Tuesday, 21 Jul, 2026

Cannes 2026: Mid-Festival Dispatches and the Search for New Cinematic Frontiers

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival has reached its midpoint, and the atmosphere on the Croisette is one of frantic, high-stakes intellectual inquiry. As the red carpets roll out for the latest works by masters like Pedro Almodóvar, Valeska Grisebach, James Gray, and Paweł Pawlikowski, the critical community finds itself grappling with a slate of films […]