{"id":30007,"date":"2021-07-19T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=30007"},"modified":"2021-07-19T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:11:15","slug":"5-films-2021-cannes-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/5-films-2021-cannes-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Films To Watch For From The 2021 Cannes Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30010\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-30010\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1328501447-e1626701844197.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Timothee Chalamet, Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timothee Chalamet, Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray (Photo: Samir Hussein\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Remember last week when <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/tilda-swinton-cannes-film-festival-2021-chanel\/\">Tilda Swinton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/timothee-chalamet-cannes-red-carpet\/\">Timothee Chalamet<\/a> kept wearing all those <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/tilda-swinton-cannes-red-carpet-the-french-dispatch\/\">hot suits<\/a> in France? That was because a film festival was happening, and it was Cannes\u2014the 74th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/cannes-red-carpet-2021\/\">Cannes Film Festival<\/a>, to be precise. Back in-person after COVID-19 scuttled last year\u2019s event (if I had a Euro for every time I\u2019ve had to type that\u2026), there was lots to see besides the cast of <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/the-french-dispatch-timothee-chalamet-bathtub\/\"><em>The French Dispatch<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jodie-foster-cannes-honorary-palme-dor\/\">Jodie Foster<\/a> speaking French, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/charlotte-tilbury-australia\/\">Adam Driver<\/a> smoking inside, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/bella-hadid-schiaparelli-cannes\/\">Bella Hadid<\/a>\u2019s chest. And also films!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll likely be a while before many of the films the debuted at Cannes make it to American theaters\u2014or, you know, streaming services\u2014but the festival gave us a preview of the most notable releases coming our way over the next year or so. Here\u2019s a list of this year\u2019s Cannes films to watch for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TITANE - WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JULIA DUCOURNAU\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYm2RETn_oQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Titane<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector Julia Ducournau\u2019s follow-up to her 2016 horror film <em>Raw<\/em> won this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/cannes-film-festival-2021-palme-dor-titane-julia-ducournau-highlights-spc-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Palme d\u2019Or<\/a>, the festival\u2019s top prize, making her the first woman to win the award on her own. Like that cannibalistic flick, <em>Titane<\/em> is another lurid, fascinating tale, a shocker that reviewers are comparing to the work of provocateurs like Nicolas Winding Refn and David Cronenberg. The film follows Alexia (Agathe Rousselle), a young car model with a metal plate in her head, a lust for hot rods and a homicidal impulse\u2014all of which lead her to impersonate the missing son of a hypermasculine fire fighter (Vincent Lindon). \u201cIt\u2019s hard to tell if you\u2019re watching the most f-cked up movie ever made about the idea of found family, or the sweetest movie ever made about a serial killer who has sex with a car,\u201d <em>IndieWire<\/em>\u2019s David Ehrlich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2021\/07\/titane-review-julia-ducournau-1234650972\/\" target=\"_blank\">writes<\/a>. Still, he continues, \u201c<em>Titane<\/em> is the work of a demented visionary in full command of her wild mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Annette - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_EaNpL16SU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annette<\/strong><br \/>\nThis wild musical fantasia from director Leos Carax opened Cannes, receiving a five-minute standing ovation. Adam Driver stars as a noxious stand-up comic who falls for a world-renowned opera singer (<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/marion-cotillard-chanel-cannes-film-festival\/\">Marion Cotillard<\/a>). Fame makes their already mismatched pairing even more tempestuous. And then there\u2019s their baby daughter, Annette, a role performed by a puppet, who exhibits vocal abilities to rival her mother\u2019s. Reviews have been more mixed than the initial rapturous Cannes reception might suggest. Most of the praise has been heaped on Driver\u2019s performance and the film\u2019s general audacity. But you won\u2019t have to wait long to see this one for yourself. <em>Annette<\/em> arrives in theaters August 6 and on Amazon Prime on August 20.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RED ROCKET - Sean BAKER {Cannes First Look Clip\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a2rRZpp5xXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Rocket<\/strong><br \/>\nRemember Simon Rex? Former MTV VJ, model, rapper and occasional actor? It looks like he\u2019s getting a comeback courtesy of <em>Tangerine <\/em>and <em>The Florida Project<\/em> director Sean Baker. <em>Red Rocket<\/em> finds former porn actor Mikey Saber (Rex) returning to his hometown on Texas\u2019s Gulf Coast and trying to rebuild his life after his adult film career burns out. Much is being made of Baker\u2019s meta casting of Rex, who got his start in blue movies in the early \u201990s. Baker is a reliably empathetic director whose work shows us people living on the margins of American life, and in his hands, <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s Richard Lawson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2021\/07\/red-rocket-movie-review-simon-rex-cannes\" target=\"_blank\">points out<\/a>, \u201cRex\u2019s performance is fleet and nimble, gregarious and shaded in darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE FRENCH DISPATCH | Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TcPk2p0Zaw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The French Dispatch<\/strong><br \/>\nYou\u2019ve seen the photos of the cast looking cooler mere mortals could ever hope to be. You\u2019ve experienced the resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/photo-french-dispatch-cannes-meme_n_60f1acbee4b0a771e803dfe6\" target=\"_blank\">memes<\/a>. And if the name Wes Anderson means anything to you, chances are you have an idea of what you\u2019re getting with <em>The French Dispatch<\/em>. Which is not to say that it doesn\u2019t look truly delightful. Inspired by <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, the film is an anthology of sorts, depicting three tales reported by journalists at the titular (fictional) publication. Anjelica Houston narrates, and every actor who matters makes at least a cameo. Watch the trailer and try not to be charmed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Benedetta \u2013 Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-31QJXV3iA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benedette<\/strong><br \/>\nPaul Verhoeven\u2019s French-language film about lesbian nuns in Renaissance Italy has provoked the kind of reception you\u2019d probably expect of a film from the director of <em>Showgirls <\/em>and <em>Basic Instinct<\/em>. There\u2019s been pearl clutching at the blasphemous sex and violence, accusations of misogyny. \u201cThe unlikely trajectory of Benedetta Carlini [Virginie Efira] is certainly viewed through a male gaze, and a shameless one at that,\u201d Jordan Mintzer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/benedetta-review-cannes-2021-1234979867\/\" target=\"_blank\">writes<\/a> for <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, \u201cand yet to consider this tale of faith and acumen triumphing over false virtue as a mere case of exploitation is to write it off too easily.\u201d <em>Benedette <\/em>is clearly polarizing, but along with Charlotte Rampling\u2019s performance, we\u2019re dying to see what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":30010,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,3324,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Films To Watch For From The 2021 Cannes Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019ll likely be a while before many of the films the debuted at Cannes make it to American theaters\u2014or, you know, streaming services\u2014but the festival gave us a preview of the most notable releases coming our way over the next year or so. 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