2026 Oscar Predictions: How Much Influence Does Cannes Have?
Back in the old days, when the Oscars were held in March, the most influential festival was the Toronto Film ...
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Best Picture 2025: Trailers Drop for Cannes Sensation Anora
Today we get to taste two flavors of greatness with the release of twin trailers for Anora. Accepting his Palme ...
2025 Oscars: Cannes and the Best Picture Race
Cannes did not used to influence the Oscar race much. That changed in 2019 when Parasite won the Palme d'or ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: That’s a Wrap
Guys, I was so worried. The memory of a film festival, however excellent its selection, can be utterly tarnished by ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: Will Win / Should Win
Having now seen all 21 films in competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, it’s time for predictions. A general ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: ‘Last Summer’ / ‘Perfect Days’
As we enter the home stretch of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, two old-timers join the competition and may have ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: ‘Sleep’ / ‘Omen’
There’s nothing quite like the joy of discovery at film festivals. Being blown away by a Malick or a Tarantino ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: Todd Haynes’ ‘May December’
I first saw Todd Haynes’ May December last Saturday at a punishingly late press screening at 11pm, shortly after watching ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: ‘Club Zero’ / ‘Fallen Leaves’
Wowsers the hits just keep on coming at Cannes this year. As it turned out, the two competition films that ...
2023 Cannes Dispatch: Justine Triet’s Courtroom Drama ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
Today’s dispatch may turn into a Sandra Hüller tribute, but I suspect few people would complain. The German actress, who ...
2026 Oscar Predictions: Do Academy Voters Think for Themselves?
"People will think..." "What I tell them to think." -- Citizen Kane Most movies in the screener pile are movies...
