Cannes Critic's Picks
►The contenders. THR's David Rooney chooses 10 potential highlights in a main lineup stacked with art house A-listers, including Wes Anderson, Apitchatpong Weerasethakul, Timothée Chalamet, Adam Driver, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Paul Verhoeven.
The selection.
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Life's a beach. Tony Gatlif's
Tom Medina and Patrick Imbert's
The Summit of the Gods, both of which had been picked for last year's Cannes festival, will have their Croisette debut on the beach this year.
The story.
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Going back to Cali. The American Film Market, following Cannes’ lead, says they are planning a return to an in-person market in Santa Monica this year.
The story.
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Congratulazioni! Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
The story. In other news... —Film review: Channing Tatum in Netflix’s
America: The Motion Picture.
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IMDb TV circling season 3 of canceled ABC drama
For Life.
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Stuart Damon, a longtime actor on
General Hospital, dies at 84.
—Amazon nabs
exclusive rights to
Smartless podcast.
—Garrett Hedlund joins Daisy Ridley in
The Marsh King’s Daughter. —Gal Gadot celebrates the birth of a
third child.
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Facebook launches Substack newsletter rival, won’t take a cut of pay.
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13 Reasons Why creator inks
Netflix overall deal, sets up thriller
Echoes.
—Another
Gilmore Girls favorite
joins Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
—Harrison Ford-worn
Indiana Jones fedora
sells at auction for more than $250K estimate.
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Disney drops 'Slave 1' name on Lego's Boba Fett
Star Wars ship.
What else we're reading... —"With
Summer of Soul, Questlove Wants to Fill a Cultural Void" [
New York Times]
—"A Prison Interview With Scott Thorson, Wonderland Murders Witness and Liberace’s Pet" [
Daily Beast]
—"
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at 50: A Clunky Film That Roald Dahl Rightfully Hated" [
The Guardian]
—"Danny Trejo Opens Up About Being Typecast — And A Close Call With The Mexican Mafia" [
Los Angeles Times]
—"
Supernova: Colin Firth And Stanley Tucci On Shepherd's Pie, Friendship, And Shooting In The Lake District" [
Empire]
Today... ... in 1951, Alfred Hitchcock unveiled the suspense thriller
Strangers on a Train in theaters. The film, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, starred Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker.
The original review.
Today's birthdays:
Vincent D'Onofrio (62), Lizzy Caplan (39), David Alan Grier (65), Marton Csokas (55), Molly Parker (49), Deirdre Lovejoy (59), Rupert Graves (58), Katherine Ryan (38), Ashley Walters (39)
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