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9 Thoughts on Cannes 2017 By Owen Gleiberman The Cannes Film Festival played host to some good movies this year (there is never a year when it doesn't), yet throughout the 12-day event, there has been a pervasive feeling, shared by critics and distributors and publicists and audi Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Awards: Controversial Swedish Satire 'The Square' Wins Palme d'Or By Peter Debruge CANNES — The 70th anniversary Cannes Film Festival has wrapped, culminating with an unconventional awards ceremony in which Pedro Almodóvar and his jury bestowed a couple unexpected bonus prizes, including a tie for screen Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Sean Baker's 'The Florida Project' Lands at A24 (EXCLUSIVE) By Ramin Setoodeh and Brent Lang A24 has bought U.S. distribution rights to Sean Baker's "The Florida Project," Variety has learned. The movie about a homeless family in the Sunshine State premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. Oscar nomi Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Why This Year's Cannes Lineup May Be Too Edgy for Oscar By Guy Lodge For me, tweeting praise for a film at Cannes tends to elicit a two-tiered response from excited movie fans far away from the Croisette. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: China's Weying Extends Reach Into Content, Asian Neighbors By Patrick Frater China's Weying Technology may be the clearest cut example to date of a movie company that is driven by data. The three-year-old company is China's leading online agency for movie ticketing. But these days all the talk from its executiv Read Full Story at Variety.com →

'A Man of Integrity,' 'Wind River,' 'Barbara' Take Un Certain Regard Awards at Cannes By Guy Lodge Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "Lerd" won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival this evening. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

China, Asia Drives Cannes Film Market to Record Attendance By John Hopewell 2017 may go down in history as the year when China finally made the difference at the Cannes Film Market. Up 21% to 600 delegates, China helped drive attendance at the Marché du Film to an all-time record of 12,324 accredited pa Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Michel Hazanavicius' Dramedy 'Redoubtable' Lands at Cohen Media By Dave McNary Cohen Media Group has bought the North American rights to Michel Hazanavicius' dramedy "Redoubtable" following its premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie centers on iconic French director Jean-Luc Godard an Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: MUBI Acquires Philippe Garrel's 'Lover for A Day' for U.S., U.K. (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Global SVOD service MUBI has acquired all rights to the U.S., U.K. and Ireland on veteran French auteur Philippe Garrel's "Lover for a Day" which world premiered in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight last week, sharing the SACD prize from Fr Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Chloe Zhao's 'The Rider' Tops Cannes' Directors' Fortnight By John Hopewell CANNES -- Chloe Zhao's "The Rider," Sony Pictures Classics' second pick-up at this year's Cannes Festival, won the Art Cinema Award, the top prize at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight. In further plaudits, all given by the section's sponsor Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Martin Scorsese-Exec Produced 'A Ciambra' Wins Europa Cinemas Label Award By John Hopewell Jonas Carpignano's "A Ciambra," which is executive produced by Martin Scorsese, has won the Europa Cinemas Label Award, the first prize it be announced at the Cannes Festival's 2017 Directors' Fortnight. World premiering earlier this w Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: INSAS Student Valentina Maurel's 'Paul Is Here' Wins Cannes Cinefondation By John Hopewell CANNES -- "Paul Is Here," from Costa Rica's Valentina Maurel, a student at Belgium's Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS), snagged the First Jury Prize Friday at Cannes Cinefon Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Critics Prize 'BPM,' 'Closeness,' 'Nothing Factory' By John Hopewell CANNES -- Robin Campillo's "BPM (Beats Per Minute)," Kantemir Balagov's "Closeness" and Pedro Pinho's "The Nothing Factory" won International Critics' Prizes Saturday afternoon at the Cannes Festival. Awarded by the International Feder Read Full Story at Variety.com →

REVIEWS
Cannes Film Review: 'You Were Never Really Here' By Guy Lodge Some filmmakers rust during periods of inactivity; Lynne Ramsay arches and tenses, lying in wait like an attack dog. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'Jeune femme' (Montparnasse Bienvenüe) By Peter Debruge In the final shot of "Jeune femme," a brittle yet unbreakable young lady named Julia stares directly into the camera, peering out through two differently colored eyes, one brilliant green, the other hazel. You don't come across such an Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'In the Fade' By Jay Weissberg The excellent first quarter gives way to a standard-issue though handsome legal drama with several stock characters and a script guided by the presumed requirements of mainstream cinema. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'L'amant double' By Peter Debruge It practically goes without saying that the French have different standards when it comes to kink. For example, when "50 Shades of Grey" opened overseas, the French barely raised an eyebrow, giving the tawdry sado-maso potboiler a ligh Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'Visages Villages' By Owen Gleiberman There was once a time — it now sounds ageist and sexist — when something would get written off as "an old man's movie." That meant a film created by a director at an age where just watching it, you could feel a certain stif Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes Film Review: 'April's Daughter' By Peter Debruge If April and her daughter Valeria were guests on "The Jerry Springer Show" — or the trashy talk show's south-of-the-border equivalent, José Luis — the episode might conceivably be called, "First my mom stole my kid, Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Cannes: Roman Polanski Says Theaters and Netflix Are Bound to Co-Exist

By Elsa Keslassy

Polish-French director Roman Polanski said Saturday that Netflix and other digital services "don't pose a basic threat" to moviegoing. "People want to go to the movies not because of better sound, projection, or seats, but because they