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Cannes Film Festival to celebrate more women directors, African talent

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival is set to include a mix of celebrity names, veteran filmmakers and new talent from around the world. The line-up includes the highest number yet of women directors in the main competition, as well as several films from the African continent.

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Cannes Film Festival 2023 full line-up includes Indiana Jones, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Asteroid City

Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Steve McQueen and The Weeknd all have projects premiering

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Wes Anderson, Ken Loach in Cannes festival competition

New films by Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders and Ken Loach are in the lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival

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Pedro Pascal Ethan Hawke’s Gay Cowboy Movie Has A Trailer Now I’m Nothing But A Yee-Hole

Is that a gun is his pocket or...?

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Film Industry Anticipates Announcement of Cannes Festival’s Program

The global film industry is anticipating the announcement of the program of the 76th edition of Cannes Film Festival, and the list of movies that have been selected to compete for the Palm D’Or. President of Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Fremaux is set to announce the program and the list…

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Johnny Depp-Starrer ‘Jeanne du Barry’ to Open Cannes

The historical drama, “Jeanne du Barry,” starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV, will open the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Organizers of the French festival announced Wednesday that this year’s edition will get underway with the period film directed by and starring Maïwenn, the French actress and filmmaker. She plays…

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Johnny Depp to give royal flourish to Cannes festival opening night

Johnny Depp plays King Louis XV in "Jeanne du Barry", a French period drama directed by Maïwenn, the opening film at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May.

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Johnny Depp’s French-speaking Jeanne Du Barry film to open Cannes Film Festival

Actor will play King Louis XV in his first feature film role in three years

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Johnny Depp-starrer 'Jeanne du Barry' to open Cannes

The historical drama, “Jeanne du Barry,” starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV, will open the 76th Cannes Film Festival

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp drama to open this year’s Cannes film festival

Historical drama Jeanne du Barry stars actor as Louis XV and marks his first film in three years after defamation trial

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Harrison Ford to strut his stuff at Indiana Jones 5 premiere in Cannes

Indiana Jones will be cracking his whip at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers confirmed on Monday, with Harrison Ford launching the world premiere of the fifth installment of the famed adventures. The 80 year-old actor will also receive an honorary award for his career.

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Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux questions Parasite’s Best Picture Oscar win

‘It’s a ceremony in honour of American cinema,’ the Cannes Film Festival chief said

The Independent UK

Swedish director Ruben Östlund to head Cannes festival jury

Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d'Or, will be jury president at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced Tuesday.

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Two-time Palme Winner Ruben Ostlund to Head Cannes Jury

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d'Or, will be jury president at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers announced Tuesday. Ostlund, 48, won the festival's top prize last year for "Triangle of Sadness", which left audiences squirming over its biting exploration of class divisions…

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Pakistan's transgender community remains ostracised

The movie "Joyland" failed to make the Oscar nominations for best international feature film. But the first Pakistani film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival is still making headlines. It tells the story of a married man who falls in love with a transgender erotic dancer. The controversy…

Bangkok Post

Celebration of tradition

Veteran filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda became known after winning the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for the crime drama Shoplifters despite having directed films and TV series for nearly three decades. Renowned for his gentle sense of pacing, simple yet beautiful cinematography, and a focus on the complexities…

Los Angeles Times

Gina Lollobrigida, film star who conquered Italy, Hollywood and the world, dies at 95

There she is, waving from the backseat of a convertible on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival. And here she is again, stepping to the tarmac from a jet in Paris, her scarf billowing perfectly in the evening breeze. And again, cloaked in emerald — dress and rings, both…

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Johnny Depp’s long road back to Hollywood via Cannes? Jeanne du Barry prepares for launch

Three years after Johnny Depp's last film, his next project Jeanne du Barry reportedly set to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival

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Cannes Film Festival calls for release of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti

The Cannes Film Festival has condemned the arrest and demanded the immediate release of the award-winning Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, who was among the most prominent people to be arrested during Iran's months-long protests.

Salon

"Eo" is a hypnotic film about a donkey

Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner and Poland's official Oscar entry, "EO" reflects our own humanity

The Independent UK

In 'Aftersun,' Charlotte Wells makes a shattering debut

Since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Charlotte Wells' “Aftersun” has accumulated a rare kind of buzz

Los Angeles Times

Unpacking the wild twists, excessive vomit in ‘Triangle of Sadness’: ‘Maybe it was too much’

When Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for “Triangle of Sadness,” it put him in the rarified class of two-time Palme d’Or winners. The prestigious group also includes Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Haneke, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Emir Kusturica, Shohei Imamura, Bille…

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‘Triangle of Sadness’ Actor, Model Charlbi Dean Dies at 32

Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model who had a breakout role in “Triangle of Sadness,” which won this year’s top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at age 32. Dean died Monday at a hospital in New York from a sudden unexpected illness, her representatives said…

France 24

Film show: Iranian serial killer thriller ‘Holy Spider’ weaves a chilling web

Director Ali Abasi paints an unforgiving picture of institutional misogyny, corruption and the power of the court of public opinion in Iran, as he revisits a series of murders in the holy city of Mashhad. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the award…

France 24

Film show: Park Chan-wook's multi-layered, mysterious 'Decision To leave'

Hovering between a neo-noir and a semi-romance, "Decision To leave" saw Park Chan-wook crowned best director at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Critic Lisa Nesselson tells us about the visual choices, twists and turns that echo the Korean director's virtuoso touch in his previous films "Old Boy" and "The Handmaiden".

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