The Cannes Film Festival has been defiant these last few weeks, what with an impending cancelation looming large over the fest, due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus. The organizers have been continuing on with their work. There even was an April 16th announcement set forth to reveal the lineup for the 2020 edition. Otherwise, word has been hush-hush around the campfire over Cannes’ fate.
Read moreJohn Carpenter to Be Honored at Cannes
John Carpenter will be honored by the French Directors' Guild with this year's Carrosse d'Or, the Golden Coach prize, during the Directors' Fortnight section in Cannes. The honor will be handed out on May 15. I will be there This year's Cannes Film Festival happens May 14-25.
Read more70th Cannes Film Festival Poster has Claudia Cardinale Dancing
I will be there again this year, covering the fest for World of Reel.
The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 17-28.
AN IMAGE - Cannes 66
What a beauty of a poster to kick start what will most likely be another great Cannes Film Festival -the 66th one! Movie buffs will revel in the kiss shared between Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward from 1963's little seen A New Kind Of Love. A beautiful poster that took my breath away the first time I saw it. Director Melvin Shavelson's film might not be a masterpiece but it is remembered for this great kiss between Woodward and Newman. Leave it to the folks over at the Cannes Festival to make art out of advertisement. Now if only I can find a way to get that poster. As for the fest itself, it starts on the 15th of May and ends on the 26th of that month - it was recently announced that Baz Lhurmann's long delayed adaptation of The Great Gatsby will open the fest. The rest of the lineup has not been announced but is eagerly anticipated as it always produces new work from great auteurs.