The Cannes Film Festival means many different things to many different people - from masterpiece movies to not-so-well-regarded ones, from glitz and glamour to sometime controversy. In the latter ...

Leo Lewis O'Neil's raw documentary that centers on Shia LaBeouf's experimental theater company and devolves into what Variety calls "ego-driven insanity, complete with physical violence and harrowing ...

Somewhere between a film’s final scene and the exalted audience’s first clap at either the Venice or Cannes film festivals, cinema loses its dignity. We have entered a standing ovation arms race. What ...

The applause at premieres like “Mission: Impossible” or “The History of Sound” is often timed and reported breathlessly. But there’s more to the story. By Kyle Buchanan For decades, the Palme d’Or was ...

Every year we do it, without fail, even though fans and critics moan about it, and it’s quite clearly a reductive way of measuring a movie’s impact. However, we simply just can’t seem to help ...

Tom Cruise said goodbye to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise in electrifying fashion at the Cannes Film Festival, where “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” earned a five-minute ovation ...

In the world of celebrity, Cannes Film Festival is known for two things: over-the-top fashion moments and excessive standing ovations. Since the festival’s new dress code bans theatrical extravagance ...