Mais Oui, Start! French Director Leos Carax Kicks Off Cannes With His “Musical Fantasy” Rock Opera ‘Annette’

No Time To Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga has admitted that he discussed potential replacements for Daniel Craig in the upcoming James Bond film.The long-awaited 007 adventure is finally due for release later this year, though at one point early in its development, Craig had indicated that he was done with the franchise after 2015’s Spectre.Fukunaga, who replaced Danny Boyle as director a few years ago, has revealed in a new interview that before he himself was brought on board, he spoke to

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Titane, Leos Carax and Caleb Landry Jones are among the winners of the top prizes at Cannes 2021 – scroll down to see the full list of winners.The film festival was held in full and in-person after the coronavirus pandemic meant the 2020 physical edition was unable to go ahead as planned.This year’s Cannes jury was comprised of Spike Lee serving as president, director Mati Diop, musician Mylène Farmer, writer and director Jessica Hausner, actor and director Mélanie Laurent, writer and director

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Christopher Vourlias Mubi, the London-based streamer and theatrical distributor that’s been on a buying spree this week in Cannes, has acquired the rights for North America, U.K., and a host of other territories for Kira Kovalenko’s “Unclenching the Fists,” which took home the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section, Variety can reveal.Set in a former mining town in Russia’s North Ossetia region, “Unclenching the Fists” is the story of a young woman, played by Milana

Jon Stewart is set to get back in front of a live studio audience for his new Apple show.

The daughter of two doctors who showed their little girl Psycho at the age of eight, filmmaker Julia Ducournau is unapologetically the product of her environment. After her last visit in 2016 with the visceral cannibal horror Raw in Critics’ Week, which caused several audience members to faint when it screened in Toronto, festivalgoers were left reeling by the film’s inspired infusion of blood and gore into the standard rites-of-passage story.

Moscow-based Ilya Stewart is one of the international film industry’s rising stars. After founding production co Hype in 2011 with Murad Osmann, the pair have rapidly grown the outfit into one of the hottest names in Russia across commercials, music videos, and feature films. Unsurprisingly, TV is also now in the company’s sights.

Sharkbait with David Dobrik” (July 11 on discovery+). The YouTube star and his pals go diving with some really underwater beasts.“Crikey: It’s Shark Week” (July 11 at 8 p.m.) Robert Irwin (“Crikey!: It’s the Irwins”) goes diving with conservationists Paul de Gelder and Madison Stewart.“Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week” (July 11 at 9 p.m.) Haddish is joined by Dr.

CANNES – There is a surprise in Leos Carax’s “Annette” that many will not be expecting. The fact the press shy cinematic auteur is able to pull it off is a credit to his unique skills as a filmmaker.

At a Cannes Film Festival like no other, Leos Carax’s Annette may have been the perfect opening movie.

At a Cannes Film Festival like no other, Leos Carax’s Annette may have been the perfect opening movie.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe stars of Cannes Film Festival opener “Annette” opened up on Wednesday about the demands of making Leos Carax’s rock opera and the film’s parallels with the real-life demands of fame.Launching the festival on Tuesday night, “Annette” was met with mixed reception.