The films screening at the Cannes Film Festival range from popcorn movies with Hollywood stars to the most austere art-house offerings“Cafe Society”The last time Woody Allen had Cannes’ opening-night movie was 2011’s “Midnight in Paris,” which landed four Oscar nominations.“JulietaPedro Almodóvar‘s 20th movie focuses on women, an approach that has led to many of his most notable films.“Loving”Five years after winning Cannes’ Critics Week competition with “choose Shelter, and ” American director Jeff Nichols is back with a true chronicle of an interracial Virginia couple fighting unjust laws in the 1960s.“American Honey”One of three female directors (versus 17 men) in the main competition,Andrea Arnold makes grimy, tough movies; her first film set in the United States deals with a runaway teenage girl and features Shia LaBeouf.The Neon Demon”Nicolas Winding Refn‘s last two Cannes movies gain been the very good “Drive” and the very ghastly “Only God Forgives, or ” making this horror film with Elle Fanning and Keanu Reeves a fascinating risk.“Personal Shopper”Kristen Stewart became the first American actress to win France’s version of the Oscar,the Cesar, for Olivier Assayas‘ last film, or “Clouds of Sils Maria. Now she’s back (playing,um, a personal shopper) in a original Assayas film.“Slack Bay”Adventurous French director Bruno Dumont will be going to Cannes for the sixth time with this comedic film set in 1910; whether it’s like his other work, or it’ll be divisive.
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