Wednesday, May 20Wednesday, May 20#MeToo in Hollywood and the Film Industry
Cate Blanchett has criticized the rapid decline of the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, stating that it was "killed very quickly" despite its initial momentum. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, she highlighted persistent gender inequality in the industry, noting that film sets still often consist of "10 women and 75 men" a decade after the movement gained traction .
Julianne Moore echoed similar concerns at Cannes, emphasizing that true gender equality remains distant in the film industry. Accepting an award at the Women in Motion event, she underscored the ongoing need for advocacy to address systemic disparities .
Adam Driver addressed allegations from Lena Dunham’s memoir about his on-set behavior during a Cannes press conference. While he declined to comment directly, he humorously stated he was "saving it all for [his] book," avoiding further discussion on the matter . The exchange reflects lingering tensions around workplace conduct in Hollywood, a key issue raised by the #MeToo movement.
An orgy of antisemitism is overtaking the west: Son of Sauls László Nemes on Hollywood hypocrisy His extraordinary Auschwitz film won every award going. Now the Hungarian director is back with new drama Orphan, as well as a Jean Moulin biopic at Cannes. He talks about resurgent global prejudice – and refusing to be lectured by the film industry overclassWeve been talking for less than five minutes when I spot the swastika. Its just above the head of László Nemes, one of Europes most acclaimed directors, as he sits in the suite of a London hotel, talking about Orphan, his intensely personal new film that dwells on – among other things – the impact of the Holocaust on the generations that followed. Its an ancient, Hindu swastika, part of a decorative wall-hanging – but still.Im halfway through a question when I notice it. Nemes laughs; of course, hed seen it immediately. I wanted to point that out to you, he says. It is so funny. Before leaving this room, I will take pictures. Mind you, hes had worse. When I was at the San Sebastián film festival with Son of Saul, they put me in the Mel Gibson room. Continue reading...
theguardian · 3 days ago
Cate Blanchett says #MeToo got killed very quickly in Hollywood Australian actor says there are still 10 women and 75 men on film sets a decade after the gender equality movement dominated conversationsCate Blanchett has lamented that the #MeToo movement got killed very quickly in Hollywood, while speaking at the Cannes film festival.In a wide-ranging, staged conversation on Sunday, Blanchett lamented that the tide of #MeToo has been turned in Hollywood, where she has been outspoken about gender equality.Associated Press contributed to this report Continue reading...
theguardian · 3 days ago
Hope: Fiebre y furia en un Cannes feliz con sus cables cruzados (***) La esperada nueva película del coreano Na Hong-jin irrumpe en Cannes como un tornado de cine desde ya de culto de acción y aliens. A su lado, el cine francés decepciona con la ingenua Garance (**) y la protocolaria y tremendista Moulin (**) Leer
elmundo · 3 days ago
Julianne Moore says true gender equality still distant at Cannes At a Women in Motion event held alongside the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, Oscar-winning actor Julianne Moore said true gender equality remains far off globally and in the film industry, as she accepted an award recognising her advocacy for women in cinema.
france24 · 3 days ago
Garance review – Adèle Exarchopoulos gives it her all in ripe but flimsy portrait of alcohol addiction Performer is as good as ever but her actor character is thinly conceived in a fundamentally implausible depiction of how to grapple with alcoholismIts always a pleasure to see that funny, smart performer Adèle Exarchopoulos in Cannes – after all, she made Cannes history by being jointly awarded the Palme dOr for the 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, sharing the big prize itself with the director Abdellatif Kechiche and her co-star Léa Seydoux. Exarchopoulos has her moments in this film from Jeanne Herry, in which she plays an actor struggling with a drinking problem. The scenes in which we see her up on stage, boisterously performing in a touring theatre for schoolkids, are genuinely great. But really this is a very glib and unsatisfying drama, whose essential naivety becomes apparent when the lead character is forced to confront the crisis in her life.Exarchopoulos plays a young actor called Garance; she adores Arlettys character of the same name in Marcel Carnés movie classic Les Enfants du Paradis. At the moment, she has an assistant stage manager position in a prestigious Paris repertory company, believing herself to be on the verge of getting some serious speaking parts when the next seasons casting is announced. But she is instead relegated to the touring schools company, where her undoubted talents are compromised by partying extremely hard every night and waking up with a terrible hangover every morning. Continue reading...
theguardian · 3 days ago
Barbra Streisand wont attend Cannes Palme dOr ceremony after a knee injury Barbra Streisand says she wont attend the Cannes Film Festival ceremony where she was to receive an honorary Palme dOr after sustaining a knee injury
independent · 3 days ago
Frances top film producer says it will blacklist figures who petitioned against rightwing billionaire Canal+ head says he will not work with hundreds of actors and directors who signed protest against Vincent Bollorés political swayThe head of Frances biggest film producer, Canal+, has said the group will no longer work with hundreds of cinema figures who signed a petition voicing concern over the growing influence of the rightwing billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré.The open letter, published earlier this week to coincide with the opening of the Cannes film festival, was signed by more than 600 figures, including the actor-director Juliette Binoche, the director and photographer Raymond Depardon, the French-Iranian film-maker Sepideh Farsi and the director Arthur Harari, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall and is premiering his film The Unknown in the main competition in Cannes. Continue reading...
theguardian · 3 days ago
Cate Blanchett laments that the #MeToo movement got killed very quickly in Hollywood Cate Blanchett says that the #MeToo movement got killed very quickly in remarks at the Cannes Film Festival
independent · 3 days ago
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france24 · 3 days ago
Demi Moore Reflects on Cannes Debut at Ami Paris Critics Week Lunch CANNES, France — During the film festival, even a leisurely lunch needs to move with the pace of…
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Moulin review – László Nemess resistance hero drama is chilling, stirring and surprisingly conventional Cannes film festival: The Son of Saul directors dramatisation of Jean Moulins torture by Klaus Barbie both benefits and suffers from its mainstream approachLászló Nemes made his Cannes debut 11 years ago with the terrifying, Oscar-winning Holocaust drama Son of Saul, and followed that up with Sunset, his elegant, mysterious drama of pre-first world war Budapest. His next film, Orphan, released in the UK last week, was a comparably enigmatic film set in post-second world war Hungary. But his new film in the Cannes competition is a basically pretty conventionally acted, conventionally directed, conventionally conceived wartime movie shot in the sepia-subdued colours of an old photograph, all about French resistance heroism and French resistance leader Jean Moulin, who went down in history for refusing to talk under torture.The overall effect isnt really like Jean-Pierre Melvilles film Army of Shadows; maybe closer to the 70s BBC TV show Secret Army. Nemess final scene is even rather sentimentally stirring, though the director then tries to cancel this sugary moment with a final premonition of the death camps. At all events, he undoubtedly brings impeccable craftsmanship, and the performances and production design are strong. Continue reading...
theguardian · 3 days ago
Adam Driver saving response to Lena Dunham allegations for my book Actor otherwise has no comment on Girls creators claims about his on-set behaviour as he speaks at Cannes film festivalFor weeks, Adam Driver has avoided commenting on allegations made about his on-set behaviour by Lena Dunham in her hit new memoir, Famesick.But at a press conference for Paper Tiger at the Cannes film festival on Sunday, the actor briefly broke his silence when asked by the Guardian about Dunhams account. I have no comment on any of that – Im saving it all for my book, he responded, provoking laughter in the room. Continue reading...
theguardian · 3 days ago