The festival opened with the 1959 Best Picture Oscar winner, Ben-Hur, directed by William Wyler. Top winner was Fellini’s masterpiece, La Dolce Vita.
Cannes Film Fest 2022: French Actor Lindon Leads 75th Cannes Jury with Noomi Rapace, Jeff Nichols, Controversial Asghar Farhadi (Accused of Plagiarism)
April 26, 2022 by
French celebrities have often held this role in an anniversary year, such as Yves Montand in 1987 for the 40th Festival, Gérard Depardieu in 1993 for the 45th Festival, and Isabelle Adjani in 1997 for the 50th.”
Seatle Film Fest 2022: Winners in All Categories
April 24, 2022 by
Know Your Place, a drama following two teenage Ethiopian-Americans engaging in an odyssey across Seattle, was awarded the Golden Space Needle audience award for best film, emerging victorious from a pool that saw over 20,000 ballot submissions.
1 Levy: Festival Juror
April 23, 2022 by
My Life as Film Festival Juror, 1987-Present Representing the contingency of U.S. critics, I am serving on the jury of the 75th milestone edition of the Cannes Film Fest, May 17-28. This would be my fifth service on the jury (Fipresci) of this prestigious venue; previously, I had also served on the jury of its […]
Cannes Film Fest 1958: Year 11–Paul Newman Wins Best Actor for Long Hot Summer (Years before Winning Competitive Oscar)
April 23, 2022 by
The Best Actor kudo at the 1958 Cannes Fest went to Paul Newman for Martin Ritt’s southern melodrama, The Long, Hot Summer, which co-starred his wife, Joanne Woodward.
