Cannes 2026: Seeing Beyond “The Ring” BY JULIAN SINGLETON In promoting 2016’s Sadako vs. Kayako, director Kôji Shiraishi declared his intent to “destroy J-horror entirely,” taking aim at a once-acclaimed slow-burn tradition he believed had stagnated into...
The Horā! The Horā! Japanese Genre Cinema on the Croisette BY SEAN PLUMMER Mid-August in North America normally sees Hollywood raking in the last box office dregs of its summer blockbusters as families return from vacation and kids head back to school. But the...
Cannes 2026: THE STATE OF SELLING SCARES BY CHRISTOPHER HEARDWith files from SEAN PLUMMER With the Marché du Film open for business in Cannes this week, no corner of the market is running hotter than horror — and the numbers back it up. This past March, Ryan Coogler’s...
IT’S ALIVE! THE FANTASTIC PAVILION LAUNCHES VERTICAL HORROR SHOWCASE, EYES GLOBAL EXPANSION BY JOHN W. BOWEN The Fantastic Pavilion — horror’s home at the Cannes Marché du Film — is heading into its fourth edition with its most ambitious slate of new programming...
PATTON OSWALT JOINS ALEXANDRE O. PHILIPPE’S “IN SEARCH OF NOSFERATU” AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER The 79th Festival de Cannes is open, and the first major news out of Fantastic Pavilion is a good one. Emmy and Grammy winning comedian, actor, and committed...
