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Predictions for the 74th Cannes Film Festival Awards
*Editor’s Note: Robert did an excellent job with these predictions, which I’m sure will be more accurate than my own. His are below, with a very thorough write-up, followed by my quick, comment-free ones, for comparison. I wrote here about what might emerge from the fest as an Oscar player, so it’ll be interesting to […] More
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‘The French Dispatch’ First Reactions Come Out of the Cannes Film Festival
After a year of delays and setbacks, The French Dispatch has finally been shown to critics for the first time, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. With the odd decision to not have any press conference or further promotion, this is the only spotlight the film is getting at the festival. Oscar pundits have been […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Horror Movies That Played at the Cannes Film Festival
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #42: Joey, Myles, Ryan, and Steve Take a Trip With ‘Zola’
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Will the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Begin to Shape the Oscar Landscape?
Yesterday, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival began. Launching the fest was Leos Carax‘s hotly anticipated Annette, starring Marion Cotillard, Adam Driver, and Simon Helberg. It kicked off a Cannes that was more than a year in the making. Obviously, last year’s COVID-19 pandemic kept the festival from occurring. This year, however, the novel coronavirus has […] More
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Ari Folman, Gaspar Noe, Bill Murray Titles Added to Cannes Lineup
One week ago, the 2021 Cannes film lineup was officially announced and it certainly seems like there is going to be plenty of exciting and investing films for attendees to watch through July 6th – 17. However, the festival lineup was not one-hundred-percent complete when the announcement was made public last week but gratefully, thanks […] More
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Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ to Premiere at Cannes
It’s now official: Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch will have its world premiere at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival, after being slated to premiere last year, but that edition of the festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With Leos Carax’s Annette and Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, the 2021 lineup of the Palme D’Or […] More
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Cannes 2021 Could Include the New Paul Thomas Anderson Film, Plus More!
While the 2021 Cannes Film Festival won’t announce their full Official Selection until May 27th, we are getting some drips and teases of what we can expect to see on that list. Cannes’ artistic director Thierry Frémaux has already confirmed that the new films from Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch) and Paul Verhoeven (Benedetta) will be part of the Official Selection, […] More
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Amazon Studios’ Musical ‘Annette’ to Open 74th Cannes Film Festival and Hit Theaters This Summer
Leos Carax’s latest film, Annette, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, will make its world premiere on July 6, 2021, opening the Cannes Film Festival. This will mark the return of the festival after its cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This musical will mark the return to the festival for Carax after […] More
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Spike Lee will Head the Jury at the 74th Cannes Film Festival
No, you’re not experiencing déjà vu. If the news that the Cannes Film Festival has set Spike Lee as their jury president seems familiar, that’s because it is. Last January, the festival announced that Lee would head up the jury at their 73rd fest, making him the first person of the African diaspora to ever be the […] More
