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entertainment1 month ago•4 min saved

Venice’s kaleidoscopic lineup: Murdoch drama, experimental epics and a seven-hour Bertolucci tribute

Venice’s lineup spans a diverse mix of dramas and documentaries, led by Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch drama, Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s sprawling Dau, Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, Slavoj Žižek’s The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias, and a Hitchcock-inspired Woman Unknown; it also includes Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, Possible Love, Wild Horse Nine, Joie de Vivre—a seven-hour Bertolucci tribute by Guadagnino—Bunker, Scherzetto, and Father Joe, showcasing both biopics and bold auteur portraits across international cinema.

via The Guardian|

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culture5 months ago•5 min saved

Cannes 2026 pivots to global auteurs as Hollywood scales back

Cannes' 2026 lineup marks a shift from Hollywood blockbusters toward international auteurs, with only two American films in competition and several prestige titles financed outside the US; the industry’s risk aversion and preference for prestige projects outside the festival ecosystem underscore a return to Cannes’ auteur-driven roots while reaffirming the festival’s status as a global tastemaker.

via The Guardian|

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entertainment6 months ago•3 min saved

Cannes 2026 pivots to auteur cinema with a star-studded lineup

The 79th Cannes Film Festival unveils an almost exclusively auteur-driven lineup, with Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Paweł Pawlikowski, László Nemes and Asghar Farhadi among those competing for the Palme d’Or, joined by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Cristian Mungiu and others for high-profile premieres such as Bitter Christmas, Fatherland, Moulin, Fjord and Minotaur; Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi also present new works (Sheep in the Box and All of a Sudden). The main competition is notably sparse on American directors, save for Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love; Un Certain Regard features Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and Cara Delevingne appears in Club Kid. Travolta debuts Propeller One-Way Night Coach, Soderbergh screens John Lennon: The Last Interview, and Cantona is the subject of a special screenings feature. Park Chan-wook will chair the jury as Cannes confirms roughly 2,491 submissions from 141 countries, with more titles likely to be added before the May 12–23, 2026 festival.

via The Guardian|

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entertainment6 months ago•16 min saved

Cannes 2026 Bets on Auteur Voices as Global Indie Lineup Grows

The 79th Cannes Film Festival lineup for 2026 prioritizes auteur and international indie cinema, with directors such as Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Paweł Pawlikowski, Laszlo Nemes and Ryusuke Hamaguchi expected to premiere new works; the festival opens with The Electric Kiss, Park Chan-wook will chair the jury, and a record 2,491 submissions from 141 countries hint at a diverse slate including French-language titles and potential late U.S. additions for competition and Un Certain Regard; tributes will honor Barbra Streisand and Peter Jackson.

via Variety|

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