Cannes
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Cannes Report Day 6: Sean Penn Trashes Trump, ‘Compartment No. 6’ Surprises
Cannes 2021: Plus, people are happy about one red carpet trend in particular
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‘Compartment No. 6’ Film Review: Finnish Drama Is a Slow-Moving Train to Revelation
Cannes 2021: The story of a Finnish architecture student and a Russian boor sharing a train compartment is deliberate in pace and wintry in tone
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‘The Divide’ Film Review: Catherine Corsini Tackles French Troubles With Gallows Humor
Cannes 2021: The film wrangles the country’s various cultural, racial and social tensions under one leaky roof
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‘The Storms of Jeremy Thomas’ Film Review: Documentary Is the Ultimate Self-Referential Cannes Movie
Cannes 2021: British producer Thomas is a Cannes legend, a regular in the Main Competition with a penchant for films that explore the boundaries of sex and violence
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Cannes Report Day 5: Lea Seydoux Tests Positive for COVID, ‘La Fracture’ Gets Standing Ovation
Cannes 2021: Sean Penn’s “Flag Day” will premiere on Saturday
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‘Unclenching the Fists’ and ‘Murina’ Reviews: Cannes Dramas Explore Women’s Struggles for Control
Cannes 2021: Many films at this year’s festival have engaged in a multifaceted conversation about young women around the globe trying to find some agency in their own lives
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Paul Verhoeven’s Lesbian Nun Drama ‘Benedetta’ Wows Critics: ‘Erotic,’ ‘Phenomenal’
Cannes 2021: “You have never seen a movie quite like this one”
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Cannes Report Day 4: Matt Damon Defends His Trump-Backing ‘Stillwater’ Character
Cannes 2021: Plus, “Cow” director Andrea Arnold hints at “Big Little Lies” experience, and “After Yang” could be a highlight
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‘Cow’ Film Review: Gritty Documentary Gives Us a Cow’s Life, From the Cruel to the Sexy
Cannes 2021: Andrea Arnold’s film is a piece of pure cinema that’s also loaded with political meaning
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‘Jane by Charlotte’ Film Review: An Intriguing Portrait of Jane Birkin, by Her Daughter
Cannes 2021: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s documentary about her mother attains levels of intimacy and emotion alongside moments of banality
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‘Playground’ Film Review: School Is Hell in Brutal Belgian Drama
Cannes 2021: First-time director Laura Wandel takes a schoolyard tale and treats it with same hard-nosed intensity as a prison thriller or war film
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‘Lingui, The Sacred Bonds’ Film Review: Rare African Cannes Drama Is a Showcase for Actresses
Cannes 2021: Achouackh Abakar Souleymane and Rihane Khalil Alio shine in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s subtle film about women in a hostile culture
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Cannes Report Day 2: Jodie Foster Impresses in French, Val Kilmer Doc Wins Early Raves
Plus, a poster for a Kevin Spacey film makes an appearance
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‘Between Two Worlds’ Film Review: Juliette Binoche Puts a French Spin on ‘Nomadland’
Cannes 2021: Emmanuel Carrere’s drama stars Binoche as an author who tries to experience the gig economy firsthand
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Adam Driver’s ‘Annette’ Makes Waves at Cannes as ‘Acid Trip’ and ‘True Sh–post of a Movie’
Cannes 2021: “Holy Motors” director Leos Carax’s pop opera featuring music from Sparks opens the festival