Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026
A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate
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Park Chan-Wook
BFG Podcast #118
‘The Wheel of Time’ Season 2, ‘Oldboy’ restoration, and a visit to the Venice Film Festival
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Is This the End of South Korean Film?
There’s a reason the festival retrospectives don’t contain much from the present day
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More Than ‘Oldboy’
Reconsidering Park Chan-wook’s ‘Vengeance’ trilogy on the 20th anniversary of a classic
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The Long Shadow of Alfred Hitchcock
A hundred years after his directorial debut, here are some of Hitchcock’s greatest cinematic innovations–and examples from modern filmmakers who deploy them.
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BFG Podcast #077
‘Black Adam,’ ‘Ticket to Paradise,’ ‘Decision to Leave,’ and Annie Ernaux
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A Really Good ‘Decision’
Park Chan-wook’s dazzling new movie might be his best and most mature
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The New York Film Festival, Back on Form
NYFF features an excellent slate, and expands to the outer boroughs
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Still Fantastic
Austin’s genre film fest was back in full with a strong 2022 lineup
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We All Won at Cannes This Year
A flurry of acquisitions means American audiences will get to more easily enjoy the films for themselves
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