-
Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo ‘Got Killed Very Quickly’ and She’s Still on Movie Sets...
by Zack Sharf on May 17, 2026 at 1:28 pm
Cate Blanchett joined Cannes moderator Didier Allouch for a talk at the 2026 edition of the film festival and lamented how the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly.” The two-time Oscar winner notably served as Cannes jury president […]
-
Edinburgh Film Festival Director on 2026 Edition, Continuing ‘Expansion’ in Third...
by Alex Ritman on May 17, 2026 at 1:14 pm
The Edinburgh International Film Festival this year celebrates both its 79th edition overall and its third edition since it went through a major relaunch in 2023. In just two years since it was resurrected, there’s been solid growth at the […]
-
Mel Brooks to Donate His Expansive Career Archive to National Comedy Center in New York
by Cynthia Littleton on May 17, 2026 at 1:05 pm
Mel Brooks has donated his career archive of more than 150,000 documents and 5,000 photographs to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., the same nonprofit institution that holds the papers of Brooks’ longtime collaborator Carl Reiner. […]
-
Director Laila Marrakchi on Female-Driven Migrant Drama Strawberries in Cannes:’These...
by Nvivarelli on May 17, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Paris-based, Casablanca-born director Laila Marrakchi – whose first feature “Marock” screened in Cannes in 2005 – is back in Un Certain Regard with female-driven migrant drama “Strawberries” about a group of […]
-
‘The Station’ Review: A Long-Gestating, Female-Centered Project Set in Yemen That’s...
by Guy Lodge on May 17, 2026 at 11:22 am
Sara Ishaq’s highly anticipated fiction debut “The Station” is the multi-layered feature we’ve been hoping would follow her impressive 2013 documentary “The Mulberry House.” Much has changed in Yemen — for […]
-
Adam Driver Brushes Off Lena Dunham Memoir Question in Cannes: ‘I’m Saving It All for...
by Ellise Shafer on May 17, 2026 at 11:20 am
Adam Driver may be known for leading critically acclaimed films like “BlacKkKlansman” and blockbusters like “Star Wars,” but his career first gained steam on TV in Lena Dunham’s HBO series “Girls.” The show […]
-
Donald Trump as James Bond? White House Posts Image of President as Gun-Wielding 007
by Todd Spangler on May 17, 2026 at 11:18 am
Donald Trump has shared AI images on social media of himself dressed as the Pope and as a Christ-like figure healing a sick man. Now Trump’s White House has extended his self-mythologizing tendencies to one of moviedom’s most hallowed […]
-
Frankie Muniz, Christopher Lloyd Board Paris-Set Family Adventure ‘Christopher Hope and...
by Naman Ramachandran on May 17, 2026 at 11:14 am
Paris, Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based All Rights Entertainment has launched international sales on “Christopher Hope and the Secret of Napoleon” at the Cannes Film Market, with Frankie Muniz and Christopher Lloyd leading the cast of the […]
-
Brillante Mendoza Casts Judy Ann Santos, Jeanne Balibar and Stacy Martin in ‘Aid’;...
by Naman Ramachandran on May 17, 2026 at 11:00 am
Judy Ann Santos, Jeanne Balibar and Stacy Martin are set to star in “Aid,” Philippines auteur Brillante Ma Mendoza’s new political drama, which is being introduced to international partners at the Cannes Film Market with Fire & […]