2021 Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau returns to the Cannes Film Festival this year, but not in competition. Instead, Variety reports that she’ll be on the Croisette shopping her next project, entitled “Alpha,” with FilmNation and Charades handling its sales.

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There’s no plot details yet for “Alpha,” but the film stars Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim, two actors who, like Ducournau, are modern Cannes legends in their own right.  

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It’s no death-defying leap to state that we are currently in the middle of a blockbuster action revolution, in which former stunt performers and coordinators-turned-feature-directors have reminded us why we love explosive scenes, sharply executed fights, and over-the-top brawn. Although movie stars still help sell in these projects (often by boasting how much they do their own stunts), it’s the filmmakers who are now the real ass-kickers. After the likes of thrilling projects like Chad Stahelski’s “John Wick” films, David Leitch’s “Atomic Blonde” and “Deadpool 2,” and J.J.

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There’s no denying Chris Hemsworth is one of the biggest stars in the world. However, when you take away his work as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his filmography has quite a few misses. There’s his work in the “Ghostbusters” reboot in 2016, then you have the failed attempt to reboot the “Men in Black” franchise. Let’s not forget about the middling “Spiderhead” and “12 Strong.” But there is one shining star in his non-Marvel work—the high-octane action film, “Extraction.” Now, it looks like Hemsworth, along with filmmaker Sam Hargrave and producers/writers, the Russo Brothers are ready to turn that hit Netflix film into an official franchise with an upcoming sequel.

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If you can count on death and taxes, you can also count on French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin having a new film at the Cannes Film Festival. Desplechin has had ten films play at Cannes either in competition or in other sections, his most recent being 2021’s “Deception” and 2019’s “Oh Mercy.” His latest, “Brother And Sister” (“Frère et Sœur”) stars Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud as estranged siblings who are forced to reunite after 20 years following the death of their parents.

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At this point, we’ve seen a number of films and TV series tackle the idea of an alien invasion. It’s well-trodden land for filmmakers, for sure. But Apple TV+ is hoping there’s still plenty of interest in the sci-fi concept ahead of its upcoming series, “Invasion.”

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As seen in the teaser trailer for “Invasion,” the series aims to take a look at an alien invasion from multiple perspectives, as various people deal with the ramifications of the outsiders coming to Earth and fighting humanity.

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An expensive, over-the-top “adaptation” of a theme park ride, Jerry Bruckheimer’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” seemed all but doomed to fail in 2003. The knives were out, the critics were skeptical, and the idea of story cobbled out of kiddie ride seemed preposterous. Astonishingly, and against all odds, director Gore Verbinski invigorated the often-dismissed pirate genre, with a cavalier spirit and rollicking, cartoonish exuberance. Add the surprisingly inspired performance by Johnny Depp as the almost immediately iconic Jack Sparrow and the result was swashbuckling entertainment with a capital E.

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Everything is going to be ok. Jim Jarmusch‘s “Paterson” is here like lotion, like balm, to soothe your aching limbs, quell your clamoring mind and restore your tired spirit. An unfeasibly charming film full of little wisdoms and quiet comforts where we might expect to find provocations, its only deception is that it is so much richer than it seems at first glance. Most cinephiles are well acquainted with Jarmusch-ian minimalism, and the trick of reading more into his droll silences and laconic pauses than exists up on the screen.

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While last year, the world was awaiting Adam Driver‘s turn as the villainous Kylo Ren in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” this fall and winter will find the actor in less emo territory. The actor has a role in Martin Scorsese‘s highly anticipated “Silence,” but first comes his low key performance in Jim Jarmusch‘s patient “Paterson.”

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Premiering this spring at the Cannes Film Festival, and picking up buzz at countless festivals stops since, this simple movie follows the regular day routines of Paterson a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey (yep, he has the same name as the city he lives in).

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Everything is going to be ok. Jim Jarmusch‘s “Paterson” is here like lotion, like balm, to soothe your aching limbs, quell your clamoring mind and restore your tired spirit. An unfeasibly charming film full of little wisdoms and quiet comforts where we might expect to find provocations, its only deception is that it is so much richer than it seems at first glance. Most cinephiles are well acquainted with Jarmusch-ian minimalism, and the trick of reading more into his droll silences and laconic pauses than exists up on the screen.

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First Look: Adam Driver In Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson'

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Review: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘About Elly’ Is Another Powerful Tragedy From One Of Iran’s Most Celebrated Filmmakers

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