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The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway with Leave One Day by first-time French filmmaker Amelie Bonnin serving as the opening-night pic.

This year’s lineup includes major Hollywood premieres including Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme starring Benicio del Toro and Michael Cera, Richard Linklater’s Paris-shot Breathless homage Nouvelle Vague, Jochim Trier’s Sentimental Value and Titane Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau’s Alpha to name a few.

They are joined by new films from stalwart auteurs including horrormeister Ari Aster’s buzzy A24 feature Eddington, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s In Simple Accident and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has landed in Un Certain Regard with her first directorial effort, Eleanor the Great.

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Croisette regulars Kirill Serebrennikov, Raoul Peck...

Lionsgate’s From the World of John Wick: Ballerina hit three-weekend tracking Thursday with a projected $35 million-$40 million three-day debut.

The Len Wiseman-directed movie, which underwent additional photography from director and John Wick architect Chad Stahelski, finally hits theaters June 6, a year after its previously scheduled opening.

Currently, the R-rating action title starring Ana de Armas and including a cameo by John Wick himself Keanu Reeves is solid with men over 25 in first choice, with both good unaided awareness with the overall over-25 crowd.

John Wick: Chapter 4 (93% on PostTrak, and 82% definite recommend) drew 48% men over 25 (versus part 3’s 45%) and 22% women over 25, as well as 22% men under 25. Diversity demos were massive on the John Wick movie, which pulled in 22% Latino and Hispanic, 21% Asian American and a very good 19% Black moviegoer turnout when it debuted in 2023. The fourthquel hit an all-time opening record for the Thunder Road-produced franchise at $73.8M.

Variety and the Golden Globes continue their tradition of festival celebrations with an exclusive invite-only party celebrating talent attending the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The party will take place on May 17 and will be hosted by Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne and Variety co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh.

At the event, the Variety and Golden Globes Vanguard Award will be presented to Charlotte Gainsbourg — eight-time César nominee, two-time César winner, three-time European Film Award nominee, and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress winner — in recognition of her boundary-breaking artistry and her innovative voice in global cinema, television and music. Gainsbourg can currently be seen as the co-lead of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s newest series “Étoile” for Prime Video, starring opposite Luke Kirby. Golden Globes President Helen Hoehne will present her with the award.

Additionally, the Variety and Golden Globes Creative Impact Icon Film Award will be presented to actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris.

Benicio del Toro explains the unusual way in which Wes Anderson cast him in The Phoenician Scheme. Set for release early next month, the Anderson-directed movie features del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, who meets up with his daughter, Liesl, who he names his sole heir. The pair travel the world together as Zsa-zsa attempts to close business deals and bond with Liesl along the way. In addition to del Toro, the movie features Mia Threaplton, Michael Cera, Willem Dafoe, F. Murray Abraham, Scarlett Johansson, Riz Ahmed, and Tom Hanks.

Per The LA Times, del Toro and Anderson detail how the actor got cast in The Phoenician Scheme. According to the actor, Anderson approached him at a dinner at the Cannes Film Festival after he premiered The French Dispatch to tell him about a new project, with 20 pages already written. He specifically had del Toro in mind. Gradually, the director...

It was inevitable. On Wednesday at Cannes at the packed grand théâtre Lumière, Christopher McQuarrie, wearing a pale peach suit, measuredly answered questions from French journalist Didier Allouch about his writing and directing career, from “The Usual Suspects” (social media would give away the twisty ending today) and “The Way of the Gun” with Benicio del Toro, to collaborating with Tom Cruise on 11 movies. Then his star popped in, sporting a short-sleeved maroon ensemble, to hijack the conversation.

While Cruise and McQuarrie say the right things about respecting each other, it’s clear how much power Cruise has over the “Mission” franchise, now in its eighth iteration. While “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is billed as the finale, a special IMAX screening later that evening played rousingly and offered an open-ended conclusion. (The $400 million film was shot in IMAX.) After a London premiere and buzzy Cannes launch, the movie...

After experimenting with the world of Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson is back for another original tale in the form of The Phoenician Scheme, which ScreenRant is inviting its viewers to come to for a special early screening. The movie, written by Anderson on a story developed by him and Roman Coppola, the black comedy centers on wealthy business owner, Benicio del Toro's Zsa-zsa Korda, well-renowned for his successful ventures and frequent aeronautical crashes. When he elects to appoint his daughter, a nun, as the sole heir to his estate, they find themselves the targets of a wide array of enemies.

Just over a week before it gets its wide release, ScreenRant will be hosting two special early screenings of The Phoenician Scheme. The screenings will be held concurrently in Los Angeles at AMC The Grove and New York City at AMC Lincoln Square at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21. Tickets are limited,...

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that it will release The Way of the Gun on 4K Ultra HD on June 17th. The action thriller starring Ryan Phillippe and Benicio del Toro was the feature directorial debut of Christopher McQuarrie, who has become the most prolific director of the Mission: Impossible franchise.

The Way of the Gun “depicts the fates of petty criminals Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro). They believe they’ve hit the jackpot when they kidnap a surrogate mother, Robin (Juliette Lewis), on the brink of delivering a wealthy couple’s child. A simple plan, a $15 million payoff…what could go wrong? Everything, it turns out. Robin is carrying the son of a ruthless gangster (Scott Wilson), who dispatches his hit men ― and grizzled righthand man (James Caan) ― to take out Parker and Longbaugh once and for all.“

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The Cannes Film Festival kicked off its 78th edition with the Opening Ceremony and the world premiere of Amélie Bonnin’s debut feature, Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day), led by Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, and François Rollin.

The premiere was attended by the cast of the film, including Quentin Tarantino, Rossy De Palma, Julia Garner, Nava Mau, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, and Leonardo DiCaprio, who presented the honorary Palme d’Or to Robert De Niro.

Leave One Day follows Cécile, a budding restaurateur whose ambition to open a gourmet haven in Paris takes an unexpected detour. A family crisis compels her return to her rural roots, where, amidst the echoes of her youth, she reconnects with a long-lost love.

Related: ‘Leave One Day’ Review: Amélie Bonnin’s Nostalgic Musical Debut Is A Stealth Charmer – Cannes Film Festival

The festival formally kicked off on Monday with the poster installation, then moved to the Hotel Martinez,...

The experience of interviewing Wes Anderson is not unlike the experience of watching a Wes Anderson film. It’s brisk. There are entertaining asides. The material is thoughtful and laced with detail that you will often only recognize in retrospect — sometimes after exiting the theater or, in this case, hanging up the phone.

The occasion of this particular conversation is the Cannes Film Festival. To date, Anderson has premiered three films at the Palais — Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The French Dispatch (2021) and Asteroid City (2023) — and will be back this year with his latest feature, The Phoenician Scheme. Like the other directors The Hollywood Reporter has called a Legend of the Croisette — from Ken Loach to Nanni Moretti — Anderson, a lover of film in addition to a maker, feels inextricably linked to the festival where cinema is at its most venerated.

The Phoenician Scheme, out May 30 via Focus Features, stars Benicio del Toro as European tycoon Zsa-Zsa Korda,...

Michael Cera is getting behind the camera for his directorial feature debut and has quietly amassed a impressive cast, Variety understands

The actor — best known for roles in “Barbie,” “Superbad,” “Scott Pilgrim vs the World,” and “Arrested Development” — is set to direct “Love Is Not the Answer,” with Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Steve Coogan (“Philomena”), Fred Hechinger (“Gladiator 2”) and Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”) lined up to star. mk2 Films will launching the project in Cannes.

The plot of the film is being kept under wraps, but it’s described as a “precise yet unpredictable, absurdist comedy that moves between hilarity and heartbreak as it explores modern loneliness and the search for connection.”

“Love Is Not the Answer” also teams Cera — who penned the script — with fast-rising hitmakers 2am, led by Christine D’Souza Gelb, David Hinojosa and Kevin Rowe and producers of “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies,” “Past Lives,” “Babygirl,” Celine Song...

Oscar season is ready to start.

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival kicks off on Tuesday with a lineup that includes new movies from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Richard Linklater, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, and more of the world’s top auteurs.

In many ways, the Cannes Film Festival is more important than ever for the awards race. Over the last five years, multiple movies that premiered on the French Riviera have gone on to receive Best Picture nominations at the Academy Awards, including Oscar winners Parasite and Anora, and nominees Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Substance, and Emilia Pérez. With the 2025 lineup loaded with some highly anticipated titles, it would be considered an upset if at least one or two of the following movies failed to secure eventual Oscar bids in the top categories.

Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, here are the 11 projects...

With the 78th Cannes Film Festival set to Tuesday, more than 100 international film journalists have signed an open statement urging festival organizers, studios, and talent representatives to improve access to talent interviews — a concern that has sparked growing frustration across major film events worldwide.

The protest, which follows a similar action launched at the Venice Film Festival last year, calls on Cannes director Thierry Frémaux and his counterparts at other major festivals to publicly support “good film journalism” and to push for more equitable access to talent during festivals. The signees argue that without meaningful interviews, serious coverage of cinema is being sidelined in favor of brief promotional appearances and soundbite-driven content. For many freelancers, access is a matter of survival, as selling exclusive interviews is how they finance their travel and accommodations to Cannes and other events.

“In Berlin, it was a little bit better, with most films junketing there,...

Nearly six years following the release of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," Lucasfilm has mostly avoided exploring the polarizing Sequel Trilogy era. Every possible discussion — both healthy and unhealthy — regarding the pros and cons of J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson's contributions to the Skywalker Saga remains some of the more exhausting discourses within geek culture, and to re-litigate these debates would be beating a dead tauntaun. However, the aspect of the Sequel Trilogy that fans can agree upon is that Finn (John Boyega) was wasted.

Following his phenomenal introduction in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" as the male lead hero, Finn's storyline was subject to a bad game of telephone between Rian Johnson and J.J. Abrams, both of whom had differing visions for where the character's development should go. John Boyega has been vocal about his frustration regarding Finn's diminishing character trajectory, and what is particularly ironic...

Netflix‘s streaming library is vast enough that certain films inevitably end up slipping through the cracks of its homepage recommendations. That does not mean, though, that there aren’t movies well deserving of your attention lurking just beneath the platform’s surface. Some of the best movies streaming on Netflix right now just so happen, in fact, to require a bit more searching than you may be used to doing or the service even encourages.

Fortunately, we’ve done that work for you. Here are five hidden gems that you probably did not know are streaming on Netflix right now.

“Past Lives” (A24) “Past Lives” (2023)

An absorbing romantic drama, writer-director Celine Song‘s “Past Lives” is as invigorating and rewarding a feature directorial debut as any we have recently seen. Inspired by real events in Song’s life, the film follows a pair of South Korean childhood friends (Greta Lee...

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Fight or Flight is an action comedy film directed by James Madigan from a screenplay co-written by Brooks McLaren and D.J. Cotrona. The 2025 film follows Lucas Reyes, a disavowed Secret Service agent hiding in Bangkok. He is given a chance to get his life back when he is tasked with boarding a plane to San Francisco and capturing a wanted criminal known as “the Ghost,” but he soon finds himself fighting against multiple assassins who are also there to get to the Ghost. Fight or Flight stars Josh Hartnett, Charithra Chandran, Marko Zaror, and Katee Sackhoff. So, if you loved the brutal action, likable actors, and an entertaining story in Fight or Flight, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Bullet Train is an action comedy film directed by David Leitch...

As your “Screen Talk” co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio pack for Cannes, we preview the hot titles for sale, the studio marketing launches, the possible Competition prize contenders, and the movies that have already released trailers. We speculate about the potential brought by President Trump’s latest proposal of a 100 percent tariff on movies filmed overseas. And we preview the summer lineup.

In new news, the already sprawling Cannes Film Festival has just welcomed a few new additions: Bi Gan’s “Resurrection” finally joins the competition after much speculation and anticipation, as well as Eugene Jarecki’s delayed Julian Assange documentary “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” which was pulled from Sundance due to developments in the story.

Among the competition titles without North American berths are Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” with Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg,...

Jeffrey Donovan has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.

Donovan is known for his breakout performance leading the popular USA series “Burn Notice” as former CIA operative Michael Westen for seven seasons, as well as his portrayal of “Dodd Gerhardt” in Season 2 of the hit FX series “Fargo,” opposite Kirsten Dunst and Ted Danson. He most recently starred in a recurring role as Detective Cosgrove on NBC’s “Law & Order,” and also led the Hulu series “Shut Eye.”

Donovan has also appeared in several films, including the “Sicario” franchise opposite Benicio del Toro, and Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar” opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Other notable feature credits include “Let Him Go,” “Wrath of Man,” “Changeling” and “Hitch.”

He will soon be seen opposite Dane DeHaan, Sasha Calle and Mamoudou Athie in director Rebecca Thomas’ “Wardriver.” In the film, tech-savvy thief Cole (DeHaan) exploits his highly specialized skills to...

This article is part of ScreenRant's Exclusive Summer 2025 Movie Preview. Keep an eye out for the full feature next week!

ScreenRant has exclusively revealed a new image for The Phoenician Scheme. The adventure comedy is the latest from auteur director Wes Anderson, who is behind modern classic movies such as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Phoenician Scheme will act as both a family drama and a global adventure, as businessman Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro) works with his estranged daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton) on various taxing journeys. The film features Del Toro, Threapleton, Michael Cera, Scarlett Johansson, Willem Dafoe, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, and Richard Ayoade.

As part of the 2025 Summer Movie Preview, ScreeRant can reveal a new image from The Phoenician Scheme. The image shows Zsa-Zsa and Liesl sitting across from each other. Del Toro's character looks pretty beat up,...

For all their abundant style, the films of Wes Anderson are always weighted with character depth. Take the detailed family drama of The Royal Tenenbaums, the wistful vitality of M Gustave in The Grand Budapest Hotel, or the youthful innocence of the young heroes in Moonrise Kingdom. For his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, Anderson once again welcomes audiences into a world that no other filmmaker could create – but at the heart of it all is Benicio del Toro’s Zsa-zsa Korda, an eccentric businessman set to enter the pantheon of ‘Anderson Dads’.

Of course, chief in that category is Royal Tenenbaum, in The Royal Tenenbaums – a film with which The Phoenician Scheme shares certain thematic resonances. “It’s from the same well,” Anderson tells Empire, noting partial inspiration for Zsa-zsa from his own father-in-law, Fouad Malouf, to whom the film is dedicated. “There are many details from his life...

Tom Bernard isn’t just lugging his tuxedo with him when he travels to the Cannes Film Festival this month; the Sony Pictures Classics co-president is also stuffing his suitcase full of jerseys and T-shirts emblazoned with logos of Canadian hockey teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I want people to know I’m Canadian, not American,” Bernard says. “I’ve been going to Cannes since 1985, and when things are not going well in the world, you feel it. It changes the atmosphere.”

Like many in the indie film business, however, Bernard makes his living in the U.S. That could be a problem, because the country has launched a trade war with, well, everyone. And Trump’s May 4 bombshell announcement on Truth Social that he was instituting 100% tariffs on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands” should lead to uncomfortable moments up and down the Croisette.

“They’re going to treat us like Teslas,...

Scarlett Johansson was behind the camera last year on her feature directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, fixated on the performance of title star June Squibb when she had a vision.

“I said to [one of my producing partners, Jonathan Lia], ‘If I do my job well and do what I’m supposed to do, I can imagine June walking the Croisette at age 95, starring in this incredible dramatic role that she’s so amazing in’ and I thought that would be my dream,” the veteran A-lister, 40, explains of being selected for the Cannes Film Festival. “To have it actually become a reality is amazing. I’m still processing it.”

Johansson has just days to wrap her head around what will be a milestone May with two films in the Cannes lineup. In addition to the Un Certain Regard world premiere of Eleanor the Great, Johansson will walk the Palais steps for Wes Anderson’s competition...

Exclusive:Playtime has scored international sales rights to Andrea Di Stefano’s My Tennis Maestro starring Pierfrancesco Favino about a young athlete who bonds with his unconventional coach.

It is produced by Italy’s Indiana Production, Indigo Film and Vision Distribution in collaboration with Memo Film, Sky, and Playtime.

Now in post-production, Vision Distribution will distribute in Italy andUniversal pictures will release in France. Playtime will show first images from the film in Cannes.

The €11m ($12.5m) film follows a 13-year-old tennis hopeful feeling pressure from his father’s weighty expectations who sets off for a training tour and life-changing...

Marvel Studios ruled the cinematic landscape from 2008 until around 2019, thanks in no small part to the novelty of its shared universe, a concept every film studio tried and failed to mimic. Beginning with Jon Favreau's "Iron Man," the Marvel Cinematic Universe successfully propelled popular heroes and villains to the big screen, culminating with enormous blockbuster events in the form of "Avengers" movies, not to mention standout hits like Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" and Jon Watts' "Spider-Man: No Way Home."

More impressively, the MCU made frequent use of the ultimate gimmick: cameos, often arising during mid-credit scenes, which usually introduced or teased new characters like Thanos (Josh Brolin) and the Collector (Benicio del Toro), who would often go on to play vital roles in later pictures. In fact, one could argue the MCU took off due to Samuel L. Jackson's surprising appearance as Nick Fury in "Iron Man.

Taylor Sheridan is fresh off finishing his most popular project, Yellowstone, its spin-off, 1923, and the neo-Western series Land Man. While the writer and filmmaker head into multiple TV projects, his first feature film franchise, Sicario, seems to be languishing in development hell after the underwhelming response to the second film.

Apart from Sheridan’s writing and Denis Villeneuve’s direction, what made the 2015 thriller effective was Emily Blunt’s performance as the lead. Blunt sat out Sicario: Day of Soldado, which was not as acclaimed as the original, leading the makers to postpone plans for a threequel. With the third film, however, the producers want Blunt back.

Sicario producers want Emily Blunt back for Taylor Sheridan’s Sicario 3 Emily Blunt in Sicario | Credits: Lionsgate

Taylor Sheridan actually started his trilogy of the new American Frontier with the script for Hell or High Water, but it took a long time to mount it.

Even Josh Brolin knew Sicario 2 didn’t hit the same. It lacked the soul, grit, and sharp edge that made the original unforgettable. Now, an alleged report may finally clear the air — Taylor Sheridan, despite writing the sequel, might not be the one to blame for its lukewarm follow-up.

With Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins absent from the mix, the sequel struggled to carry the same tension and cinematic punch. Sheridan’s script may’ve been solid, but the execution… not so much. Turns out, even great writing can get lost when the rest of the team isn’t firing on all cylinders.

Josh Brolin calls out Sicario 2 flop, but Taylor Sheridan walks free Josh Brolin in Sicario | Credits: Lionsgate

Josh Brolin isn’t sugarcoating it; Sicario: Day of the Soldado just didn’t hit the same. On the latest episode of the Team Deakins podcast, Brolin straight...

I’ve always believed some films don’t scream for your attention; they whisper, almost daring you to lean in. That’s what Taylor Sheridan’s Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in a dual role as Adam Bell and Anthony Claire, did to me. And oddly enough, it became the invisible spine of Sicario: a film that looks outward at chaos but breathes like it remembers something quiet and disturbing.

Yes, before Sheridan’s script roared across the desert like a dust storm, director Denis Villeneuve took a detour through the strange, unsettling backstreets of the psyche… with none other than Gyllenhaal as his creative compass. Yes, we are talking about Marvel’s Mysterio!

And man, it shows. If Enemy was a dress rehearsal in the language of restraint and raw emotion, Sicario was the first opera sung fluently. The result? A film that doesn’t just grip you by...

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Thunderbolts* is a superhero action comedy-drama film directed by Jake Schrier from a screenplay co-written by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo. Based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name, the MCU film revolves around a group of misfit antiheroes who team up and work together to survive after they find themselves trapped in a deadly conspiracy. Thunderbolts* stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Pierce, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. So, if you loved the hilarious misfit team-up, impressive action, and compelling characters in Thunderbolts*, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Suicide Squad is a superhero action comedy-drama film written and directed by James Gunn. Based on the DC Comics...

There aren’t too many things binding the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Star Wars galaxy. Apart from the fact that the parent companies of both these IPs co-exist under the Walt Disney umbrella. But as anyone could tell, Lucasfilm and Marvel are far more connected than just through ownership.

Now, this isn’t as simple as a Death Star Easter egg in Spider-Man or a cheesy Obi-Wan Kenobi reference from Phil Coulson. Instead, we must look at something called the celebrity paradox.

When a character’s pop culture presence breaks through into other worlds because the actor exists in our minds as someone else from a different universe, that is a celebrity paradox. And no place is this paradox louder than two of Disney’s biggest franchises in the 21st century.

The MCU Spider-Man loves Star Wars, but that’s only the celebrity paradox Ned with the Lego Death...

The visionary behind Dune and Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve, is famous for his compelling storytelling techniques that dive into the darker aspects of humanity. Yet, when he first came across the script for Sicario, a riveting thriller about the US-Mexico drug war, his initial reaction was not what you’d expect.

The honest response pointed to just how emotionally taxing such intense narratives can be, even for experienced directors like him. What made him hesitant about taking on the film was the thought that this would be another morally complex and brutal project that would ask too much of his creative and emotional reserves.

Denis Villeneuve is not new to the emotionally taxing world of dark thrillers

Villeneuve is known for having consistently worked with darker subjects; human suffering and moral ambiguity have been recurring themes in some of his best works. Be it the intense psychological tumult in...

Don’t confuse silence with peace; sometimes it’s just the eye of the storm. That’s a thought that popped the moment we watched Sicario… and it’s stuck with us ever since. Taylor Sheridan didn’t hand us a clean-cut narrative; he dropped us into the fog and dared us to find clarity.

At its core, the film serves as a raw, unvarnished plate of brutal truths: the drug war, the creeping influence of the U.S. military on foreign soil, and the moral decay disguised as justice. Sheridan, who once made his bones as an actor, used Sicario to dissect the lawless modern frontier like a surgeon with a blunt scalpel. And no, he didn’t tie it up with a neat bow, because life (especially life on the edges of war and law) doesn’t come with easy answers.

Taylor Sheridan’s Vision: Exploring America’s...

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This May, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated sequel of A Simple Favor to the release of the raunchy comedy-drama series Overcompensating. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films that are coming to Prime Video in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

All Quiet on the Western Front (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98% Credit – Universal Pictures

All Quiet on the Western Front is a pre-Code anti-war film directed by Lewis Milestone. Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by German author Erich Maria Remarque, the 1930 film follows a naive soldier who enlists to fight in World War I and soon comes face-to-face with the horror of war,...

Exploring The Misfits At The Heart Of Guy Ritchie’s Snatch ( Photo Credit – Amazon Prime Video )

Guy Ritchie never really hit the brakes. He’s been working so steadily, it’s almost easy to forget how jarring and electric his early films felt. When most crime thrillers were still echoing the Quentin Tarantino boom of the 90s—full of pop-culture chatter, and over-the-top gore, Ritchie came swinging with his own distinctly British chaos.

The London underworld had been explored before, but not quite like this. His stories weren’t just blood-soaked or cheeky. They were riddled with misdirection and a kind of street-smart slapstick. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels got his foot in the door, but Snatch cemented his place as a master of mayhem with a pen dipped in grit and wit.

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Snatch doesn’t really care about leading men or tidy resolutions. It throws together a patchwork of thugs,...

When I watched Sicario: Day of the Soldado, it was like biting a burger expecting juicy goodness, only to find it’s all bun and no beef! Seven years ago, Taylor Sheridan penned a script that left me with the cinematic equivalent of a soggy toast: the idea’s there, but the flavor’s gone.

Well, despite what the critics scribbled in their notepads, Sicario: Day of the Soldado left me cold and questioning. I know it earned a decent pat on the back from critics, but to me, it felt like an echo chasing a shout. The original Sicario gripped you by the collar and whispered moral chaos into your ear.

But Sicario 2: Soldado? It strutted in like it understood the assignment, only to miss every vital beat that made its predecessor land so hard. Sheridan seemed to have missed the mark with this one. His foray into sequels & prequels,...

For many years after the 1955 film Marty won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or and then went on to win the best picture Oscar, there was little additional evidence of a Cannes/Oscars connection. But in the last five years, both Parasite and — just months ago — Anora followed in Marty’s footsteps.

Indeed, within the last year, specifically, the relevance of one event to the other became harder than ever to dispute, as an unprecedented 31 Oscar noms were allocated to films that had played in Cannes — spread between Anora, The Apprentice, Emilia Pérez, Flow, The Girl with the Needle, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, The Seed of the Sacred Fig and The Substance — and 40 percent of the eventual Oscar winners traced back to the fest, including Anora (best picture, director, actress, original screenplay and film editing), Emilia Pérez (original song), Flow (animated feature) and The Substance...

Wes Anderson’s latest movie is almost upon us.

The Phoenician Scheme will arrive in theaters ahead of the summer and following the Cannes Film Festival. For all the details about the director’s new project, read on.

When does The Phoenician Scheme come out?

The film will first have a limited release in theaters May 30 before expanding to a wide release June 6.

Who is in the cast of The Phoenician Scheme?

The cast includes new and longtime collaborators with Wes Anderson. Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, and Hope Davis make up the ensemble.

Del Toro’s Zsa-zsa Korda is one of the richest men in Europe, and Threapleton is his daughter and nun Sister Liesl. Cera plays tutor Bjorn Lund.

Who else is behind The Phoenician Scheme?

Anderson directed...

The Cannes Film Festival has put together a powerful jury for its 78th edition, including Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”) and Payal Kapadia, the Indian filmmaker of “All We Imagine as Light.”

Mixing actors, filmmakers and authors, the jury will also comprise of South Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo; Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher; French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani; Congolese director, documentarist and producer Dieudo Hamadi; and Mexican filmmaker and producer Carlos Reygadas. As previously announced, Juliette Binoche will preside over the jury, succeeding Greta Gerwig who handed out the Palme d’Or to Sean Baker’s “Anora.”

Both Strong and Kapadia were at Cannes last year, in competition. Strong presented Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice” in which he starred as Roy Cohn, while Kapadia was there with her fiction debut, “All We Imagine as Light” which won the Grand Prize.

Berry became the first African-American woman to win best actress at...

Walter Salles‘ I’m Still Here was the big winner at Madrid’s Platino Awards on Sunday night, honoring the best of Ibero-American film and television.

The Brazilian filmmaker took home the best director and best Ibero-American fiction film awards, while the Oscar-nominated Fernanda Torres won best actress for her performance.

Elsewhere, Daniel Fanego won the best supporting actor performance for Luis Ortega’s Kill the Jockey, and Clara Segura of El 47 won in the equivalent category for women. Eduard Fernández took home the best actor prize for his role in Marco.

There were also two wins for Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut, The Room Next Door, as Edu Grau and Alberto Iglesias won the best cinematography and best original score awards, respectively.

Eva Longoria, star of Desperate Housewives and Only Murders in the Building, picked up the prestigious Platino honorary award — past recipients of which include Benicio Del Toro,...

Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat is often at war with itself. At times, it effortlessly captures Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) and the Manhattan art world in which he flourished with bracing authenticity, only for it to become weighed down by biopic clichés that flatten out its characterizations. For every patient sequence that sits back and allows the audience to observe Basquiat at work, carefully detailing his process, there are two more that feel like they were ripped straight from the artist biopic playbook.

As great a song as Modern Lovers’s “Girlfriend” is, playing it over the scene in which Basquiat meets soon-to-be girlfriend Gina (Claire Forlani)—a composite of Basquiat’s real-life girlfriends, including Suzanne Mallouk and Madonna—is impossibly on the nose. And that scene is followed up by another in which Basquiat and his best friend, Benny (Benicio del Toro), see a character on TV utter what would...

The Cannes Film Festival has added several titles to the official selection, including Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” a thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, as well as Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water” in Un Certain Regard and Ethan Coen’s “Honey Don’t!” in the midnights section.

Other additions to the official selection are Saeed Roustaee’s “Woman and Child” in competition; Anna Cazenave Cambet’s “Love Me Tender,” Simón Mesa Soto’s “Un Poeta” and Pedro Pinho’s “O Riso E A Faca (Le Rire et le Couteau”) in Un Certain Regard; “Kōji Fukada’s “Renai Saiban,” Hlynur Pálmason’s “Ástin Sem Eftir Er,” Lav Diaz’s “Magalhães” in premiere; and Vincent Maël Cardona’s “Le Roi Soleil” in midnights.

“Die, My Love” was screened for the Cannes committee after the festival’s official press conference on April 10, during which chief Thierry Fremaux unveiled the lineup.

Take a look at more footage from the thriller “One Battle After Another”, written, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood”), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris and Benicio del Toro, releasing September 26, 2025 in theaters:

“…when their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite again…

“…to rescue the daughter of one of their own…”

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor are breaking out the big guns for their new character posters for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. The comedic crime thriller doesn’t infiltrate theaters until September 26, but Warner Bros. Pictures wants PTA fans to ride the hype train for as long as possible.

According to The Film Stage, One Battle After Another is a retelling of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” set in California during the fallout of President Ronald Reagan’s re-election and the political unrest that followed.

In November, industry insider Daniel Richtman posted details about the plot for One Battle After Another. According to Richtman, Regina Hall plays Dl Chastain, a character from the Vineland novel who is a martial arts expert and ninja. “She is the daughter of a military family that moves around the world,” reads the description. “While in Japan, she is approached by a...

Taylor Sheridan's partnership with Paramount+ led to many projects following the success of Yellowstone. However, Sheridan made his screenwriting debut with 2015's Sicario.

The action film Sicario is widely regarded as one of the best movies in the genre. However, three years later, the sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, failed to live up to the original's legacy. Despite the poor reception and an underwhelming theatrical run, Sicario: Day of the Soldado continues to be a hit on Netflix, per Tudum.

2015's Sicario premiered on Netflix on Mar. 2. Shortly after, the action film, which had Dune director Denis Villeneuve at the helm, became a hit on streaming. The movie starred Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro, following the FBI's initiation to destabilize a Mexican drug cartel.

The first installment was a major hit, as it competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and boasts...

Michael B. Jordan has a new movie coming to theaters next weekend, but before Sinners drops worldwide, one of his more recent flicks is making a shocking run on streaming. Jordan stars alongside Jodie Turner-Smith and Guy Pearce in Without Remorse, the 2021 conspiracy thriller based on the famous Tom Clancy novel of the same name. Without Remorse is a Prime Video original film that premiered on the platform four years ago, but it recently began streaming on Hulu and has become the fifth most popular movie on the platform. Without Remorse earned “rotten” scores of 45% from critics and 41% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and the film follows an elite Navy Seal who goes down a dark path to avenge his wife’s murder, only to find himself entangled in something much bigger than he imagined.

Will Staples teamed up with Taylor Sheridan to write the screenplay for Without Remorse, and Stefano Sollima directed the film.

The lineup for the 78th Cannes Film Festival has officially been announced. As of today, 19 films will be competing for the prestigious top prize, the Palme d’Or, which last year was won by Sean Baker's Anora. This year’s festival runs between May 13 and May 24, and the jury is headed by actress Juliette Binoche. Binoche won the Best Actress award at Cannes in 2010 for Certified Copy and an Oscar in 1996 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The English Patient.

Two of this year’s entries come from directors who have won the Palme in the past. Another three are from helmers who have won prizes in official competition other than the Palme. Seven selections are from directors who are having their first films screened in competition.

Cannes can also be a place to see the first glimpses of major Oscar contenders. Last year, three of the...

In a surprising move, the partners at Slate PR — one of Hollywood’s highest-profile publicity firms that represents a long list of A-list stars, creators, talent and events — are dissolving the company.

The development was confirmed Thursday morning in a brief statement sharing that after 15 years together, the partners Stephen Huvane, Simon Halls, Robin Baum, Ina Treciokas and Andy Gelb have all “decided to move forward on separate paths.” The statement added that Treciokas will soon announce her next venture while the others, Huvane, Halls, Baum and Gelb, will “do the same.”

“The partners depart with mutual respect and appreciation for their joint accomplishments at Slate PR,” per a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter. “The partners sincerely thank their clients, colleagues and industry peers for their support throughout the years. They remain committed to providing thoughtful and strategic communications guidance in their new ventures.”

That announcement of a new...

Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson will both premiere their first feature films as directors at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, with each selected for the Un Certain Regard section. The announcement was made during a press conference in Paris by festival delegate general Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch.

Johansson’s film, Eleanor the Great, features June Squibb as a 90-year-old woman from Florida who forms an unlikely connection with a 19-year-old student in New York City. The cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, and Erin Kellyman. Johansson, known for her roles in the Marvel film series, shifts focus with a character-driven narrative centered on late-life friendship and personal discovery.

Dickinson’s debut, Urchin, follows a drifter on the streets of London, played by Frank Dillane. The film explores themes of social isolation and systemic failure. In an interview published last year, Dickinson described the project as a portrait of individuals often overlooked.

Among the lineup for the Cannes Film Festival’s 78th edition are some big names from Hollywood and global cinema. We already knew that Tom Cruise will light the fuse on Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on May 14 out of competition, while there was plenty of speculation that Scarlett Johansson would have a pair of movies on the Croisette. The latter has now been confirmed with Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great set for Un Certain Regard, and her acting reteam with Wes Anderson in his latest, The Phoenician Scheme, in Competition. Also confirmed is Ari Aster’s Eddington with Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.

Many more stars are potentially in store now that the bulk of the official selection has been revealed. Not everyone is confirmed to attend the Riviera shindig, but here’s a look at some of the possibilities.

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Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson are set to make their directorial debuts at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The two actors have concentrated their focus behind the camera for the debuting titles, featuring in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, announced by Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch at a press conference in Paris on Thursday morning.

Johansson, best known for her Avengers outings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will premiere Eleanor the Great. It follows a 90-year-old Floridian woman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a 19-year-old student in New York City and stars June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht and Erin Kellyman.

Meanwhile, Dickinson, Babygirl actor and a relative newcomer to A-list stardom, will debut his feature film Urchin, about a drifter (Frank Dillane) on the streets of London. Dickinson is not turning to directing entirely — he is set to play John Lennon in Sam...

Wes Anderson just dropped the trailer for his next movie, and yes, it’s serving retro spy vibes with a splash of pastel chaos. Written and directed by Anderson from a story he created with Roman Coppola, The Phoenician Scheme is a black comedy that radiates chaotic brilliance before it even drops. Dropping in the summer of 2025, the movie is already turning heads for all the right reasons and no, you don’t need to know the plot to be obsessed. The vibes are immaculate.

From the second the trailer hit, it was clear: this isn’t just another quirky Wes flick but a full-on cinematic aesthetic bomb. We’re talking saturated color palettes, slow pans, oddly specific occupations, and dialogue so dry it crackles. If you live for Anderson’s perfect blend of heart and hyper-artifice, this one’s going straight to the top of your Letterbox.

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The Cannes Film Festival announced its 2025 lineup on Thursday morning. Several expected contenders are set for world premieres on the French Riviera, including new projects from Scarlett Johansson, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier, and more.

Among the titles that will premiere at Cannes this year are Eleanor the Great, Johansson’s directorial debut with a lead role for June Squibb; Nouvelle Vague, Linklater’s tribute to the French New Wave and the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless; The Mastermind, Reichardt’s latest about an art-world heist with roles for Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, and John Magaro; Splitsville (directed by Michael Angelo Covino), a Neon release with Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona; and Sentimental Value, Triet’s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World with Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and Elle Fanning in the cast.

Other films of note include Alpha (Cannes winner Julia Ducournau...