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Marian Brannelly As hundreds of high-powered advertising and media executives descend on Cannes this week for a flurry of meetings, marketing stunts, and boozy yacht parties, there’s an undercurrent of deep uncertainly about the industry’s future. As well chronicled in New Yorker writer Ken Auletta’s new book, “Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business […]
The hottest movie at Cannes has a very appropriate title: Burning. South Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong made a huge splash at the French film festival this week with what critics are hailing as the best film to screen at Cannes. Burning stars Korean star Yoo Ah In as well as The Walking Dead‘s Steven Yeun in a eerily sinister performance that […]
The 62-year-old Danish director is known for controversy, but his latest movie really is sparking strong reactions. The House That Jack Built premiered at Cannes Film Festival last night where there were over 100 walkouts. The extremely graphic film sees Dillon play Jack, a serial killer, as he murders over a 12 year period, including […]
A battle between Netflix and France’s Cannes Film Festival has been raging since 2017, but are we finally seeing the first signs of a possible peace between the two entities? Earlier this week, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings admitted that Netflix “made mistakes” during the streaming service’s tussle with the prestigious French film festival, marking the […]
Bonjour! The good folks at the Cannes Film Festival put down their delicious French pastries this morning long enough to announce the Cannes 2018 lineup, full of wonderful looking films that will eventually make their way into select theaters before ending up on VOD. Thus is the nature of the beast. Behold the Cannes 2018 […]
On the April 11, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Chris Evangelista and Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about MoviePass, Paul Thomas Anderson, Black Adam, Netflix vs. Cannes, Joaquin Phoenix, Alex Garland, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ready Player One. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google […]
The Cannes Film Festival likes to act like they’re super high-brow, but they’re not above throwing a bone to a popcorn movie or two. Case in point: this year, Ron Howard‘s Solo: A Star Wars Story will make its debut at the prestigious festival. More on the Cannes Film Festival Solo premiere below. The Cannes Film Festival […]
Three years ago, Swedish director Ruben Östlund broke out with Force Majeure, a pitch black comedy that probably deserves to be on the short list of the best movies of the 21st century so far. His new feature, The Square, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, where it took home the Palme d’Or and […]
When it comes to media consumption, and their attitudes toward advertising, millennials don’t behave like previous generations. They actively block ads on the web, binge ad-free TV shows and generally are tough for marketers to connect with. It’s even tougher for marketers to grab the attention of kids, who never seen to look up from […]
This year’s Cannes Film Festival came to end a few days ago, but ripple effects from events that transpired there will be felt on the French fest in the years to come. You may have heard about the controversy that arose surrounding Netflix’s involvement there, and today Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has spoken more about what went down. […]
