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Dispatches

Cannes 2026: All Together Now

Anxieties over media consolidation permeated this year’s festival, where the best films refused transparent metaphors and neat endings by Devika Girish

No. 6 · June 4, 2026

Cannes 2026: All Together Now

Cannes 2026: Language Barriers

Festival selections Fjord, The Beloved, and I'll Be Gone in June grapple with what’s lost—and gained—in translation by Mark Asch

No. 5 · May 22, 2026

Cannes 2026: Language Barriers

Cannes 2026: Home Again

James Gray’s Paper Tiger, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, and Radu Jude’s The Diary of a Chambermaid are standouts of the festival’s first week by Beatrice Loayza

No. 4 · May 19, 2026

Cannes 2026: Home Again

Cannes 2026: From Time to Time

New films from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Lisandro Alonso speak to our current moment with clarity and empathy by Dennis Lim

No. 3 · May 18, 2026

Cannes 2026: From Time to Time

Cannes 2026: Cannes Opener

Early festival premieres of Fatherland, In Waves, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma outshine safer selections by Jonathan Romney

No. 2 · May 15, 2026

Cannes 2026: Cannes Opener

Cannes 2026: Fairytale in the Supermarket

This year’s festival presents a cross-section of an industry in flux by Scott Macaulay

No. 1 · May 11, 2026

Cannes 2026: Fairytale in the Supermarket

Interviews

Valeska Grisebach on The Dreamed Adventure The director discusses her Jury Prize–winning latest, a grim and graceful epic set on the Bulgarian border by Beatrice Loayza

Arthur Harari on The Unknown The French filmmaker discusses his mesmerizing and unnerving body-swapping thriller, a major highlight of this year’s Competition by Dennis Lim

Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, and Blair McClendon on Clarissa The directors and editor of the Cannes 2026 standout on their Nigeria-set adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway by Devika Girish

Reviews

Cannes 2026: Critics’ Grid Our favorite critics rate films from this year’s edition

Podcasts

Cannes 2026 #9: Breaking Borders at Cannes Docs

Jason Ryle, Mark Mushiva, and Lisa Smith discuss building cinematic networks that nourish connections across borders

49 mins. · Jun 2

Cannes 2026 #9: Breaking Borders at Cannes Docs

Cannes 2026 #8: Bringing It All Back Home

Critics Justin Chang, Tim Grierson, and Jessica Kiang close out the festival, discussing The Dreamed Adventure, The Birthday Party, Coward, and more

66 mins. · May 26

Cannes 2026 #8: Bringing It All Back Home

Cannes 2026 #7: Standing Ovations

Thomas Flew and Neta Alexander recap late-festival premieres The Black Ball, Minotaur, The Man I Love, and more

56 mins. · May 23

Cannes 2026 #7: Standing Ovations

Cannes 2026 Subscriber Exclusive: Join the Party

Dennis Lim, Kong Rithdee, and Antoine Thirion join to unpack this year’s festival

50 mins. · May 22

Cannes 2026 Subscriber Exclusive: Join the Party

Cannes 2026 #6: Happy Hours

Isabel Stevens and Neta Alexander share their responses to Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas, Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, and more

40 mins. · May 20

Cannes 2026 #6: Happy Hours

Cannes 2026 #5: Out-of-Body Experience

Jordan Cronk, Adam Piron, and Ruun Nuur dive into mid-festival highlights 9 Temples to Heaven, Paper Tiger, The Unknown, and more

50 mins. · May 19

Cannes 2026 #5: Out-of-Body Experience

Cannes 2026 #4: At My Window

Critics Öykü Sofuoğlu and Inney Prakash debate their reactions to Clarissa, Sheep in the Box, and Hope

50 mins. · May 18

Cannes 2026 #4: At My Window

Cannes 2026 #3: Picture Perfect

Robert Daniels and Inney Prakash debate new films from Radu Jude, Marie Kreutzer, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

42 mins. · May 16

Cannes 2026 #3: Picture Perfect

Cannes 2026 #2: Historical Fictions

Critics Katie McCabe and Alison Willmore join to discuss Fatherland, Nagi Notes, Parallel Histories, and more

43 mins. · May 15

Cannes 2026 #2: Historical Fictions

Cannes 2026 #1: First Looks

Jonathan Romney and Beatrice Loayza kick off our Cannes 2026 coverage with reactions to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Butterfly Jam, and more

45 mins. · May 14

Cannes 2026 #1: First Looks