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Does winning Cannes actually help a film at the box office?

Today is the first day of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. 22 films are competing to win the coveted top prize in cinema - the ...


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What does the Marché du Film 2026 programme say about the film industry?

In ten days, I’ll be on the Croisette for the Marché du Film, the business end of the Cannes Film Festival.

To prepare, I have gone through the conference sched...


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What the data says about who should be the next James Bond

Predicting who will be the next James Bond has become one of the great communal conversations. Whether that’s via prediction markets, ...


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Which film directors have the most consistent visual style?

Andrew Sarris, in his 1963 essay “The Auteur Theory and the Perils of Pauline” reflected on the emerging idea of a film auteur like this:

After a given number of films, a pattern is established, and we can s...


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What do Cannes first-timers get wrong?

Here is a 36-page guide I wrote for Raindance on how to best navigate the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film. Download your free copy below:

Cannes Confidential6.61MB ∙ PDF fileDownloadThe Raindance Guide to Navigating the ...

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