Cannes 2023
‘Chicken for Linda!’ Review: A Touching Coming-of-Age Cartoon Caper Made With the Finest Ingredients
Directors Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s film won the top prize at Annecy and the César award for Best Animated Feature.
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Iranian Director Saeed Roustayi Imprisoned for Screening Film ‘Leila’s Brothers’ in Cannes
Iranian director and screenwriter Saeed Roustayi has been sentenced to six months in prison for screening his film Leila’s Brothers at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival without necessary authorization, according to local reports. The filmmaker — alongside his producer Javad Noruzbegi — were on Tuesday found guilty of “contributing to propaganda of the opposition against the Islamic […]
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Rachel Sennott-Starrer ‘I Used to Be Funny’ Lands at Utopia (Exclusive)
After distributing Rachel Sennot’s breakout movie Shiva Baby, Utopia has landed the U.S. rights to the SXSW feature I Used to Be Funny starring The Idol actress. The comedy-drama follows Sam (Sennott), an aspiring stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD, as she decides whether or not to join the search for a missing teenage girl she […]
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Martin Scorsese Reteams with Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Trailer
After a massive reception at the Cannes Film Festival, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon has gotten its first full-length trailer from Apple. Scorsese reteams with frequent collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in the historical drama that also stars Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemons. Eric Roth and Scorsese adapted the screenplay from […]
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Wim Wenders’ Cannes-Bowing Doc ‘Anselm’ Picked Up for U.S. by Sideshow and Janus
Anselm, Wim Wenders’ doc on contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer that premiered this year at Cannes (one of two films the auteur had at the festival, alongside Perfect Days), has found a home in the U.S. Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired the critically acclaimed feature, which Wenders shot at 6K resolution and in the 3D […]
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Jennifer Lawrence Clarifies Cannes Flip-Flop Ensemble: “I Was Not Making a Political Statement”
Jennifer Lawrence broke the internet during Cannes when she was photographed walking down the steps outside the Palais des Festivals in black flip-flops and a red Christian Dior gown. In a recent conversation with Entertainment Tonight, the No Hard Feelings star said she wanted to explain what happened. “I was not making a political statement, […]
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Johnny Depp’s Cannes Starrer ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Lands Domestic Distribution
Jeanne du Barry, the opening night from this year’s Cannes Film Festival that stars embattled actor Johnny Depp, will get a North American release. Vertical has landed the domestic rights to the period drama, which was directed by and co-stars Maïwenn. Depp play King Louis XV and the film follows his relationship with Jeanne Vaubernier, […]
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Sideshow, Janus Take Catherine Breillat’s Cannes Competition Title ‘Last Summer’ for North America
Sideshow and Janus Films have snatched up another of this year’s Cannes Festival favorites, picking up rights in North America for Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer. The feature, which premiered in the Cannes competition lineup, is a French adaptation of May el-Toukhy’s Danish drama Queen of Hearts, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019. […]
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How ‘Asteroid City’ Filmmaker Wes Anderson Does Cannes
The mega cast of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City — including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston, Matt Dillon, Adrien Brody and Maya Hawke — landed on the Cannes red carpet May 23 by megabus, a transportation choice that has become something of a tradition for the Paris-based filmmaker. Anderson, known to […]
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‘Rosalie’ Review: A Bearded Lady Blossoms in an Accessible French Romantic Period Piece
Stephanie di Giusto's film stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel as partners in a marriage tested by the bride's unusual physical condition.
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Johnny Depp’s ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Enjoys Decade-Best Start for a Cannes Opener at French Box Office
Bien joué. Jeanne du Barry — starring Johnny Depp — took a triumphant bow at the box office in France timed to its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. The period drama racked up 401,481 admissions in its first week of play, the best showing in a decade for a Cannes opening-night film, […]
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‘Charlie Harper,’ Romance Movie Starring Emilia Jones, Sells Wide
The romance movie Charlie Harper, starring CODA breakout Emilia Jones and Toby Wallace (Babyteeth, FX’s Pistol), has sold to various international markets after being presented to buyers at the Cannes film market. To be directed by Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge from a script written by Dean, the film will be produced by Picture Perfect Federation’s Patrick […]
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