Two Wild Movies at Cannes Have Everybody Arguing
“The Substance” features Demi Moore in go-for-broke mode, while “Emilia Pérez” is a musical crime drama that defies description.
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CreditUniversal Pictures ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ Was Just Announced. It Was on YouTube in 2009.
When Warner Bros. greenlit a new “Lord of the Rings” movie and a 15-year-old fan film with the same title disappeared, its devotees sprang into action.
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This streaming service collects low-budget, high-creativity movies with outsider status. We single out some of the best on offer.
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CreditNational Film Registry, via Library of Congress At Cannes, the Dogs Were Good Again This Year
The festival has long embraced canine stars like Messi, the hero of “Anatomy of a Fall,” while human stars are happy to take their furry friends along.
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Gérard Depardieu Punches the ‘King of Paparazzi’ Outside Rome Cafe
Mr. Depardieu, 75, was seen striking the 79-year-old photographer Rino Barillari on the Via Veneto.
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CreditIan Langsdon/EPA, via Shutterstock Pixar Lays Off 175 Workers as It Returns Its Focus to Films
The animation studio, which has struggled over the past few years, will stop making original shows for Disney+.
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CreditJeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register, via Associated Press Cannes Meets Trump: ‘The Apprentice’ Sells a Controversial Origin Story
The film covers Donald J. Trump’s relationships with the fixer Roy Cohn and his first wife, Ivana, and tries to explain the future president, at least as a young man.
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CreditScythia Films Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe Crack the Yorgos Lanthimos Code
The stars of his newest film, “Kinds of Kindness” explain that when working with the director, the less you know, the better.
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CreditSam Hellmann for The New York Times Trump Calls Cannes Biopic ‘Garbage’ and Says He Plans to Sue
The director of “The Apprentice” was unfazed by the threat to the film, which covers the ex-president’s relationships with his first wife and the fixer Roy Cohn.
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Ivan F. Boesky, Rogue Trader in 1980s Wall Street Scandal, Dies at 87
An inspiration for the Gordon Gekko character in the movie “Wall Street,” he made a fortune from insider trading before his downfall brought a crashing end to a decade of greed.
By Leslie Wayne
At Cannes, Lily Gladstone Scores a Familiar Seat
The juror found herself at the center of the Kering Women in Motion dinner, a year after she was a little-known guest for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
By Kyle Buchanan
Critic’s NotebookWhat We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson
OpenAI has good reason to aim for a bot voice à la the one in “Her.” But that film was about relationships. What does this real-world turn say about us?
By Alissa Wilkinson
Critic’s NotebookAt Cannes, Inspiration From Ancient Romans and Modern Women
Though the history-inflected “Furiosa” and “Megalopolis” were the hottest tickets, films by Andrea Arnold and Rungano Nyoni proved to be discoveries.
By Manohla Dargis
Senegal dispatchWhen a Tale of Migration Is Not Just Fiction
When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.
By Elian Peltier and Annika Hammerschlag
Dabney Coleman, Actor Audiences Loved to Hate, Is Dead at 92
In movies like “9 to 5” and “Tootsie” and on TV shows like “Buffalo Bill,” he turned the portrayal of egomaniacal louts into a fine art.
By Mike Flaherty
Judge to Rule Next Week on Whether to Dismiss Alec Baldwin Case
During a heated hearing, Mr. Baldwin’s lawyers claimed prosecutors had improperly presented evidence to the grand jury considering the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust.”
By Julia Jacobs
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include crypto terrorism, gaslighting, an undercover mission and more.
By Robert Daniels
Francis Ford Coppola Says He Has No Regrets About $120 Million ‘Megalopolis’
At a Cannes news conference that ignored recent allegations, the director said he was already writing his next film.
By Kyle Buchanan
When Your Imaginary Friend Becomes a Movie Star
Multiple films this year, including the new family comedy “IF,” explore the concept of imaginary friends on the big screen.
By Erik Piepenburg
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