Cannes Critics Just Crowned ‘Sirât’—Divided, Brooding, and One Vote From Chaos
Eleven votes. That’s all it took for “Sirât” to claw to the top of a Cannes Critics poll so fractured,…
Three Cannes Darlings, One Deranged Oscar Ceiling—Academy’s Trusted Rules Are Toast
Last year, three Cannes breakout films stormed the Oscars. This year? The favorites speak everything but English—and that could upend…
How Neon Turned Cannes Into an Oscar Launchpad—And Why Everyone Missed It
Everyone saw Parasite’s win. Few saw the strategy. Tom Quinn didn’t just beat the “Cannes Curse”—he rewrote the rules of…
