The body, as any fan of David Cronenberg’s cinema knows, will betray you. Canada’s greatest gift to genre film has spent half a century exploring how treacherous the human organism can be. How our frail frames can be infected, mutated or corrupted by outside invasion — see Rabid, Shivers or The Fly — or by …
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“I probably won’t be doing the yacht parties that I’ve heard about,” jokes Hong Chau of attending her first Cannes Film Festival several months after having her second child. “I’m like, ‘Well, I’m going to be pumping.’” Chau will be touching down in France for the premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness, …
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India is ending its decades-long absence from the Palme d’Or this year with Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light lining up against the likes of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis for the major prize of the Cannes Film Festival. Kapadia’s feature – which follows two …
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On the eve of the world premiere of her new film Bird at the Cannes Film Festival, festival favorite Andrea Arnold revealed that the shoot was the toughest of her career. “It was the hardest film I ever made,” Arnold said from the stage on Wednesday while accepting the 2024 …
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The dust was just beginning to settle and the smell of guzzolene was still in the air after Wednesday night’s high-octane Cannes premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. But after more than a decade of development and a grueling shoot, the work was not done for filmmaker George Miller …
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Director Peter Chan’s She’s Got No Name features a who’s who of contemporary Chinese stars, led by Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Memoirs of a Geisha) and including current box office draws Wang Chuan-jun (Dying to Survive) and Lei Jiayin (Full River Red). But the film’s biggest draw may well be …
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Sophomore slump? Not for Saint Laurent Productions. One year after a high-profile splash with its debut film project — Pedro Almodóvar’s gay cowboy Western Strange Way of Life — the luxury house’s production division returns to the Cannes Film Festival with three starry films in the main competition: Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds and Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope. …
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“Half the time I was directing, I also had a glove on my hand,” says filmmaker Carson Lund of making his feature directorial debut with the Cannes title Eephus. The film, which is premiering in Directors’ Fortnight and is being sold worldwide by Film Constellation, follows a men’s recreational New England baseball team …
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China officially arrives back at Cannes this year intent on showcasing its hits, while promoting the opportunities for international collaborations the country’s film industry leaders are increasingly keen to explore. There are more than 60 film companies from the nation involved at the China Film Pavilion — situated at the …
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For horror fans, Late Night With the Devil marked one of the year’s most anticipated releases. Embracing an analog film filter, the found-footage flick starring David Dastmalchian reaped praise for its top-notch production design by leaning into a ’70s-era grindhouse aesthetic reminiscent of Dawn of the Dead or Death Race 2000. Following a late-night talk show host …
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It’s been more than four decades since Paul Schrader and Richard Gere worked together on the seminal American Gigolo. Some 40 years after they impressed upon audiences the power of a well-tailored Giorgio Armani suit, the director and star have reteamed for Oh, Canada. The film, which is premiering in the Cannes …
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Lifetime Los Angeles resident and stalwart industry supporter Ron Howard landed a world away from Hollywood for the creation of his last two live-action features. The 75-year-old filmmaker shot his 2022 Thai cave rescue drama Thirteen Lives in Queensland, Australia and returned just months later to produce his upcoming survival thriller Eden, starring Ana …
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