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Cannes 2025: Eagles of the Republic, Once Upon a Time in Gaza | Festivals & Awards

The relationship between art and power—and, more specifically, cinema and power—is the subject of “Eagles of the Republic,” showing in competition. Tarik Saleh,

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Cannes 2025: Left-Handed Girl, Sirât | Festivals & Awards

Sean Baker, the winner of last year’s Palme d’Or (and four Oscars) for “Anora,” already has a new film at Cannes—sort of. “Left-Handed

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Cannes 2025: Leave One Day, The Gold Rush | Festivals & Awards

The 78th Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday with two films—one that’s 100 years old, and another that seems likely to be

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Cannes 2024: Grand Tour, Motel Destino, Beating Hearts | Festivals & Awards

There’s a warning up front for viewers sensitive to flashing imagery, but Aïnouz might also have provided a cautionary note about the palpable

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Cannes 2024: The Apprentice, The Shrouds | Festivals & Awards

David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” is best viewed in pure auteurist terms. With hair that unmistakably resembles the director’s, Vincent Cassel stars as Karsh,

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Cannes 2023: Close Your Eyes, plus Quentin Tarantino | Festivals & Awards

The interview, by the Fortnight’s artistic director, Julien Rejl, followed a screening of a surprise film that turned out to be John Flynn’s “Rolling

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Cannes 2023: May December, Anatomy of a Fall and a Godard Trailer | Festivals & Awards

The line that separates life and fictionalization is also the subject of the formidable “Anatomy of a Fall,” directed by Justine Triet (“Sibyl“). The

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