Saturday, May 23, 2026
SPECIAL SATURDAY POST: FINAL CRITICAL CHECK-IN BEFORE CANNES AWARDS
Friday, May 22, 2026
SPECIAL FRIDAY UPDATE: CANNES AND THE CRITICS
SPECIAL FRIDAY UPDATE: CANNES AND THE CRITICS
Additional titles have screened and continued adding of critics' responses puts us with 12 films we're including in our analysis of what's what at Cannes
Here's the rundown on each film from each critical accumulator I'm following: Ioncinema, Screen Daily, The International Cinephile Society and Cannes-ratings.org.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
SPECIAL: Cannes Critics' Update
SPECIAL: CANNES CRITICS UPDATE-THURSDAY
As an addendum to today's regular post I am updating the critics' charts with the most recently available information.
We're looking what seem to be the eight critical favorites from the Palme d'Or competition. Each of them are somewhere on the MTFB radar as possible titles for TFF #53. Currently, the charts are missing sufficient data on 4-5 films (keep an eye on the critical response to Lukas Dhont's Coward) Award winners will be announced on Saturday.
Here's the rundown on each film from each critical accumulator I'm following: Ioncinema, Screen Daily, The International Cinephile Society and Cannes-ratings.org.
Cannes Continues / Some Buzz from Eisenberg / Mike Leigh Has a Title
CANNES CONTINUES
The 79th Cannes Film Fest has passed its halfway mark and is barreling toward its conclusion this weekend. Taking a look at the metrics from Screen Daily, Ioncinema and Cannes-ratings.org, here are the films that seem to be at the forefront critically (*** indicates that the film is on my TFF watch list):
From Screen Daily (films in Palme competition with a better than 2.5 rating on a four point scale):
Monday, May 18, 2026
Early Returns from Cannes / Cousins New Doc Gets Distribution / Pics for Gentle Monster
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Cannes Is On / Awards Watch Oscar Predictions and TFF Clues / Bitter Christmas Teaser and Poster / Pics of Possibles from Cannes
Monday, May 11, 2026
Herzog and Cannes in 2026 / Tony Comes Off the List / Gaudagnino and Artificial Move to 2027
HERZOG AND CANNES IN 2026
The confusion surrounding whether Werner Herzog's Bucking Fastard might or might not screen at Cannes seems to have been cleared up. Variety has reported that the film was selected but not for Palme d'Or competition. That appears to have not sat well with the Herzog camp as they reportedly turned down the invitation.














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