Climate Change at Cannes, Where Pre-Buys Reign

While a slate of fascinating movies will be unspooling for critics and cinephiles, many will never see the light of day stateside. Finally, it doesn’t really matter which prizes are awarded by the jury headed by Joel and Ethan Coen—including actors Sophie Marceau, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller and Rossy DePalma, directors Guillermo del Toro and Xavier Dolan, and world music star Rokia Traore. Did it make a difference that Julianne Moore and Timothy Spall took home acting prizes last year? Nope. Why the changed landscape? Where there used to be a glut of films that could not possibly find distribution homes, there are now far more players and options. Since last year, the Cannes marche...

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