Yes WE CANNES!
Is Covid19, a.k.a. novel coronavirus, going to spell the death of the Cannes Festival this year? I say, I sure hope not. And, I really don’t think it will. But the signs, they’re worrisome. According...
View ArticleOSCARS: Bong Joon-Ho crowned King of the World
Tonight in Hollywood, and across the globe, it’s all about “Parasite.” “Parasite” by the Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, netted four Academy Awards on Sunday, winning in the Best Film, Best Director...
View ArticleOPINION: the Cannes Festival’s strange pas-de-deux
Canceled, not canceled. And now–maybe–merely postponed? The Cannes Festival, in a PR pas-de-deux that has sowed confusion and let on few key details, has issued a press release last night. In its usual...
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OPINION: #cannesfestival2020, an enigma wrapped in mystery with a cliffhanger...
And now, for the Cannes Festival press release that announces little, leaves much to speculation and wraps up with a note of mystery while flirting with contradiction–and causes much collective...
View ArticleCANNES FESTIVAL – The sun sets on 73*
It’s Sunday, May 24th. Normally I would’ve been be at the Cannes Festival for the 73* edition, the first of this new decade, hunkered down in the press room, gulping my umpteenth cup of coffee, with...
View Article#cannes2020 is dead. Long live #cannes2020
PARIS – Finally, the suspense is over. Thierry Frémaux, programmer of the Cannes Festival, and Pierre Lescure, President, released today the names of the films that would’ve been screened at Cannes...
View ArticleEPIC PICTURES x DREAD ACQUIRE WORLD ON TRIO OF HORROR FILMS AHEAD OF CANNES...
Los Angeles, Calif. | Epic Pictures and DREAD have announced the acquisition of the worldwide rights to a slate of three films ahead of the Cannes Marché du Film, which is set to take place digitally...
View ArticleCANNES FESTIVAL announces summer-bound edition in 2021. But will it stick?
The Cannes Festival will indeed take place this year, two months later than usual. In a press release sent this afternoon by email, the festival said the 2021 edition would run from the 6th to the 17th...
View ArticleCANNES FESTIVAL announces opening film: “Annette” by Leos Carax
IT’S ALIVE! The Cannes Festival, much like the sphinx rising from the ashes, announced today that it will open its July edition with a Leos Carax movie, “Annette,” starring Marion Cotillard and Adam...
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LE DIVORCE: The Cannes Festival and its main sponsor Canal Plus part ways
PARIS – On Thursday it was announced that Canal Plus, a France-based media conglomerate that began in 1984 as this country’s first privately-owned television, would be definitively pulling out of the...
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