."