The Hollywood actress is backing the African country’s second-ever international feature film submission for the Oscars after a Cannes premiere.
Goodbye Julia: Sudan’s Film at 2023 Cannes Fest, Entry for Best International Feature
November 8, 2023 by
Lake Como Comic Arts Fest: Comic illustrators Glenn Fabry, David Finch, John Romita Jr. and Philip Tan are among the bold-faced guests
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Comic illustrators Glenn Fabry, David Finch, John Romita Jr. and Philip Tan are among the bold-faced guests
Cannes Film Fest: Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013), Controversial Winners (Spielberg, Jury Prexy)
October 5, 2023 by
The day after its festival win, the author of the graphic novel on which the film is based denounced the adaptation as “porn.”
Cannes Film Fest: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Controversial Winners
October 5, 2023 by
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Despite the fact that Michael Moore’s inflammatory anti-Bush screed earned a 20-minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere (one of the longest in the festival’s history), Quentin Tarantino and his jury’s decision to award the doc the Palme d’Or was seen by some as a […]
Cannes Film Fest: Crash, Controversial Winners
October 5, 2023 by
Crash (1996) David Cronenberg’s aggressively unpleasant drama about car fetishists found itself swept to the podium in an unlikely way: Though nominated for Cannes biggest award, the Palme d’Or, it instead won a Special Jury Prize. The waves of shock on the Croisette were palpable, especially from traumatized viewers who […]
