Less than two months after lashing out at the “French establishment” for opposing the limited theatrical release of its two Cannes-competing pics (Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja” and Noah Baumbach’s “The…
Bong Joon-ho, the South Korean director whose “Okja” stirred intense debate at Cannes because of Netflix’s release plans, sounded a diplomatic note Wednesday. He said that he wanted to see his film…
A24 has given an awards season release date of Oct. 6 to Sean Baker's "The Florida Project." Variety first reported that A24 had bought the movie about a young girl and her troubled mother living in…
As rival top-tier film festivals across the globe began to program episodic television, Cannes' artistic director Thierry Fremaux remained a notable holdout — until recently. Earlier this year, he…
French-born, NYU Tisch-educated director Vladimir de Fontenay's "Mobile Homes" is born out of a paradox: Inspired by the uniquely American sight of a prefab home rolling down the highway, its very…
A powerful cinematic rendering of hard labor in a harsh land.
Strand Releasing will be distributing Bavo Defurne's “Souvenir,” a music-filled romantic drama boasting Oscar-nominated actress Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”) and an original soundtrack by Pink Martini…
After winning the Palme d’Or at last month’s Cannes Film Festival with “The Square,” Swedish director Ruben Ostlund is turning his attention to “Triangle of Sadness,” a satire set against the…
A fiery, energetic crime actioner eventually let down by too many character switcheroos and plot reversals.
Back on the island where he's wanted by local gangsters who just killed an old friend and former accomplice, a young Corsican reminisces about the events that set him on the shady path of criminal…
Lotte Cinema and Megabox, South Korea's second and third largest cinema chains, will not screen "Okja," the Netflix fantasy drama that controversially bowed in competition at the Cannes Film Festival…
