Arts May 24 Iranian revenge drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’ wins top Palme d’Or award at Cannes By Jake Coyle, Associated Press
Arts May 13 ‘Art is a threat to the autocrats and the fascists of the world,’ Cannes honoree De Niro says at festival opening Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza got its 78th edition underway Tuesday. Expectations are running high for a potentially banner year. By Jake Coyle, Associated Press
Arts May 25 Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ takes home Palme d’Or at 2024 Cannes Film Festival Sean Baker's “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, has won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or. By Jake Coyle, Associated Press
Arts May 27 Cannes Film Festival closes with ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ awarded Palme d’Or Justine Triet's "Anatomy of a Fall" won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival's prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on… By Jake Coyle, Associated Press
Arts May 19 Sean Penn, backing WGA strike, says studios’ stance on AI a ‘human obscenity’ The actor strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, saying the dispute over Artificial Intelligence is “a human obscenity.”… By Jake Coyle, Associated Press
May 15 What to expect from this year’s blockbuster Cannes Film Festival By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Last year’s festival, a banner one by most judgments, produced three Oscar best-picture nominees. Continue reading
Mar 01 Cultural backlash intensifies against Russia over invasion of Ukraine By Nicole Winfield, Jake Coyle, Associated Press The Cannes Film Festival says no Russian delegations would be welcome at this year's festival, and the Venice festival announced free screenings of a film about the 2014 conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Continue reading
Jan 27 Cannes Film Festival postponed to July By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The Cannes Film Festival, canceled altogether last year by the pandemic, is postponing this year's edition from May to July in hopes of having an in-person festival. Continue reading
Apr 14 Cannes doesn’t give up on 2020 festival despite dwindling options By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday abandoned plans for a postponed 2020 edition in June or July but declined to give up entirely, saying it will explore other options. Continue reading
Jan 14 Spike Lee will be the first black person to lead Cannes Film Festival jury By Angela Charlton, Associated Press American director Spike Lee will lead the jury of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the first black person to hold the post in the event’s 73-year history. Continue reading