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Thursday, May 23, 2024

The Critics Past the Cannes Half Way Point / Rasoulof Saga Continues / Deadline Details Film Fest Woes / Interviews and Profiles from Cannes: Gary Oldman

THE CRITICS PAST THE CANNES HALF WAY POINT:




Screen Daily has their top five thus far (on a four point scale):

1) Anora 3.3
2) Grand Tour 3.0
3) The Substance 2.7
4) Caught by the Tides 2.6
5) Emilia Perez 2.5




Ioncinema's panel's top five (on a five point scale):

1) Anora 3.5
2) Emilia Perez 3.4
3) Bird 3.0
3) Oh, Canada 3.0
3) Caught by the Tides 3.0



The International Cinephile Society's top five (on a four point scale):

1) Anora 3.55
2) Grand Tour 3.50
3) Caught by the Tides 3.28
4) Bird 3.0
5) The Substance 2.79



RASOULOF SAGA CONTINUES




The latest wrinkle in the saga of Mohammad Rasoulof, his film, the government of Iran and Cannes is that the film maker will attend the 77th edition of the prestigious fest.

Multiple sources are reporting Rasoulof will be in Cannes in person for the screening of his The Seed of the Scared Fig.  Here's the story from Indiewire and The Hollywood Reporter.

The film is set to premiere tomorrow.


DEADLINE DETAIILS FILM FEST WOES




Deadline's Matthew Carey contributed to an article on Film Fests and their current tribulations that was published on Tuesday, May 21st.  The article focuses on European and North American fests and details some of the challenges facing a number of major festival including Telluride.

In the North American section of the story Carey writes of TFF :

"Both Sundance and the Telluride Film Festival benefit from the allure of their exclusive mountain settings, but the high price of travel and lodging have made it increasingly difficult for industry to attend.

“Telluride is really under pressure for the cost to house their own programmers and just to house the people who work for the festival,” says a senior sales agent and veteran Telluride attendee. “We feel that, just attending the festival alone. It is so high and it’s getting higher.”



INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES FROM CANNES




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