New features from Mark Jenkin, Mia-Hansen-Love and Alex Garland are among the highlights of this year’s Directors’ Fortnight
Cannes Film Fest 1953: Year 6–Clouzot’s Thriller Wages of Fear, Starring Yves Montand, is Top Winner
April 17, 2022 by
The Grand Prize of the 1953 Cannes Film Festival went to Henri-Georges Clouzot’s brilliant thriller, The Wages of Fear, starring Yves Montand.
Scarlet: Marcello’s French Period, Opening Night of 54th Edition of Directors Fortnight, May 18
April 15, 2022 by
Pietro Marcello’s French period drama Scarlet will open the 54th edition of Cannes’ Directors Fortnight on May 18.
Cannes Film Fest 2022: Thierry Fremaux on Russian Boycott, Women Directors and Netflix
April 14, 2022 by
After unveiling Cannes Fest’s 2022 Official Selection, artistic director Thierry Fremaux discussed the festival’s drive to not give in to cultural boycott of Russian films, efforts to have more female directors, discussions to bring back streamers.
Cannes Film Fest 2022: Out of Competition/Midnight
April 14, 2022 by
This important showcase for global art cinema has been elevated, due to a diverse lineup that includes Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, the directorial debut of his granddaughter, Riley Keough, whose Beast (co-directed by Gina Gammell) is set on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
