Cannes Film Festival
Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Box Office Boondoggle: ‘Yellowstone’ Fans Are (Largely) a No-Show
The fifth season of Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone — made famous in no small part because of its lead star Kevin Costner — enjoyed the top scripted series premiere of 2022 with 12.1 million viewers. Just as impressive, the show saw double-digit gains in all demos, including a growth of 52 percent among adults 18-34 for […]
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Box Office Preview: Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Saddles Up for Subdued $10M-$12M U.S. Opening
In recent weeks, Kevin Costner embarked on a multicity tour promoting Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1, the first of four big-budget Westerns that he directs and stars in. He appeared on local morning shows, did press junkets and visited at least one military installation. Costner also taped personal messages for various theater chains, […]
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Rising Taiwanese Editing Studio Cutting Edge Films Keeps the Festival Hits Coming
What did five of the most critically acclaimed Asian movies that premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have in common? They all were edited by rising Taiwanese studio Cutting Edge Films. Formally established only in 2022, the company comprises a small group of film professionals who have worked together for over a decade. They […]
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‘Baby’ Review: Lessons in Survival for a Resilient Gay Teen in a Gritty and Tender Brazilian Drama
Director Marcelo Caetano shot significant portions of the narrative feature on the streets of downtown São Paulo, using hidden cameras.
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After Cannes’ Viral Red Carpet Mishaps, Will Anything Change?
As Sean Baker’s sex worker dramedy, Anora, rides off into the sunset carrying this year’s Palme d’Or, tongues are still wagging about another workplace drama — the one involving that female Cannes Film Festival security guard. Social media posts showing the same female security official rushing Kelly Rowland, Dominican actress Massiel Taveras and South Korean actress and […]
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Kevin Costner, Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer, Bella Hadid, Jesse Plemons and More in The Hollywood Reporter’s Cannes Film Festival Photo Portfolio
“I’ve been to Cannes with films that won the Palme D’or; others have done quite well, and some have really not done well. I know the A to Z of Cannes emotions — but it’s always such a pleasure to be there. And it’s very important to this art form that we all love.” Important […]
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The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend
The Man Who Stole Brad Pitt’s Girlfriend and Other True Tales He’s gone to war with Mike Ovitz, made peace with Steven Seagal, forded rivers in Thailand with Brandon Lee and once swiped Brad Pitt’s fiancée. And now director Dwight Little — the 68-year-old auteur behind such notable 1980s and ’90s movies as Marked for […]
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‘Black Dog’ Review: Man Bites Dog, Becomes His Best Friend in Gorgeously Offbeat Canine Caper From China
Director Guan Hu ('The Eight Hundred,' 'Mr. Six') won the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar for his darkly comic thriller starring Canadian-Taiwanese actor Eddie Peng.
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‘Faye’ Review: HBO’s Faye Dunaway Doc Is a Revealing Portrait of the Complicated Woman Behind the Screen Icon
Director Laurent Bouzereau takes in the Oscar winner’s career highs and lows, her personal life, her bipolar disorder and her “difficult” reputation.
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Huanxi Media CEO Talks Betting Big on Zhang Ziyi Tentpole ‘She’s Got No Name’: “This One Could Thread the Needle”
By the time Chinese star Zhang Ziyi walked the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet on the event’s penultimate night in mid-May, it was already clear that Chinese cinema was back on the international stage in a major way. The world’s most glamorous movie event premiered five films from China across its official selection this year, […]
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‘Universal Language’ Review: An Amusingly Offbeat Homage To Iranian Cinema, by Way of Winnipeg
The second feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin ('The Twentieth Century') won the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight audience award in Cannes.
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Cannes: Korean Action Maestro Ryoo Seung-wan on Reinventing the Cop Movie for ‘I, The Executioner’
Ryoo Seung-wan has been a pillar of the South Korean film industry for over 20 years, respected there for his keen social observation and thrilling action. But Europe’s great film festivals have feted him conspicuously less than some of his more internationally well-known peers. The Cannes Film Festival recently took a step toward correcting that […]
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