Maybe Cannes mainstay Todd Haynes-who received raves for May December-will finally net a Palme win, but I think one of his stars, Natalie Portman, is the film’s best hope. The thinking seems to be that Hüller will win best actress for the latter film, while Glazer’s will take the top prize.īut these awards are virtually impossible to predict-with a different jury every year, there is no historical pattern to consult. One of that film’s stars, Sandra Hüller, also has Anatomy of a Fall at the festival, a legal thriller of sorts directed by Justine Triet. The frontrunner seems to be Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, a harrowing and formally rigorous Holocaust drama that was all anyone at the festival could talk about on the day of its premiere. There are still some competition features yet to be screened-perhaps most notably two-time Palme winner Ken Loach’s The Old Oak recent Cannes favorite Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera and Perfect Days, from Paris, Texas Palme winner Wim Wenders-but prognosticators have already picked their horses. On se voit au cinéma!Īs the festival winds down, talk has naturally turned to Saturday’s awards ceremony. In our live blog below, we’ll be chronicling the films, the fashion, and the moments from inside our party you can’t find anywhere else. Of course, the festival is as famous for parties as for its films, and Vanity Fair has a major one to look forward to this year. This year, Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson and Rebecca Ford will be on the ground at Cannes to catch all the gala premieres, headline-making interviews, and all the moments that will define Cannes this year. Last year’s festival debuted future Oscar contenders Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick, Aftersun, and Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness, which means that, yes, awards season in some ways starts here too. This year features high-profile premieres ranging from star-studded Hollywood fare ( Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City) to the auteur-driven work the festival is famous for (see: virtually everything in competition). The world’s most prestigious, glamorous, and sometimes controversial film festival, Cannes is a can’t-miss event even if you’re thousands of miles from the Croisette.

Happy Talk by Richard Melo