NBC

Renewed:

• “A.P. Bio”
• “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (Revived after Fox cancellation) 
• “America’s Got Talent”
• “Blacklist”
• “Blindspot”
• “Chicago Fire”
• “Chicago Med”
• “Chicago PD”
• “Good Girls”
• “The Good Place”
• “Hollywood Game Night”
• “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
• “Little Big Shots”
• “Superstore”
• “This Is Us” 
• “Trial & Error” (Season 2 premieres July 13)
• “The Wall”
• “Will & Grace” (Revival renewed for Season 2 & 3)
• “The Voice”

Canceled/Ended:

• “Great News”
• “The Brave”
• “The Night Shift” 
• “Shades of Blue”
• “Taken”

TBD: 

• “Champions”
• “Law & Order: True Crime”
• “Timeless”
• “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge”

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ABC

Renewed:

• “American Housewife”
• “American Idol”
• “The Bachelor” 
• “The Bachelorette”
• “Bachelor in Paradise”
• “Black-ish”
• “Celebrity Family Feud” (Season 5 begins on June 10)
• “Dancing with the Stars” 
• “For the People”
• “Fresh Off the Boat” 
• “The Goldbergs” 
• “The Good Doctor”
• “Grey’s Anatomy”
• “How to Get Away with Murder”
• “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” 
• “Modern Family”
• “Roseanne”
• “Shark Tank”
• “Speechless”
• “Splitting Up Together”
• “Station 19”

 Canceled/Ended:

• “Alex, Inc.”
• “The Crossing”
• “Deception”
• “Designated Survivor”
• “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”
• “Marvel’s Inhumans”
• “The Mayor”
• “The Middle”
• “Once Upon a Time”
• “Quantico”
• “Scandal”
• “Ten Days in the Valley”

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CBS

Renewed:

• “The Amazing Race”
• “The Big Bang Theory” 
• “Big Brother”
• “Blue Bloods”
• “Bull”
• “Celebrity Big Brother”
• “Criminal Minds”
• “Elementary” 
• “The Good Fight”
• “Hawaii Five-0”
• “Instinct”
• “Life in Pieces”
• “Madam Secretary”
• “MacGyver”
• “Man with a Plan”
• “Mom”
• “NCIS”
• “NCIS: Los Angeles”
• “NCIS: New Orleans”
• “Survivor”
• “Undercover Boss”

Canceled/Ended:

• “9JKL”
• “Kevin Can Wait”
• “Living Biblically”
• “Me, Myself & I”
• “Wisdom of the Crowd”
• “Scorpion”
• “Superior Donuts”
• “Zoo”

TBD: 

• “Code Black” 

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Fox 

Renewed:

• “9-1-1”
• “Bob’s Burgers”
• “Empire“
• “Family Guy”
• “The Four: Battle for Stardom”
• “The Gifted”
• “Gotham” (Renewed for a fifth and final season)
• “Hell’s Kitchen“
• “Last Man Standing” (Revived after cancellation on ABC) 
• “Lethal Weapon”
• “Love Connection” (Season 2 returns May 29)
• “The Orville”
• “The Resident”
• “The Simpsons” (Renewed through Season 30)
• “So You Think You Can Dance” (Season 15 premieres June 4)
• “Star”

Canceled/Ended:

• “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
• “The Last Man on Earth”
• “Lucifer”
• “The Mick”
• “New Girl” 
• “Shots Fired”
• “Wayward Pines”
• “The X-Files”

TBD:

• “American Grit”
• “Ghosted”
• “L.A. to Vegas”

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The CW

Renewed:

• “The 100”
• “Arrow”
• “Black Lightning”
• “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
• “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”
• “Dynasty”
• “The Flash”
• “iZombie”
• “Jane the Virgin”
• “Riverdale”
• “Supernatural”
• “Supergirl”

Canceled/Ended:

• “Life Sentence”
• “The Originals”
• “Valor”

Lars von Trier...

...manages to upset the tuxedo-ed elite @ Cannes with his latest offering...bless their hand-picked cotton socks!

...starring: Uma Thurman, Matt Dillon and, Riley Keough. Mr von Trier has sparked controversy - yet again!!! A few tuxes walked out in disgust at its Cannes premiere.

If the trailer is anything to go by...this looks mighty!!! Lambs to the slaughter!

Kimmy and the gang are back! And they're ready to rise and grind...which is a pretty big step up from turning a lever in a bunker!

Season 4 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt now streaming on Netflix.

Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury's lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a life-threatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.

In Theaters November 2, 2018

Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Tom Hollander, and Mike Myers

Watch the official trailer for FOX's new show, The Cool Kids.

THE COOL KIDS is a multi-camera comedy about a rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community who are willing to break every rule in order to have fun – because, at their age, what do they really have to lose. HANK (Grier) is the leader of this motley crew, a gruff, opinionated, 21st century Archie Bunker who will go to any lengths to have a good time. His loyal, but less than helpful, friends include CHARLIE (Mull), a bumbling storyteller who constantly goes off on tangents about some bizarre, barely believable episode from his life; and SID (Jordan), a naysaying, pill-popping hypochondriac who shoots down every scheme, but still gets roped in. Complicating matters is MARGARET (Lawrence), a brash, confident woman who forces her way into their group and refuses to leave because she’s not going to take crap from anyone – especially not these three. But what unites them all is their shared belief that they’re not done yet – not by a long shot. Growing old with dignity is for chumps. Our self-proclaimed “cool kids” are determined to make the third act of the lives the craziest one yet.

From executive producer Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and starring Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier (“The Carmichael Show,” “In Living Color”), Emmy Award nominee Martin Mull (“Veep”, “Roseanne”), Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan (“Will and Grace,” “American Horror Story”) and Emmy Award winner Vicki Lawrence (“Mama’s Family,” “The Carol Burnett Show”).

What a surprise!!! The scooby-doo-ish crime-solving team will return!!!

The Spy Who Dumped Me – In Theatres August 3, 2018! Starring Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj, Ivanna Sakhno, and Sam Heughan.

Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent, as they hatch a plan to save the world.

High school senior Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny) has it all - the grades, the girlfriend (Madeline Weinstein), and the motley crew of hilarious friends. Everything is smooth sailing until Alex shares that he's decided to part ways with his virginity - and meets Elliott (Antonio Marziale), a sweet and confident gay boy who isn't shy about his instant crush on Alex...who may or may not feel the same. Rocketed into a endearing and amusing journey of sexual and self-exploration, Alex ultimately learns that like so much of growing up, love can be confusing. And that's okay.

Alex Strangelove, streaming June 8.

A murder mystery set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a former cop, who has since become a private eye, takes on the case.

A first look at Hugh Grant as disgraced MP Jeremy Thorpe. Starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal is the story of an illegal love affair that threatened the life of one man and the entire British establishment.

Directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) and written by Russell T Davies, this brand new three-part series is a darkly comic adaptation of true events.

Mirroring the savage beauty, maverick originality and vivacity of his design, “McQueen” is an intimate revelation of Alexander [Lee] McQueen’s own personal and professional world, both tortured and inspired. It is a film which celebrates a radical and mesmerising genius of profound influence and shows his rags-to-riches story as a modern-day fairy tale laced with the gothic.

As a self-described “unremarkable” working-class boy from East London, he harnessed his demons and went on to become a global one-man fashion brand and one of the most iconic artists of the century. He was a punk rebel, celebrated for overturning the silver-spoon world of Paris haute couture and ushering in the heady, revolutionary era of ‘Cool Britannia,’ as well as provoking and subverting the fashion industry in ways that often caused controversy and scandal.

Portraying his life from his debut collection through to the tragedy of his premature death, “McQueen” is a film that evokes Lee McQueen’s unique vision, originality and maverick sense of humour. The transformative impact of his personality and his work is captured in never-before-seen home movies, audio tapes and “behind-the-scenes” footage shot throughout his career. This material is stitched together with deeply personal interviews from close family, friends and collaborators and cinematic original material that takes us on a journey into McQueen’s mind. His fears, dreams, obsessions, desires and nightmares are on screen for the audience to re-live along with the most memorable and iconic moments in his shows - like nothing the fashion world has ever seen before, or since. The film allows us to search deeply into what made the man a unique artist of his times, as well as helping us to understand the mystery of why, at the height of his acclaim and power, he shockingly made the decision to end to it all.

Cancelled after 10 episodes...

“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of Here and Now,” HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”

Here's what we though of the lamentable Here & Now...

Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury...in new Queen biopic pictures...

And...that career defining performance...

Bohemian Rhapsody is expected to be in cinemas in November...

The Queer Palm is an independently sponsored prize for selected LGBT-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival. The award was founded in 2010 by journalist Franck Finance-Madureira. It is sponsored by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, filmmakers of Jeanne and the Perfect Guy, The Adventures of Felix, Crustacés et Coquillages, and L’Arbre et la forêt.

The award recognizes a film for its treatment of LGBT themes and gleans from among those films nominated or entered under Official Selection, Un Certain Regard, International Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight and the ACID section.

Along with Berlin’s Teddy Award and Venice’s Queer Lion, the Queer Palm is a major international film award dedicated specifically for LGBT cinema.

The jury of the 9th queer palm will be chaired by French Producer Sylvie Pialat. The first winner of the Queer Palm was Gregg Araki’s Kaboom in 2010. Other winners have included BPM (Beats per Minute), Carol, Stranger by the Lake and Laurence Anyways.

Here are the films and selections competing for this year’s Queer Palm.

Official selection – In Competition

Plaire Aimer Et Courir Vite (Sorry Angel), Christophe Honoré

Knife + Heart, Yann Gonzalez

Official selection – Midnight

Whitney, Kevin Macdonald

Official selection – Un Certain Regard

Girl, Lukas Dhont

Euphoria, Valeria Golino

El Angel, Luis Ortega

Rafiki (Friend), Wanuri Kahiu

Border, Ali Abassi

Die Stropers (The Harvesters), Etienne Kallos

Directors Fortnight

Carmen y Lola, Arantxa Echevarria

Critics’ Week

Diamantino,  Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt
Wild, Camille Vidal-naquet
Shéhérazade, Jean-Bernard Marlin

ACID Section

L’amour debout (Love Standing), Michael Dacheux
Cassandro the Exotico!, Marie Losier

Director: Jennifer Pepperman

Cast: Kevin Spirtas, Mitchell Anderson, Jonathan Rayson, Peter Y. Kim, Jamison Stern, David Dean Bottrell, Cady Huffman, Robert Emmet Lunney, Jim Newman, Anita Gillette, Lenny Wolpe, Erin Cherry, Finn Douglas, Michael Urie, Colleen Zenk, Michael McGowan 

 

Marvel’s motormouth mercenary is back! Bigger, better and occasionally more pantless than ever before. When a super soldier arrives on a murderous mission, Deadpool is forced to think about friendship, family and what it really means to be a hero - all while kicking 50 shades of ass. Because, sometimes, to do the right thing you need to fight dirty.

IN CINEMAS & IMAX MAY 15...

One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector Venom.

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In Cinemas October 5...

The @sense8 finale arrives June 8! Tell your cluster.

“Crazy Rich Asians” follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu (Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young (Golding), to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick’s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors. Being on Nick’s arm puts a target on Rachel’s back, with jealous socialites and, worse, Nick’s own disapproving mother (Yeoh) taking aim. And it soon becomes clear that while money can’t buy love, it can definitely complicate things. The behind-the-scenes team included director of photography Vanja Cernjul (“Marco Polo”), production designer Nelson Coates (“Fifty Shades Darker”), costume designer Mary Vogt (“Kong: Skull Island”) and editor Myron Kerstein (“Going in Style”).

Jon M. Chu (“Now You See Me 2”) directed Warner Bros. Pictures’ and SK Global Entertainment’s contemporary romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on the acclaimed worldwide bestseller by Kevin Kwan.

In Cinemas this August.

Two women belonging to the history of cinema, Alice Guy and Jane Fonda, 2001: A Space Odyssey turning 50 as seen by Christopher Nolan, an essay by Mark Cousins about Orson Welles, Margarethe von Trotta’s tribute to Bergman, Fernando Solanas and The Hour of the Furnaces, Five and the Skin by Pierre Rissient being re-released, African patrimonial cinema, unknown treasures and internationally recognized masterpieces. By screening heritage films in restored 2K and 4K versions or an exceptional photochemical film recreation, Cannes Classics continues its work by exploring the history of cinema with documentaries produced in 2018 and feature films presented to us by producers, distributors, foundations, cinematheques, right-holders who work to protect the past and revive it in present days.
 

All the screenings will be introduced either by directors, artists or specialists in charge of the restorations either by professionals from the archive world or cinematheques.

Alice Guy and Jane Fonda

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (Soyez naturel : L'histoire inédite d'Alice Guy-Blaché) by Pamela B. Green (2018, 2h, United States of America)
First woman director, producer and director of a studio in the history of cinema, Alice Guy is the subject of a documentary carried out full swing like an investigation aiming to make us (re)rediscover the filmmaker and her work around the world.
Presented by Wildwood Enterprises In Association with Artemis Rising. Produced by A Be Natural Production. Pamela B. Green in attendance.

Jane Fonda in Five Acts by Susan Lacy (2018, 2h13, United States of America)
Jane’s Fonda’s film career, her place in the history of the twentieth century, her relationship to the men of her life.
Presented by HBO Documentary Films. Produced by Pentimento Productions. Jane Fonda and Susan Lacy in attendance.

2001: A Space Odyssey turning 50

2001: A Space Odyssey (2001 : l’odyssée de l’espace) by Stanley Kubrick (1968, 2h44, United Kingdom, United States of America)
Presented by Warner Bros. 70mm print struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative. This is a true photochemical film recreation. There are no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits. The film will be introduced by director Christopher Nolan and will be screened in Debussy theater with a 15mn-intermission accurately reproducing the real-life experience of moviegoers when the film was released in the spring of 1968.
Stanley Kubrick’s daughter, Katharina Kubrick and his coproducer, Jan Harlan, in attendance.

Orson Welles

The Eyes of Orson Welles (Les Yeux d’Orson Welles) by Mark Cousins (2018, 1h55, United Kingdom)
A journey by film critic and historian Mark Cousins—director of Story of Film—in the pictorial world of Orson Welles, his drawings, paintings and works of youth, seen for the first time on screen thanks to his daughter Beatrice Welles.
Presented by Bofa Productions. Produced by Bofa Productions with Creative Scotland, the BBC and Filmstruck. Mark Cousins in attendance.

Ingmar Bergman’s Centenary  

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (À la recherche d'Ingmar Bergman) by Margarethe von Trotta (2018, 1h39, Germany, France)
Director Margarethe von Trotta, extremely appreciated by Ingmar Bergman, follows the filmmaker’s footsteps as well as her own past and questions the new generation about the place left by the Swedish master.
Presented by C-Films (Deutschland) in Hamburg and Mondex et Cie-France. International sales, Edward Noeltner, CMG in Los Angeles. Margarethe von Trotta in attendance.

Bergman — ett år, ett liv (Bergman – A Year in a Life) by Jane Magnusson (2018, 1h56, Sweden)
Bergman – A Year in a Life describes the existence of Bergman in 1957 when Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal were released. A film by Jane Magnusson, who directed in 2013 Trespassing Bergman with Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Francis Coppola, Wes Anderson.
Presented by B-reel Films. Produced by Mattias Nohrborg, Cecilia Nessen, Fredrik Heinig for B-reel Film, with SvT, Nordsvensk, FRSM, Reel Ventures, SF and supported by SFI, NFI and NFTV. Distribution: Carlotta Films. Jane Magnusson in attendance.

Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal / Le Septième Sceau) by Ingmar Bergman (1957, 1h36, Sweden)
A knight and Death meet, a legendary game of chess. The most famous masterpiece by Ingmar Bergman and one of Max von Sydow’s most significant parts.     
Presented by Swedish Film Institute. Digitization and 4K restoration from the original negative and final mix on magnetic tape carried out by Swedish Film Institute. French distribution in theaters: Studiocanal and Carlotta Films.

 

All the Cannes Classics Films

Beating Heart (Battement de cœur) by Henri Decoin (1939, 1h37, France)
2K Restoration presented by Gaumont in association with the CNC. Image works carried out by Eclair, sound restored by L.E. Diapason in partnership with Eclair.

Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves / Le Voleur de bicyclette) by Vittorio De Sica (1948, 1h29, Italy)
Presented by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Stefano Libassi's Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà. Restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Stefano Libassi's Compass Film, in collaboration with Arthur Cohn, Euro Immobilfin and Artédis, and with the support of Istituto Luce-Cinecittà. Restoration carried out at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.

Enamorada by Emilio Fernández (1946, 1h39, Mexico)
Presented by The Film Foundation. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project in collaboration with Fundacion Televisa AC and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funded by the Material World Charitable Foundation. The film will be introduced by Martin Scorsese.

Tôkyô monogatari (Tokyo Story / Voyage à Tokyo) by Yasujiro Ozu (1953, 2h15, Japan)
Presented by Shochiku. Digital restoration by Shochiku Co., Ltd., in cooperation with The Japan Foundation. For the 4K restoration, the duplicated 35mm negative was provided by Shochiku, managed by Shochiku MediaWorX Inc. and conducted by IMAGICA Corp. French distribution in theaters: Carlotta Films.

Vertigo (Sueurs froides) by Alfred Hitchcock (1958, 2h08, United States of America)
Presented by Park Circus. 4K digital restoration from the VistaVision negative done by Universal Studios. The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach).

The Apartment (La Garçonnière) by Billy Wilder (1960, 2h05, United States of America)
Presented by Park Circus with the co-operation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 4K digital restoration from the original camera negative. Digital restoration completed by Cineteca di Bologna, Colour Grading by Sheri Eissenburg at Roundabout in Los Angeles. Supervised on behalf of Park Circus by Grover Crisp.

Démanty noci (Diamonds of the Night / Les Diamants de la nuit) by Jan Němec (1964, 1h08, Czech Republic)
Presented by the National Film Archive, Prague. The restoration was done by the Universal Production Partners studio in Prague, under the supervision of the National Film Archive, Prague.

Voyna i mir. Film I. Andrei Bolkonsky (War and Peace. Film I. Andrei Bolkonsky / Guerre et paix. Film I. Andrei Bolkonsky) by Sergey Bondarchuk (1965, 2h27, Russia)
Presented by Mosfilm Cinema Concern. Digital frame-by-frame restoration of image and sound from 2K scan. Producer of the restoration: Karen Shakhnazarov.

La Religieuse (The Nun) by Jacques Rivette (1965, 2h15, France)
Presented by Studiocanal. 4K restoration from the original camera negative. Sound restauration from the sound negative (only matching element). Works carried out by L’immagine Ritrovata laboratory under the supervision of Studiocanal and Ms. Véronique Manniez-Rivette with the help of the CNC, the Cinémathèque française and the Fonds culturel franco-américain.

Četri balti krekli (Four White Shirts / Quatre chemises blanches) by Rolands Kalnins (1967, 1h20, Latvia)
Presented by National Film Centre of Latvia. 4K Scan and 3K Digital Restoration from the original 35mm image internegative and print positive materials mastered in 2K. Restoration financed by the National Film Centre of Latvia, the restoration made by Locomotive Productions (Latvia). Director Rolands Kalnins in attendance.

La Hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces / L'Heure des brasiers) by Fernando Solanas (1968, 1h25, Argentina)
Presented by CINAIN - Cinemateca y Archivo de la Imagen Nacional. 4K Restoration from the original negatives, thanks to Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), in Buenos Aires. With the supervision of director Fernando "Pino" Solanas. French Distribution: Blaq Out. Fernando Solanas in attendance.

Le Spécialiste (Specialists / Gli specialisti) by Sergio Corbucci (1969, 1h45, France, Italy, Germany)
Presented by TF1 Studio. Full version previously unseen restored in 4K from the original Technicolor-Techniscope image negative and French and Italian magnetic tapes by TF1 Studio. Digital work carried out by L’Image Retrouvée laboratory, Paris / Bologne. French theater distribution: Carlotta Films. The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach).

João a faca e o rio (João and the Knife / João et le couteau) by George Sluizer (1971, 1h30, the Netherlands)
Presented by EYE Filmmuseum, Stoneraft Film in association with Haghefilm Digital. A full 4K restoration of the original 35mm Techniscope camera negative shot by Jan de Bont. By bypassing the originally required analogue blow up to Cinemascope, this digital restoration presents a direct-from-negative color richness and image sharpness never seen before.

Blow for Blow (Coup pour coup) by Marin Karmitz (1972, 1h30, France)
Presented by MK2. Restoration carried out by Eclair from the original negative in 2K with the help of the CNC and supervised by director Marin Karmitz. The film will be re-released in French movie theaters on May 16th, 2018. Marin Karmitz in attendance.

L'une chante, l'autre pas (One Sings the Other Doesn't) by Agnès Varda (1977, 2h, France)
Presented by Ciné Tamaris.
The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach) with Agnès Varda in attendance.
2k digital restoration from the original negative and restoration, color grading under the supervision of Agnès Varda and Charlie Van Damme. With the support of the CNC, of the fondation Raja, Danièle Marcovici  & IM production Isabel Marant, with the support of Women in Motion / KERING. International Sales MK2 films. Distribution in theaters: Ciné Tamaris (the film will be released in France on July, 4th, 2018).

Grease by Randal Kleiser (1978, 1h50, United States of America)
Presented by Park Circus and Paramount Pictures. 4K digital restoration from the original camera negative. The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach) with John Travolta in attendance.

Fad,jal (Grand-père, raconte-nous) by Safi Faye (1979, 1h52, Senegal, France)
Presented by the CNC and Safi Faye. Digital restoration carried out from the 2K scan of the 16mm negatives. Restoration made by the CNC laboratory. Safi Faye in attendance.   

Five and the Skin (Cinq et la peau) by Pierre Rissient (1981, 1h35, France, Philippines)
Presented by TF1 Studio. 4K restoration from the original camera negative and the French magnetic tape by TF1 Studio with the support of the CNC and the collaboration of director Pierre Rissient. French distribution in theaters: Carlotta Films. Pierre Rissient in attendance.

A Ilha dos Amores (The Island of Love / L'île des amours) by Paulo Rocha (1982, 2h49, Portugal, Japan)
Presented by Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema. 4K wet gate scan of two 35mm image and sound interpositives struck in a Japanese film lab in 1996. Digital grading was made by La Cinemaquina (Lisbon, Portugal) using a 35mm distribution print from 1982 as a reference. Digital restoration of the image was made by IrmaLucia Efeitos Especiais (Lisbon, Portugal).

Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) by Percy Adlon (1987, 1h44, Germany)
Presented by Studiocanal. 4k Scan and restoration. Work led by Alpha Omega Digital in Munich and carried out under the continuous supervision of director Percy Adlon. Original negative, kept in Los Angeles in excellent condition, processed in Munich for scanning and image by image restoration. The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach) with Percy Adlon in attendance.

Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue) by Luc Besson (1988, 2h18, France, United States of America, Italy)
Presented by Gaumont. A 2K restauration. Image work carried out by Eclair, sound restored by L.E Diapason in partnership with Eclair. A screening organized to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the screening of the film opening the Festival de Cannes in 1988. The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach).

Driving Miss Daisy (Miss Daisy et son chauffeur) by Bruce Beresford (1989, 1h40, United States of America)
Presented by Pathé. 4K restoration made from 35mm original image and sound negatives. Restoration carried out by Pathé L’image Retrouvée laboratory (Paris/Bologne) with the collaboration of director Bruce Beresford.

Cyrano de Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1990, 2h15, France)
Presented by Lagardère Studios Distribution. Scan from the original negative and 4K restoration carried out by L’Image Retrouvée for Lagardère Studios Distribution with the support of the CNC, the Cinémathèque française, the Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain, Arte France–Unité Cinéma, Pathé et Mr. Francis Kurkdjian. French distribution in theaters: Carlotta Films (in progress). Jean-Paul Rappeneau in attendance.   

Hyenas (Hyènes) by Djibril Diop Mambety (1992, 1h50, Senegal, France, Switzerland)
Presented by Thelma Film AG with the support of the Cinémathèque Suisse.
Scan from the orginal negative, cleaning and colorimetry correction in 2K. Works carried out by Eclair Cinéma SAS. International sales: Thelma Film AG. French distribution: JHR Films (in progress).
Preceded by:

Lamb (La Lutte sénégalaise) by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1963, 18 min, Senegal) Presented by La Cinémathèque de l’Institut français, Orange and PSV Films. Digital restoration made from 2K scan of the 35mm negatives. Restoration carried out by Eclair.

 

El Massir (Destiny / Le Destin) by Youssef Chahine (1997, 2h15, Egypt, France)
A preview of the full retrospective which will take place at the Cinémathèque française in October 2018, the film will be presented by Orange Studio and MISR International films with the support of the CNC, fostered by the Cinémathèque française. 4K restauration at Éclair Ymagis laboratory by Orange Studio, MISR International Films and the Cinémathèque française with the support of the CNC. The film will be screened at the Cinéma de la Plage (Movies on the Beach).

What is it about bio-pics about musicians?!? Creative differences and egos!

They seemed to be plagued with constant change...Bohemian Rhapsody has seen many a mighty name come and go! Bryan Singer, Sasha Baron Cohen...were -  unceremoniously - shown the door!

Now, it seems that Rocketman himself has changed...out goes Tom Hardy...in comes Taron Egerton!

Variety reports that Dexter Fletcher, who replaced Bryan Singer on the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, is attached to direct.

According to Variety, the film ” will include John’s emergence as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to becoming a music superstar and his partnership with songwriting collaborator Bernie Taupin.”

Production on the film is set to begin this summer. The screenplay was written by Lee Hall (Victoria & Abdul, Warhorse). Matthew Vaughn and David Furnish (Elton’s husband) are producing.

▶ In Cinemas June 15

▶ Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas and Emily Watson.

▶ Written and directed by Rupert Everett

In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshiped him? The lover imprisoned and freed, yet still running towards ruin in the final chapter of his life? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross who tried and failed to save him from himself. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris freedom is elusive and Oscar is a penniless vagabond, always moving on, shunned by his old acquaintance, but revered by a strange group of outlaws and urchins to whom he tells the old stories - his incomparable wit still sharp. THE HAPPY PRINCE is a portrait of the dark side of a genius who lived and died for love in the last days of the nineteenth century.

After winning over the staff and students of Milford High School, chemistry teacher Richard Martinez aka Bianca Del Rio (Roy Haylock) sent her nemesis Vice Principal Deborah “Debbie” Ward (Rachel Dratch) to jail in a flawlessly executed plan. When Debbie is released from jail, she conjures up a scheme to do away with Bianca Del Rio once and for all, by luring her on a dangerous journey to Russia to accept a teaching award and cash prize. Filled with laughs, celebrity cameos and America’s drag superstars, HURRICANE BIANCA: FROM RUSSIA WITH HATE is packed with surprises and unlikely partnerships that spark friendship and acceptance.’

Available On Digital May 18.

This is - truly - bizarre...

American Animals is the unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. The film centers around two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Kentucky. Spencer (Barry Keoghan), is determined to become an artist but feels he lacks the essential ingredient that unites all great artists – suffering. His closest friend, Warren (Evan Peters), has also been raised to believe that his life will be special, and that he will be unique in some way. But as they leave the suburbs for universities in the same town, the realities of adult life begin to dawn on them and with that, the realization that their lives may in fact never be important or special in any way. Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world’s most valuable books from the special collections room of Spencer's college Library. Enlisting two more friends, accounting major Eric (Jared Abrahamson) and fitness fanatic Chas (Blake Jenner), and taking their cues from heist movies, the gang meticulously plots the theft and subsequent fence of the stolen artworks. Although some of the group begin to have second thoughts, they discover that the plan has seemingly taken on a life of its own. Unfolding from multiple perspectives, and innovatively incorporating the real-life figures at the heart of the story, writer-director Bart Layton (The Imposter) takes the heist movie into bold new territory.

DIRECTED BY Bart Layton
STARRING Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd and Udo Kier

Skam Austin – set in Austin, Texas – will debut on Facebook Watch, with clips posted in real time much like the original. Julie Andem, the original show’s creator, is also on board as a writer and producer, so it’s likely we’ll see things in the vein of the Oslo-set original, with some fresh storylines. 

New drops daily starting Tuesday, 4/24 at 3:40pm CST.

Amazon Prime subscribers now have more than 58 new LGBTQ films to choose from, in association with the Outfest Film Festival.

The films were published to Prime Video directly by filmmakers or rights holders through Amazon’s Prime Video Direct self-publishing program, which lets content owners earn royalties based on customer viewing time.

Check out the full list available now on Prime Video, with six more titles expected soon:

• 52 Tuesdays
• A Sinner In Mecca
• An Englishman in New York
• Anatomy of a Love Seen
• Ander
• Baby Steps
• Beautiful Something
• Body Electric
• Call to Witness
• Crazy Bitches
• Desire Will Set You Free
• Do You Take This Man
• Eating Out
• Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
• Eating Out: All You Can Eat
• Eating Out: Drama Camp
• Ekaj
• Empire State
• Family Values: An American Tragedy
• G.B.F.
• Geography Club
• Good Mourning Lucille
• Greek Pete
• Grown Up Movie Star
• Hello Again
• Hit So Hard
• Howl
• I Do
• Isle of Lesbos
• Jamie Marks is Dead
• Karl Rove, I Love You
• Liberty: 3 Stories about Life & Death
• Loving Annabelle
• Lyle
• Major!
• Morgan
• Nate & Margaret
• Open
• Park
• Political Animals
• Queens and Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo
• Retake
• Rift
• S&M Sally
• Sebastian
• Slash
• Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
• Strange Fits of Passion
• Stuff
• 10 Year Plan
• The Gymnast
• The Pearl
• The People I’ve Slept With
• The Resurrection of a Bastard
• Were The World Mine
• Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
• Wild Flowers
• Women Who Kill

 

The Cannes Film Festival has announced several additions to its 2018 line-up, including the new Lars von Trier project, Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and three new competition films.

Competition

Firstly Yann Gonzalez makes his competition debut with Un Couteau Dans Le Cœur (Knife + Heart) starring Vanessa Paradis

So does director Sergey Dvortsevoy with Ayka. His Tulpan won the Prize Un Certain Regard in 2008.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Palme d’or 2014 for Winter Sleep, returns with Ahlat Agaci (The Wild Pear Tree / Le Poirier Sauvage).

The additions take the competition line-up to 21 films in all.

Out of Competition

Lars von Trier returns to Cannes with The House That Jack Built, seven years after he was declared “persona non grata” by festival chiefs following Nazi comments in the press conference for his Palme d’Or contender Melancholia.

The film is a serial killer thriller starring Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman.

Closing film

Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating and troubled The Man Who Killed Don Quixotewill appear at Cannes after all, as the closing film. Its participation was in doubt as it was caught up in a legal battle in the French courts.

The screening will take place on Saturday May 19 after the Closing ceremony and the film, which stars Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce and Olga Kurylenko, will be released in France on the same day.

Midnight screenings

Kevin Macdonald’s documentary Whitney, about the life of the troubled singer Whitney Houston, has been announced as a midnight screening and adds some more British interest to the festival.

Another midnight screening is Fahrenheit 451 by Ramin Bahrani, the second adaptation of the novel by Ray Bradbury, after François Truffaut’s 1966 version. It stars Sofia Boutella, Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon.

Un Certain Regard

Donbass from Sergey Loznitsa which will open Un Certain Regard on May 9. His previous film A Gentle Creature was selected for the official competition last year.

The other Un Certain Regard additions are...
Muere, Monstruo, Muere (Meurs, Monstre, Meurs) by Argentina’s Alejandro Fadel Chuva E Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos (The Dead And The Others / Les Morts Et Les Autres) from João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora.

...devoted to first and second features as well as shorts, has unveiled the line-up of its 57th edition, running May 9-17.

full line-up...

OPENING FILM

• Wildlife, Paul Dano

CLOSING FILM

• Guy, Alex Lutz

FEATURE FILMS IN COMPETITION

• Chris The Swiss, Anja Kofmel
• Diamantino, Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt
• Egy Nap (One Day), Zsófia Szilágyi
• Fuga (Fugue), Agnieszka Smoczyńska
• Kona Fer Í Stríð (Woman At War), Benedikt Erlingsson
• Sauvage, Camille Vidal-Naquet
• Sir, Rohena Gera

FEATURE FILMS SPECIAL SCREENINGS

• Nos Batailles (Our Struggles), Guillaume Senez
• Shéhérazade, Jean-Bernard Marlin

SHORT FILMS SPECIAL SCREENINGS

• La Chute (The Fall), Boris Labbé
• Third Kind, Yorgos Zois
• Ultra Pulpe (Apocalypse After), Bertrand Mandico

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

• Amor, Avenidas Novas, Duarte Coimbra
• Ektoras Malo : I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias (Hector Malo - The Last Day Of The Year), Jacqueline Lentzou
• Mo-Bum-Shi-Min (Exemplary Citizen), Kim Cheol-Hwi
• Pauline Asservie (Pauline, Enslaved), Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
• La Persistente, Camille Lugan
• Rapaz (Raptor), Felipe Gálvez
• Schächer, Flurin Giger
• Tiikeri (The Tiger), Mikko Myllyahti
• Un Jour De Mariage (A Wedding Day), Elias Belkeddar
• Ya Normalniy, Michael Borodin

Created by the French Directors Guild in the wake of the events of May ’68, the Directors’ Fortnight seeks to aid filmmakers and contribute to their discovery by the critics and audiences alike. From its initial program in 1969, it cast its lot with the avant-garde (the glorious seventies), even as it created a breeding ground where the Cannes Festival would regularly find its prestigious auteurs.

Striving to be eclectic and receptive to all forms of cinematic expression, the Directors' Fortnight pays particular attention to the annual production of fiction features, short films and documentaries, to the emergence of independent fringe filmmaking, and even to contemporary popular genres, provided these films are the expression of an individual talent and an original directorial style.

The 50th anniversary edition will take place from 9 till 19 May 2018 in Cannes then in Marseille, Paris, Geneva, Rome, Milan, Florence and Brussels.

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Selected Feature Films...

Amin de / by Philippe Faucon première mondiale

Carmen y Lola de / by Arantxa Echevarria première mondiale – premier film

Climax de / by Gaspar Noé première mondiale

Cómprame un revólver ( Buy Me a Gun ) de / by Julio Hernández Cordón première mondiale

Les Confins du monde de / by Guillaume Nicloux première mondiale

El motoarrebatador ( The Snatch Thief ) de / by Agustín Toscano première mondiale

En Liberté ! de / by Pierre Salvadori première mondiale

Joueurs ( Treat Me Like Fire ) de / by Marie Monge première mondiale – premier film

Leave No Trace de / by Debra Granik première internationale

Los silencios de / by Beatriz Seigner première mondiale

Ming wang xing shi ke ( The Pluto Moment ) de / by Ming Zhang première mondiale

Mandy de / by Panos Cosmatos première internationale

Mirai ( Mirai ma petite sœur ) de / by Mamoru Hosoda première mondiale

Le monde est à toi de / by Romain Gavras première mondiale

Pájaros de verano ( Birds of Passage – Les Oiseaux de passage ) de / by Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego première mondiale – film d’ouverture

Petra de / by Jaime Rosales première mondiale

Samouni Road de / by Stefano Savona première mondiale – documentaire

Teret ( The Load ) de / by Ognjen Glavonic première mondiale

Troppa grazia de / by Gianni Zanasi première mondiale – film de clôture

Weldi ( Dear Son – Mon cher enfant ) de / by Mohamed Ben Attia première mondiale

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Selected Short Films...

Basses de / by Félix Imbert première mondiale

Ce magnifique gâteau ! ( This Magnificient Cake ! ) de / by Emma De Swaef & Marc Roels première mondiale

La Chanson ( The Song ) de / by Tiphaine Raffier première mondiale

La lotta de / by Marco Bellocchio première mondiale

Las cruces de / by Nicolas Boone première mondiale

La Nuit des sacs plastiques ( The Night of the Plastic Bags ) de / by Gabriel Harel première mondiale

O órfão ( The Orphan ) de / by Carolina Markowicz première mondiale

Our Song to War de / by Juanita Onzaga première mondiale – documentaire

Skip Day de / by Patrick Bresnan & Ivette Lucas première mondiale – documentaire

Le Sujet ( The Subject ) de / by Patrick Bouchard première internationale

THE 2018 SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

 

This year, the selection committee received 3,943 short films.
The 2018 Short Films Competition comprises eight films (7 works of fictions and 1 animation), from Australia, China, France, Iran, Japan, Philippines, Poland and USA.

 

These films are all in the running for the 2018 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Bertrand Bonello, President of the Jury, at the official award ceremony of the 71^st Festival de Cannes on May 19^th.

 

Oren GERNER	GABRIEL	France	15'
Raymund Ribay GUTIERREZ	JUDGEMENT	Philippines	15’
Celine HELD Logan GEORGE	CAROLINE	USA	12’
Saeed JAFARIAN	TARIKI (Umbra)	Iran	14’
Marta PAJEK	III animation movie	Poland	12’
Masahiko SATO, Genki KAWAMURA, Yutaro SEKI, Masayuki TOYOTA, Kentaro HIRASE	DUALITY	Japan	14’
WEI Shujun	ON THE BORDER	China	15'
Charles WILLIAMS	ALL THESE CREATURES	Australia	13’

 

THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION 2018

 

The Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 17 films this year (14 live-action and 3 animated films), from among the 2,426 submitted by film schools all over the world. Fourteen countries on four continents will be represented. Twelve of the twenty-two directors selected for this program are women.

The jury will hand over the three Cinéfondation prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday 17th May, in the Buñuel Theatre.

Ori AHARON	DOLFIN MEGUMI (Rubber Dolphin)	Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University Israël	28’
Zhannat ALSHANOVA	END OF SEASON	The London Film School UK	23’
Louise AUBERTIN, Éloïse GIRARD, Marine MENEYROL, Jonas RITTER, Loucas RONGEART, Amandine THOMOUX	SAILOR'S DELIGHT	ESMA France	6’
Lucia BULGHERONI	INANIMATE	NFTS UK	8’
Diego CÉSPEDES	EL VERANO DEL LEÓN ELÉCTRICO  (The Summer of the Electric Lion)	Universidad de Chile - ICEI Chile	22’
Jamie DACK	PALM TREES AND POWER LINES	NYU Tisch School of the Arts USA	15’
DI Shen	DONG WU XIONG MENG (The Storms in Our Blood)	Shanghai Theater Academy  China	31’
Laura GARCIA	FRAGMENT DE DRAME (A Piece of Tragedy)	La Fémis France	24’
Constanza GATTI	CINCO MINUTOS AFUERA (Five Minutes Outside)	Universidad del Cine (FUC) Argentina	10’
Ariel GUTIÉRREZ	LOS TIEMPOS DE HÉCTOR (Hector's Nightfall)	CCC Mexico	29’
Eryk LENARTOWICZ	DOTS	AFTRS Australia	23’
Marta MAGNUSKA	INNY (The Other)	PWSFTviT Poland	5’
Georgiana MOLDOVEANU	ALBASTRU SI ROSU, IN PROPORTII EGALE (Equally Red and Blue)	UNATC I.L. CARAGIALE Romania	21’
Pier Lorenzo PISANO	COSÌ IN TERRA (As It Is on Earth)	Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Italy	13’
Igor POPLAUHIN	KALENDAR (Calendar)	Moscow School of New Cinema Russia	28’
Arian VAZIRDAFTARI	MESLE BACHE ADAM (Like a Good Kid)	Tehran University of Dramatic Arts  Iran	20’
Andrew ZOX	I AM MY OWN MOTHER	San Francisco State University USA	23’

 

Enter the world of #HotelArtemis, a hospital run exclusively for bad guys. Watch the first trailer starring Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Jeff Goldblum and Sofia Boutella. In cinemas July 20.

Jean Thomas, aka THE NURSE (Jodie Foster) is the manager of the Hotel Artemis, an ultra-exclusive, members-only hospital hidden in a hotel redolent of faded ‘20s glamour. Tough, sharp and utterly fearless, The Nurse treats an assortment of assassins, gunrunners, thieves and gangsters in an unexpected state-of-the-art emergency room capable of providing a new liver with a 3-D printer or injecting a patient with nanobots that heal from the inside out. With the help of her towering assistant EVEREST, The Nurse wrangles some of the most dangerous criminals in the world, from sultry French assassin NICE and international arms dealer ACAPULCO, to bank robbers WAIKIKI and his brother HONOLULU.

One night as a violent riot rages on the streets of Los Angeles, legendary crime boss Orian Franklin, aka NIAGARA, arrives needing immediate treatment after a failed attempt on his life. Niagara’s sudden arrival creates a violent clash among the criminals in the hospital, with one ‘patient’ having a particularly deadly motive for checking into the hotel. The Nurse makes a decision that could jeopardize the future of the ER and everyone in it. Now the safest place for criminals in the city has become the most dangerous.

Written and directed by: Drew Peace (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Iron Man 3)

Cast: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista, Jeff Goldblum, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day.

Let’s break it down: Cultural appropriation, sex and gender norms, racist bots, conspiracy theories, Jesus, weed, The Sunken Place and WAY more. Dear White People Volume 2 coming soon on Netflix.

This film will BLOW your mind!!!

Directed by TIM WARDLE

Tim Wardle’s acclaimed documentary THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS is the most amazing, incredible, remarkable true story ever told. Times three.

Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good story instantly becomes a global sensation complete with fame and celebrity, however, the fairy-tale reunion sets in motion a series of events that unearth an unimaginable secret - a secret with radical repercussions for us all.

Winner of Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award, THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS is an exuberant celebration of family that transforms into a thriller with colossal implications and proof that life is truly is stranger than fiction.

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

Watch the latest trailer for Disney Pixar's Incredibles 2. In UK cinemas July 2018!

In “Incredibles 2,” Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, while Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) navigates the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell), Dash (voice of Huck Milner) and baby Jack-Jack—whose superpowers are about to be discovered. Their mission is derailed, however, when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot that threatens everything. But the Parrs don’t shy away from a challenge, especially with Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) by their side. That’s what makes this family so Incredible.

Ryan Murphy's latest venture...

 

Pose premieres June 3

So...the big news this year is that Netflix has - quite rightly - pulled out of this illustrious festival. Thierry Frémaux, festival director, seems to be more concerned with the business of cinema rather than its art, he and his cronies have banned films that are not theatrically released in France (with particular reference to Netflix)...hopefully, other festivals and award ceremonies (yes, this is a dig at Steven Spielberg) will not follow this erroneous path. The world of cinema is changing...and, film festivals need to change with the times. Thierry Frémaux & Co are elitists...obviously forgetting the most important factor: The audience!

Shame on them.

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Here are the films...minus the 5 Netflix productions...

Opening Night Film

“Everybody Knows,” Asghar Farhadi (In Competition)

The Iranian director of A Separation and The Salesman has teamed up with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem for his latest drama. The film involves the on- and off-screen couple travelling to the outskirts of Madrid, where unexpected events bring hidden secrets into the open.

BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee

Adapted from the book of the same name by Ron Stallworth, Spike Lee’s hotly anticipated crime drama tells the story of an African-American detective (played by John David Washington) who infiltrates a Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, eventually becoming its leader. Adam Driver, Topher Grace and Laura Harrier co-star.

Le Livre D’Image by Jean-Luc Godard

Still going strong at 87, the French New Wave icon returns to Cannes competition this year with an examination of the modern Arabic world that’s tantalisingly described by the following “synopsis”: Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.

Lazzaro Felice by Alice Rohrwacher

Alice Rohrwacher is one of the most talented female filmmakers working today, as she proved with her previous feature The Wonders, which premiered at Cannes in 2014. Her latest follows a man living on the margins of society who travels through time.

Under the Silver Lake by David Robert Mitchell

US writer/director David Robert Mitchell rocked Cannes four years ago with his convention-busting teen horror It Follows. Now he’s back with what looks to be a novel spin on the crime-thriller, Under the Silver Lake, in which Andrew Garfield becomes obsessed with the suspicious details surrounding a girl’s kidnapping and a billionaire’s murder.

Also In Competition…

En Guerre by Stéphane Brizé
Dogman by Matteo Garrone
Sorry Angel by Christophe Honoré
Asako I & II by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Girls of the Sun by Eva Husson
Ash is Purest White by Jia Zhangke
Shoplifters by Hirokazu Koreeda
Capernaum by Nadine Labaki
Burning by Lee Chang-dong
Three Faces by Jafar Panahi
Cold War by Pawel Pawlikowski
Yomeddine by AB Shawky
Summer by Kirill Serebrennikov

Un Certain Regard (Second Competition)

Sofia by Meyem Benm’Barek
Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Bi Gan
Little Tickles by Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer
Manto by Nandita Das
Girl by Lukas Dhont
Angel Face by Vanessa Filho
Euphoria by Valeria Golino
Sextape by Antoine Desrosieres
My Favourite Fabric by Gaya Jiji
Friend by Wanuri Kahiu
The Harvesters by Etienne Kallos
In My Room by Ulrich Köhler
El Angel by Luis Ortega
The Gentle Indifference of the World by Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Special Screenings

Ten Years in Thailand by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Au Grand Desir du Mystico by Carlo Diegues
The Dead Souls by Wang Bing
A Tous Vent by Michel Toesca
La Traversse by Romain Goupil
Pope Francis – A Man of His Words by Wim Wenders
To the Four Winds by Michel Toesca
The State Against Nelson Mandela and Others by Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte

Out of Competition

Solo: A Star Wars Story by Ron Howard
Le Grand Bain by Gilles Lellouche

Midnight Screenings

Arctic by Joe Penna
The Spy Gone North by Yoon Jong-Bing

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Join us on Sunday 27 May at 3pm for the UK Premiere of McKellen: Playing the Part, followed by a Q&A with Ian McKellen, hosted by Graham Norton and broadcast live to cinemas across the UK and Scandinavia from London’s BFI Southbank. In Playing the Part, audiences will have the opportunity to celebrate one of Britain’s true acting icons on his birthday weekend.

Built around a 14 hour interview, Playing the Part uncovers McKellen's story. From his upbringing living through the war, working through repertory and West End theatre becoming a pioneering stage star, coming out and being a leader in the campaign for equality, to his mainstream film breakouts as Magneto and Gandalf. His work and influence transcends generations, celebrated here in this fully authorised insight.

McKellen: Playing the Part features unprecedented access to private photo albums, a wealth of never-before-seen archive material, including diaries written when he was 12, and unseen behind the scenes of theatre shows and films, alongside his personal thoughts on a life long lived.

To find your local cinema and book tickets, please visit https://mckellenfilm.com/

After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife.

Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe’s literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950’s. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the couple’s youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later—a lifetime’s shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.