Gaspar Noé’s Climax, a visually dazzling tale about the descent into physical hell of a young dance troupe, won the biggest prize at the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, its Art Cinema Award, of the 2018 Cannes Film Fest.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Spike Lee, Denouncing Trump, Connecting Past and Present of Black Oppression
May 15, 2018 by
The film is on the right side of history, and we have a president who did not take a firm stance in the wake of violence that erupted after a white nationalist rally, leaving three people dead–Spike Lee
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Signing Pledge Ensuring Greater Gender Equality
May 14, 2018 by
Two days after the powerful march of 82 women on the stairs of the Palais, the Cannes festival’s chief Thierry Fremaux, Critics’s Week head Charles Tesson and Directors’ Fortnight new exec Paolo Moretti signed on Monday a pledge ensuring greater gender equality.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Four White Shirts–Latvia’s Banned Musical Drama Restored
May 14, 2018 by
Latvia brings its restored film Four White Shirts to the Cannes Classics series of the 2018 Cannes Film Fest, after being banned in Soviet Latvia for two decades.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Blanchett, Oscar-Winning Jury President, Leads 82 Women Protesting the Few Women in the Festival’s History
May 13, 2018 by
Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Cannes film festival jury president this year, led a women’s march up the steps of the Palais Lumiere Saturday night, aiming to promote gender equality in the global film industry.
