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Two Highlights From the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 16, 2026October 15, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Alice Bailey Johnson, All of a Sudden, Andor, art and empathy, arthouse cinema, Birgit Minichmayr, British cinema, Cannes Film Festival, capitalism, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, dementia, Drive My Car, elder care, Emeric Pressburger, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, female friendship, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, French cinema, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Hard Truths, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, Japanese cinema, JoBeth Williams, Kate OFlynn, Marion Bailey, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Mike Leigh, Miles Teller, mortality, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, nursing homes, NYFF 2026, Paul Jesson, Pedro Pascal, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, social realism, social workers, surrealism, Tao Okamoto, Tender Loving Care, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Virginie Efira, Widow's Bay

The probable last film from a British legend and the latest work from a Japanese master brightened this year’s edition of this festival of festivals.

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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Andor, arthouse cinema, Behemoth!, Birgit Minichmayr, Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, classical music, Emeric Pressburger, Eva Victor, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, JoBeth Williams, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Miles Teller, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, NYFF 2026, Olivia Wilde, Paper Tiger, Pedro Pascal, Sandra Wollner, Scarlett Johansson, surrealism, TIFF, Tony Gilroy, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Arnett

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

BFG Podcast #308: ‘Obsession,’ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ and a Whole Cannes of Worms

June 3, 2026June 4, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments 2026 movies, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, Book and Film Globe podcast, Cannes 2026, Cannes coverage, Cannes Film Festival, Dan Friedman, Daniel Aaron, entertainment podcast, Festival Coverage, film festivals, film journalism, Grogu, Hollywood, horror cinema, horror movies, Inde Navarrette, independent film, Jeremy Allen White, Jon Favreau, Neal Pollack, OBSESSION, podcast recommendations, Rotta the Hutt, science fiction films, Star Wars, Star Wars franchise, Stephen Garrett, The Mandalorian and Grogu

Neal Pollack welcomes Daniel Aaron, Stephen Garrett, and Dan Friedman to the Pod Dome

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Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026

May 24, 2026May 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Andrey Zvyagintsev, art house cinema, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu, European film, Federico Garcia Lorca, Film Awards, Fjord, Glenn Close, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Los Javis, Miles Teller, Minotaur, Neon, Netflix, Oscar buzz, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Park Chan-Wook, Paweł Pawlikowski, Penelope Cruz, Rami Malek, Renata Reinsve, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, The Black Ball, world cinema

A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate

Cannes Has Some Serious (and Some Comic) Daddy Issues

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A24, Adam Driver, art house cinema, arthouse film, arthouse films, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, award season, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema criticism, cinema culture, Club Kid, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, daddy issues, directorial debuts, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, European film, fatherhood in film, Fatherland, festival acquisitions, festival buzz, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film distribution, film festival coverage, film festivals, Fjord, Friday the 13th, Gentle Monster, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Havana Rose Liu, Hirokazu Kore-eda, independent filmmaking, Indie Film, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Jane Schoenbrun, Javier Bardem, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Lennon The Last Interview, John Travolta, Jordan Firstman, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, LGBTQ cinema, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, midnight movies, movie industry news, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar contenders, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Quentin Dupieux, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Lennon, Sebastian Stan, Slasher Movies, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Soderbergh, The Beatles, The Beloved, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel, Woody Harrelson, world cinema

Family ties are being stretched for drama and laughs in festival film after film

Cannes 2026 Opens With Sheepish Glamour and a Surprise Masterpiece

May 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments arthouse film, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema culture, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, Fatherland, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film festivals, Friday the 13th, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Hirokazu Kore-eda, international cinema, Ira Sachs, Jane Schoenbrun, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Travolta, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, Palme D'Or, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Slasher Movies, The Beatles, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel

Storied film festival honors Peter Jackson, debuts Hannah Einbinder in Jane Schoenbrun’s messy meta-slasher, and shows an early Palme d’Or frontrunner

OpenAI Projects Cannes 2026 For First Animated Feature Release

September 9, 2025 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, critterz, native foreign, OpenAI, vertigo films

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BFG Podcast #199: ‘Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning,’ Season 2 of ‘The Rehearsal,’ and a report from Cannes

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Cannes Film Festival, It Was Just An Accident, Jafar Panahi, Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning, Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal

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The Politics of Cannes

May 20, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ari Aster, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Chronology of Water, Die My Love, Eddington, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Stewart, Lea Drucker, Lynne Ramsay, Pedro Pascal, Quentin Tarantino, Robert DeNiro, Robert Pattinson

This year’s festival is a platform for movies with a message

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The Female-Centric Winners Of Cannes

May 30, 2024June 4, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anora, Cannes Film Festival, Coralie Fargeat, Demi Moore, Emilia Perez, Margaret Qualley, Sacred Fig, Sean Baker, Selena Gomez, The Substance, Zoë Saldana

Women dominated the jury and the films of this year’s festival

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All the Winners of Cannes

June 1, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aki Kaurismäki, Anatomy of a Fall, Cannes Film Festival, Jane Fonda, Jonathan Glazer, Julianne Moore, Justine Triet, Martin Amis, May December, Natalie Portman, Perfect Days, The Zone of Interest, Todd Haynes, Wim Wenders

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BFG Podcast #101: ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ Woody Allen Shut Out of Cannes, and Defunding Libraries

April 24, 2023May 1, 2023 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Ari Aster, Beau Is Afraid, Cannes Film Festival, Coup de Chance, Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Allen

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Malchance

April 19, 2023April 26, 2023 Michael Washburn 10 Comments Cannes Film Festival, Coup de Chance, Woody Allen

Cannes nixes Woody Allen’s widely anticipated 50th film

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We All Won at Cannes This Year

June 5, 2022June 8, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cannes Film Festival, Dardenne Brothers, EO, Park Chan-Wook, Ruben Östlund, Tori and Lokita, Triangle of Sadness

A flurry of acquisitions means American audiences will get to more easily enjoy the films for themselves

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BFG Week in Review Podcast #057: 2022 Cannes Film Festival, ‘Barry,’ and More!

May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Barry, Batman, Bill Hader, Cannes Film Festival, Quantum Leap

Our editor and writers break down the culture

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