Posted on Thursday, May 7, 2026
It’s time to dust off your watchlists and readjust your bowties: the time has come once again for another edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The biggest fortnight of the year for movie lovers is right around the corner, and this 79th edition is set to be a doozy. We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to European auteurs (Pawlikowski! Zvyagintsev! Dhont! Kreutzer!) and Japanese heavyweights (Hamaguchi, Kore-eda, Kurosawa, oh my!), as well as a deeply exciting slate of diverse new talent whose films we can’t wait to sink our teeth into. From stories of washed-up New York club promoters and a Catholic-Romanian family causing chaos in a tiny Norwegian village, to a Lagos-set riff on Mrs. Dalloway and a Birmingham-based picture of lifelong friendship, it’s a good time to go to the movies. Read Ella Kemp’s breakdown on Journal for more on these fifteen titles we’re looking forward to. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma The Man I Love Fatherland Fjord All of a Sudden Coward Adieu monde cruel I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Full Phil Hope ...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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