Cannes Publicists talk Indie Film Marketing at American Pavilion
For many filmmakers, the dream of a festival premiere where publicists handle the remainder of the workload is a light at the end...
It Wasn’t Just YouTubers Fixated This Weekend
When we spoke with “Obsession” director Curry Barker ahead of the release of his theatrical horror debut, he said “I don’t want to...
Quentin Dupieux’s Unfulfilling Father-Daughter Film
Rendered with the broad strokes of an overstated stage drama, the new surrealist comedy from Quentin Dupieux is light and largely uneventful. Despite...
Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve Lead Culture War Drama
Intolerance assumes a more progressive sheen with Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” a characteristically fraught and tangled drama in which the “R.M.N.” filmmaker continues to...
Watch Diego Luna ‘Ashes’ Cannes Panel at American Pavilion
Fresh off the Cannes premiere of his new film “Ashes,” Diego Luna joined producers Valerie Delpierre and Luis Salinas at The American Pavilion for IndieWire: In Conversation — “Ashes.” The...
Arthur Harari’s Beguiling Body Swap Thriller
At its most basic level, Arthur Harari’s “The Unknown” is a mesmeric, Antonioni-flavored modern thriller about a sentient STD of unknown origin (think:...
László Nemes’ True Life French Resistance Tale
A thorn against France’s humiliating occupation by Nazi Germany in World War II, and the first recognized leader of the Resistance, Jean Moulin...
Judith Godrèche’s Portrait of Annie Ernaux
At the age of 85, Nobel Laureate-winning French author and activist Annie Ernaux is enjoying a cinematic revival. Her readers have grown up...
‘Her Private Hell’ Teaser: Nicolas Winding Refn Returns
The “Hell” of the title of Nicolas Winding Refn‘s latest? It’s not just metaphorical. Well, maybe. As the synopsis for the Danish auteur’s...
Pawel Pawlikowski on Cannes Hit Fatherland INTERVIEW
Pawel Pawlikowski‘s seventh feature “Fatherland” came into the Cannes Competition with high expectations, and judging from audience and critical reaction, it should win...
