John Travolta surprised with honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival - AP News

John Travolta surprised with honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival  AP News

Cannes 2026: Why American cinema is not taking center stage on the Croisette this year

Although the history of Cannes is inseparable from that of US filmmaking, the highly anticipated American feature films are few and far between in this year's lineup. The official reason is a series of events that slowed a number of projects. But there is also a growing lack of interest in auteur films from both Hollywood and streaming platforms.

Gentle Monster review – disquieting drama about two women facing the truth about the men they love

Cannes film festival: Léa Seydoux is a wife and mother whose life unravels when police arrive to quiz her husband; Jella Haase is a detective dealing with her ailing father’s misdeeds Marie Kreutzer is the Austrian director who created impressive and stylish pictures such as the psychological thriller The Ground Beneath My Feet and the Habsburg biopic Corsage. Now she brings us this coldly eloquent and disquieting Franco-German drama about two women who find themselves imprisoned by a duty of...

By Peter Bradshaw

Travolta gets surprise Cannes prize: ‘beyond the Oscar’

Hollywood star John Travolta was given a surprise lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival Friday as he premiered the first movie he has ever directed. The man who became an icon overnight with Saturday Night Fever was visibly moved as he accepted the honorary Palme d’Or before the screening of Propeller One-Way Night Coach, which is based on a book about his first experience in an airliner. “I just can’t believe it. This is beyond the Oscar, really,” he said as he accepted the...

By Agence France-Presse

Marion Cotillard reunites with Ex, Guillaume Canet, in new Cannes film

It's a big day at the Cannes Film Festival. Marion Cotillard stars in "Karma", the new psychological thriller from her former partner Guillaume Canet – their first film together since the couple split, and their ninth collaboration overall. Cotillard plays a woman whose life collapses when her young godson mysteriously disappears. Also on the Croisette is John Travolta presenting his directorial debut "Propeller One-Way Night Coach to Los Angeles", based on a children's novel he wrote for his...

By FRANCE24

John Travolta surprised with honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

John Travolta was surprised with an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his directorial debut

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‘Colony’ Director Yeon Sang-ho on AI, Individuality and Why Zombies Still Matter

Yeon Sang-ho’s “Colony” premiered in the Midnight Screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, marking the “Train to Busan” director’s return to the zombie genre. This time, he infuses it a distinctly contemporary twist that reflects anxieties about artificial intelligence, collective behavior and the erosion of human individuality. “All along my works, I […]

By Naman Ramachandran

Cannes: ‘Gentle Monster’ Cheered at Premiere, Catapults Léa Seydoux Into Race for Fest’s Best Actress Prize and Oscar

Marie Kreutzer's follow-up to 'Corsage' could also factor in to the best international feature Oscar competition, though it remains to be seen which country would have the strongest claim on it.

By Scott Feinberg

‘Gentle Monster’ Review: Léa Seydoux Gives A Committed Performance In The Cluttered Story Of A Family Torn Apart – Cannes Film Festival

In 2022, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer released Corsage, the excellent feminist re-reading of the life of 19th century Empress Elizabeth, known as Sissi, with Vicki Krieps as the eccentric, anorexic empress and Florian Teichtmeister as her philandering husband, Franz Joseph 1. The following year, Teichtmeister was arrested and pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography: […]

By Erik Pedersen

In the Grey Review

Director Guy Ritchie has hit a career low point with his new film In the Grey, featuring Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal.

By Scott Collura

John Travolta Shows Off New Look at Cannes Film Festival

John Travolta looks like he's leaning into French fashion at a famous film festival in France ... because he's rocking a French hat as part of a new look over in Cannes. The actor popped up Friday at the Cannes Film Festival and he ... well, looked…

By TMZ Staff

John Travolta Debuts New Look During Cannes Outing With Daughter Ella

Welcome back to the Cannes Film Festival, John Travolta. And the Saturday Night Fever star stepped out with a noticeably different style this time around, donning circular eyeglasses and a white...

John Travolta got airborne for premiere of new movie at Cannes - Geo News

John Travolta got airborne for premiere of new movie at Cannes  Geo News

‘Obsession’ review: the year’s most terrifying horror film so far

Put your hands over your face and clamp your popcorn bucket between your knees The post ‘Obsession’ review: the year’s most terrifying horror film so far appeared first on NME.

By Alex Flood

Guy Ritchie & Henry Cavill's New R-Rated Action Thriller In The Grey Sets A Rotten Tomatoes Record

Guy Ritchie and Henry Cavill reunite for their third movie together, with the new R-rated action thriller setting a Rotten Tomatoes record.

By Fariba Rezwan

NFVCB classifies 304 films in 2026, records growth over same period in 2025

By Benjamin Njoku The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) approved and classified 304 films between January and April 2026, marking continued growth in Nigeria’s film industry and reinforcing the Board’s commitment to effective regulation. The figure represents an increase from the 267 films classified during the same period in 2025. In the first […] The post NFVCB classifies 304 films in 2026, records growth over same period in 2025 appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Emmanuel Okogba