Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021

"Annette" is a film that's likely best experienced rather than described.

Anyone familiar with the work of French director Leos Carax, best known for the surreal Denis Lavant fantasy "Holy Motors," probably already knew that. But tack on the fact that the script and music was written by...

Thursday, Jul. 8, 2021

In Leos Carax's "Annette," an enchantingly demented rock opera, Adam Driver sings in some very strange places. On a motorcycle. At sea. In the middle of lovemaking. 

"Annette" has predictably caused a stir at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where its opening-night premiere prompted a wide...

Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021

The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the premiere of Leos Carax's "Annette," the introduction of Spike Lee's jury, and with high hopes for shrugging off a punishing pandemic year for...

Sunday, Jul. 4, 2021

The Palais des Festivals, the central hub of  the Cannes Film Festival, a massive bulwark of filmmaker-named halls and pristine movie screens, is about as close as you can get to a cinema temple. To enter, you must ascend red-carpeted steps.

But in the past 16 months, Cannes' Palais hasn'...

Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

Leo Carax's "Annette," starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, will open the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 6, festival organizers said Monday. 

"Annette" is Carax's first English-language film and the French director's anticipated follow-up to his celebrated, surreal 2012 film "...

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