by Abb Jones The Reelness Anora, the romantic dramedy about a Brookyln sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch only to have her Pretty Woman fantasy ruined by his parents, has won the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The win by writer/director Sean Baker (Red Rocket, […]
The Japanese film Shoplifters has been the big winner at the Cannes Film Festival, taking the prestigious top prize, the Palme d’Or, at the closing of the festival Saturday night. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, the story about a family of petty criminals scraping together a living in downtown Tokyo, was the surprise winner over 21 […]