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Editors note: This review originally was originally published on May 18, 2022 after its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival. Kino Lorber releases it in theaters Friday. Italian director Pietro Marcello (Martin Eden) shifts his focus to France in Scarlet (L'En…

EXCLUSIVE: Gaga Corp. and Goodfellas have revealed new sales on Hirokazu Kore-eda's Cannes 2023 Palme d'Or contender Monster as the drama enjoys a strong theatrical kick-off at the Japanese box office. In fresh deals, the film has sold to China (Star Alliance), the Philippines (Nathan Studios)…

The Cannes Film Festival has revealed the dates for its 2024 edition, which will run May 14-25. 📅 Save the date! Rendez-vous l'année prochaine pour #Cannes2024. pic.twitter.com/zcJzxX9gsP— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) June 6, 2023 This year, French filmmaker Justine Triet become only…

Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights for Catherine Breillat's drama Last Summer (L'été dernier) following its well-received premiere in competition in the final days of the Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27). Breillat's first feature in a decade, the drama continues the…

Several times in recent years, Sony has used the Cannes Film Festival to promote a key upcoming title, despite the movies not officially being involved in the event — see Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation in 2018, 2017's The Emoji Movie and 2016's The Angry Birds Movie.  Related Story …

Documentary fans might be forgiven for nurturing a dream – that Cannes would follow the recent example of Venice and Berlin and award its top prize to a nonfiction film. Complete the documentary Triple Crown – the Golden Lion, the Golden Bear and the Palme d'or. Alas, it wasn't to be. On Saturday…

The growing row around Cannes Palme d'Or winner Justine Triet’s politicized victory speech as she received the coveted award for courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall spilt into the French Parliament on Tuesday. Related Story Palme d’Or Whisperer Neon Makes It A Remarkable Four In A Row With…

Whether it's the flat white lighting and washed-out color grading that gives The Delinquents the look of a '70s TV serial, or the fact that much of it is set in a mountain swimming beach where people claim to see apparitions, there is an undercurrent of genuine oddity running beneath this long, complex…

What has fallen flat at Pixar? This is the innovative animation studio that pushed all before it in the first decade of this millennium, that invented a way of turning the plastic finish of digital animation to its advantage in the towering Toy Story, that was prepared to start a film with a 20-minute…

Neon has continued its remarkable streak of consecutive Palme d’Or wins with English and French-language drama Anatomy Of A Fall. Related Story Cannes Film Festival 2023: Award Ceremony, Film Premieres & Parties Gallery Justine Triet’s film becomes the U.S. distributor’s…

UPDATED with latest: The Cannes Film Festival kicked off this year with opening-night movie Jeanne du Barry, and concluded Saturday evening with Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall scooping the Palme d’Or. Deadline was on the ground to watch all the key films. Here is a compilation of our reviews from the…

UPDATE: French filmmaker Justine Triet has become only the third woman to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Palme d'Or in the event's 76-year history, scooping the award for Anatomy of a Fall. She joins Jane Campion (1993’s The Piano), and, more recently, Julia Ducournau who won for Titane in 2021…