Cannes opened with a 20th-anniversary screening of Pan’s Labyrinth, but otherwise did not feature much of the earlier star-studded Hollywood spectacle. Major studios stayed away, while notable figures appeared intermittently, including Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgard on the jury. Adam Driver and Miles Teller attended the world premiere of James Gray’s Paper Tiger, a crime drama set in 1986 about brothers who enter business with the Russian mob, with strong performances from Driver, Teller, and Scarlett Johansson. Paper Tiger did not win prizes. The Palme d’Or went to Fjord, a gripping small-town drama about an evangelical Christian family accused of child abuse, framing conflict between religious conservatism and secular liberalism. Cristian Mungiu earned a second Palme win.
"The first Cannes Film Festival I ever attended, in May 2006, was a deliriously star-studded affair. Penelope Cruz, Ethan Hawke and Kirsten Dunst walked up the red-carpeted steps. Future Oscar hopefuls like Volver, Babel and Marie Antoinette competed for the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize. There were world premieres of blockbusters like The Da Vinci Code and X-Men: The Last Stand terrible movies, but great photo ops."
"This year's Cannes kicked off with a 20th-anniversary screening of Pan's Labyrinth, but otherwise, there wasn't much of that 2006-era razzle-dazzle. The major Hollywood studios tightened their belts and stayed home, perhaps with still-fresh memories of the stinging Cannes reception for the last Indiana Jones movie back in 2023. But there were stars here and there. Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgard were on this year's jury."
"Adam Driver and Miles Teller showed up for the world premiere of James Gray's terrific 1986-set crime drama, Paper Tiger, in which they play brothers who unwisely go into business with the Russian mob. Driver and Teller are outstanding, and Scarlett Johansson is heartbreakingly good as a family member forced to deal with the fallout. Paper Tiger deserved a prize, but it left the festival empty-handed."
"Instead, the jury awarded the Palme d'Or to the gripping and sometimes infuriating small-town drama Fjord. It's the second Palme win for the Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu; he won his first in 2007 for the movie 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. In Fjord, Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve are almost unrecognizable as an evangelical Christian couple who have recently moved from Romania to a small Norwegian town with their five children. When the couple are accused of child abuse, Fjord becomes a fierce battle between the forces of religious conservatism and secular liberalism."
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