#cannes-film-festival

#cannes-film-festival

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).

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...

Amy: The 19th season of the British game show Taskmaster, wherein a group of comedians are made to do impossible tasks by host Greg Davies.

Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, who accepted an honorary Palme d'Or in Cannes, said of Trump's film sanctions: "You can't put a price on creativity, but apparently you can put a tariff on it."

"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."

Chaz Ebert provides an insightful first-hand look at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, covering notable films, interviews, and the vibrant atmosphere surrounding this prestigious event.

Bi Gan's new film "Resurrection" is a bold exploration of hallucination and memory in an episodic journey through Chinese history, featuring incredible visual storytelling.

The Cannes festival's Immersive Competition began in 2024, although the lineup doesn't usually feature traditional video games. VR films and projection mapping is the thrust of it, says iNK Stories' other co-founder, Vassiliki's husband Navid Khonsari.

I was really doing it for myself and marketing it in the way I wanted to for myself but I had no clue that people would kind of connect to it in the way that they did.