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Little glitz and underperforming auteurs: how Cannes 2026 went – and who will win
As this year’s Cannes ordinaire draws to a close, our chief critic examines what went wrong and predicts the who’ll take home the prizes – including the fabled Braddies The 2026 Cannes film festival comes to an end with an uneasy consensus that this has very much not been a vintage year. It’s a Cannes ordinaire . There has even been some dark muttering from older veterans about comparing 2026 to the dreaded 2003 Cannes, the year of Vincent Gallo’s epically embarrassing erotic road movie The Brown Bunny. Was the Cannes cocktail missing one vital ingredient … the sparkle of Hollywood? Well, the glitzy Hollywood films of previous years, like Mission: Impossible or Elvis, all tended to be out of competition. Their presence or absence wouldn’t make any difference to the glittering prizes at the end. But there’s no doubt about it. A really big A-lister studio picture wouldn’t have come amiss i
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Little glitz and underperforming auteurs: how Cannes 2026 went – and who will win, As this year’s Cannes ordinaire draws to a close, our chief critic examines what went wrong and predicts the who’ll take home the prizes – including the fabled Braddies The 2026 Cannes film festival comes to an end with an uneasy consensus that this has very much not been a vintage year. It’s a Cannes ordinaire . There has even been some dark muttering from older veterans about comparing 2026 to the dreaded 2003 Cannes, the year of Vincent Gallo’s epically embarrassing erotic road movie The Brown Bunny. Was the Cannes cocktail missing one vital ingredient … the sparkle of Hollywood? Well, the glitzy Hollywood films of previous years, like Mission: Impossible or Elvis, all tended to be out of competition. Their presence or absence wouldn’t make any difference to the glittering prizes at the end. But there’s no doubt about it. A really big A-lister studio picture wouldn’t have come amiss i
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- Little glitz and underperforming auteurs: how Cannes 2026 went – and who will winThe Guardian - 2026-05-22T12:59:46+00:00
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