Barry Hertz

“My first film was not the film I wanted to make, but the first film that they let me make”: Christopher McQuarrie on THE WAY OF THE GUN, during his #Cannes on-stage discussion ahead of tonight’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — FINAL RECKONING premiere. https://t.co/AVZsysUWfM

“It’s always great when there’s a Cronenberg or an Egoyan at Cannes, but if there’s only that, then that's a bad sign for Canadian filmmakers”: My report from #Cannes on the emerging, and under-recognized, Canadian talent at this year’s festival. https://t.co/Yled3baNft

[looks at steps toward my #Cannes Airbnb] “I’m going to become Le Joker” https://t.co/gVwA61Ri86

Andrew DeYoung's FRIENDSHIP, which feels like LOVE YOU, MAN meets THE MASTER but beamed in from the ninth circle of Hell, is that you genuinely have no idea where it is going to go next. It is as hilarious as it is terrifying. https://t.co/fXhG8H7g3H

"The fact that we even had a festival, *that* got the team excited": In her first interview since taking over Hot Docs Film Fest mere weeks before this year's edition launched, Diana Sanchez lays out her vision for steadying the beleaguered institution. https://t.co/zi8dLUWGRO

NEW: "We're witnessing increasingly aggressive attempts by political and corporate actors to dismantle regulatory protections ensuring diversity, accessibility": 100+ intl film orgs, including @The_CMPA, unite to defend cultural sovereignty in wake of tariffs, among other crises. https://t.co/uRGztmL9iB

THE REHEARSAL S2 EP4

microplastics envelope filter @DiabolicalSpuds

holy shit there is nothing that can prepare you for when they cut to the interview https://t.co/UA9iVIyCIm

Screaming, crying, throwing up, getting impaled https://t.co/BVLRx3eCLD

Joe Carnahan’s dire SHADOW FORCE really makes you think deeply about SMOKIN’ ACES. Mark Strong, blink twice if you’re under duress. https://t.co/ERR4GUPEnU

Higher than zero chance the new Pope has strong opinion about Michael Mann