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

Cannes 2026 wrapped this past weekend, but the Film Comment crew has not slowed down one bit as we continue to cut through the noise with dispatches, interviews, Podcasts, a special Cannes Critics’ Grid, and much more.
For our final Podcast from the Croisette, FC Editor Devika Girish gathered three of our favorite critics—Justin Chang (The New Yorker), Tim Grierson (Screen International), and Jessica Kiang (Variety)—to unpack the festival’s final days. The group discussed three late-premiering Competition titles: Valeska Grisebach’s Jury Prize–winning The Dreamed Adventure (4:00), Léa Mysius’s The Birthday Party (21:58), and Lukas Dhont’s Coward (35:09)—before turning to Ken Russell’s newly restored The Devils (1971) (50:15), which screened in the Cannes Classics section.
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This story is part of the Summer 2026 issue of Film Comment.
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