• ‘Gone With The Wind’ returning to HBO Max ‘very soon’

    ‘Gone With The Wind’ returning to HBO Max ‘very soon’

    Sandra Dewey, who heads up business operations for WarnerMedia including its newly-launched VOD platform HBO Max, logged in to the Cannes virtual Marche today to offer an update on the streamer’s operations since it went online. One of the biggest headlines post-launch has been around “Gone With The Wind,” the 1939 epic that was pulled …
  • Cannes 2020: Pixar’s ‘Soul,’ Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ lead 2020 lineup

    Cannes 2020: Pixar’s ‘Soul,’ Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ lead 2020 lineup

    Pixar’s “Soul,” Wes Anderson’s star-packed “The French Dispatch” and Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove” and Lover’s Rock” are among the 56 movies which will receive a Cannes 2020 label as part of the festival’s eclectic Official Selection. Also included in this year’s lineup, are Cannes regulars such as Francois Ozon’s anticipated “Summer 85,” Naomi Kawase’s “True Mothers” …
  • YouTube to host virtual film festival with Tribeca, Sundance and Cannes

    YouTube to host virtual film festival with Tribeca, Sundance and Cannes

    YouTube is becoming the hub for the virtual film festival. The streaming service said Monday that it will launch a free 10-day digital film festival this spring with 20 partners. Dubbed “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” the event will be produced and organized by New York’s Tribeca Enterprises. The YouTube-hosted event will feature …
  • A look back at the now-canceled Cannes Film Festival schedule

    A look back at the now-canceled Cannes Film Festival schedule

    The Cannes Film Festival? Spike Lee to head the jury? Not happening. No croissants on the Croisette. No Cannes do this year, which only got zonked once before for 1968’s student protests. Scheduled this season was director Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch.” Its cast — Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, …
  • Cannes Film Festival won’t take place in June, continues to explore options

    Cannes Film Festival won’t take place in June, continues to explore options

    The Cannes Film Festival won’t take place in June, after all, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organizers continue to explore different options for 2020. “Following the French President’s statement, on Monday, April 13th, we acknowledged that the postponement of the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival, initially considered for the end of June to the …
  • Hulu snaps back at Twitter users dissing ‘Parasite’ over subtitles

    Hulu snaps back at Twitter users dissing ‘Parasite’ over subtitles

    Hapless trolls learned the hard way not to trash the multi-Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” with their complaints about it being a Korean language film with subtitles. The streaming service Hulu, which made “Parasite” available to stream on Wednesday, crafted the perfect clapback to critics who slammed the darkly comic tale of class conflict, directed by Bong …
  • 2020 Cannes Film Festival postponed over Chinese virus

    2020 Cannes Film Festival postponed over Chinese virus

    The inevitable has finally happened: coronavirus has canned Cannes. The Cannes Film Festival said Thursday it is postponing its 2020 edition, marking one of the biggest business and entertainment event cancellations due to the virus. Organizers said they are now eyeing dates in late June to early July. Here’s the statement from the festival: At …