The experience of watching a few dozen or more films inside two weeks at the Cannes Film Festival can be jarring, exhilarating and exhausting — even for those who live and breathe cinema. Cannes remains perhaps the most supreme and heightened realm of moviedom, but its rarified stature has been increasingly challenged by both the era of #MeToo and the age of Netflix. This year, Cannes welcomed back Danish director Lars von Trier, who’s premiering his “The House That Jack Built”,” starring Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman. Many other films at Cannes, which runs through May 19, will put a spotlight on injustices from around the world. “I’ve been to Cannes with ‘The Da Vince Code,’ and ‘Willow’ and ‘Far and Away,”‘ says “Solo” director Ron Howard.

Source: National Post May 06, 2018 15:09 UTC