Graeme Guttmann
Senior TV News Editor and Critic at Screen Rant
editor/critic, non-practicing intellectual
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1 week ago |
screenrant.com | Graeme Guttmann
On the surface, it seemed as if the films premiering at the Cannes Film Festival this year were receiving mixed responses at best, but if you dig beneath the initial reactions, there is plenty to love, with many films garnering acclaim even among the divided responses on the ground. With 22 films in competition on the 2025 Cannes lineup, and dozens more playing in the various sidebars, cinema's biggest event of the year laid the foundation for many major releases to come.
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1 week ago |
screenrant.com | Graeme Guttmann
Last year, Anora went all the way from the Croisette, where it won the Palme d’Or at the77th Cannes Film Festival, to Hollywood’s biggest night. At this year’s Oscars ceremony, Anora won five of the six awards it was nominated for, with director Sean Baker breaking the record for most Oscars won by a person in a single night for the same film. He took home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and a Best Picture trophy for his role as producer.
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1 week ago |
screenrant.com | Graeme Guttmann
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been making movies for years under the restrictive regime that has put him in prison and resulted in numerous arrests, travel bans, filmmaking bans, and more injustices. As recently as 2022, the 65-year-old director was imprisoned for seven months before he went on a hunger strike, which resulted in his release two days later.
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2 weeks ago |
screenrant.com | Graeme Guttmann
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your ScreenRant account Joachim Trier has already made one of the best films of the decade with The Worst Person in the World, which bowed at Cannes in 2021 and earned its lead star Renate Reinsve the Best Actress prize that year. Now, he returns to the Croisette with Reinsve for Sentimental Value, a devastating and hilarious movie about family, filmmaking, and the futility of holding onto hurt in the face of great loss. It’s the best film of Cannes so far...
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2 weeks ago |
screenrant.com | Graeme Guttmann
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your ScreenRant account The History of Sound may have been one of the most hotly anticipated Cannes premieres and I’m sure many hoped it would be one of the hottest movies, what with two of the internet’s preeminent boyfriends starring as lovers. It’s not as steamy as one would hope — and those familiar with the work of director Oliver Hermanus probably saw that coming. Instead, it’s a poignant meditation on the power of music, as corny as that might sound....
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