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There is little doubt Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting talents to emerge from the current crop of Quebecois filmmakers. His stunning Incendies about the dark secret haunting a Canadian family of Middle Eastern origins played like a taut psychological thriller anchored to the heart of that regions conflict.

On the film front many features are dividing audiences and the lines are not clearly drawn between press screenings and premieres and sometimes even their actors. Sicario, a dark thriller about the drug wars on the U.

By halftime the festival goes into full party mode. Not just the daily premiere after-parties but high-end sponsors and above all jewelry companies.

What would Cannes be without the yachts? They linger in the old port or in front of the Eden Roc, their owners never leaving their floating homes but instead holding court on the azure Mediterranean water. Only the not so rich (or potentially smartest) rent them out to production companies and film studios for parties and receptions.

This was supposed to be Fury Road’s weekend, with the iconic character of Mad Max now inherited by Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in the role of the bald headed scary, and scarred, Imperator Furiosa. And things were pretty good for George Miller’s return, after 30 years, to its post-apocalyptic landscapes.

HOLLYWOOD, CA (MAY 18, 2015) – The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the awards timetable for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe® Awards. The ceremony will air on NBC live coast-to-coast on Sunday, January 10, 2016 from 5:00-8:00pm/pt (8:00-11:00pm/et) from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA.

Amy was hotly anticipated as one of the “event” movies of Cannes 68 and the documentary on the meteoric rise and very public flame-out of British R&B chanteuse extraordinaire Amy Winehouse didn’t disappoint. The thorough, emotional bio is directed by British film-maker Asif Kapadia who brought Senna to Sundance in 2012.

CANNES — While people go to Hollywood to be famous, stars go to Cannes to be seen on the red carpet. Now in its 68th year, the festival by the Riviera has earned the reputation of having one of the choicest and most trendsetting red carpets in the world.

The weekend belonged to women – onscreen and off. Amy, the documentary on the late, great Amy Winehouse moved festival goers to tears at a midnight screening Saturday night.

One of the loudest and longest applause heard in Cannes so far was surely the one that followed the early morning press screening of Mia Madre at the packed Salle Lumière. Sustained and well deserved, it was an appreciation of Italian director Nanni Moretti’s latest film, which many consider to be his best yet and which has garnered some of the loudest buzz of this 68th edition.