Can the Cannes film festival find its way in at a time of the Me Too campaign?
Female stars vow to protest on the red carpet, two top directors are barred and bans hang over other movies at the most political festival in years
Cannes — The most political Cannes film festival in years opens on Tuesday with female stars vowing to protest on the red carpet, two top directors barred from attending and bans hanging over other movies. With the industry still reeling from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and Cannes under fire for its dearth of women directors, Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart are likely to join actresses and women directors on Saturday in a protest in support of the Me Too and Time’s Up movements. The new Star Wars spin-off, Solo, is the only Hollywood blockbuster in a slightly less starry line-up than usual. But with no less than a dozen films with LGBT themes, and others tackling child abuse, male prostitution and an eye-watering DIY sex change, it has all the makings of a vintage year for scandal and controversy. A new documentary about the tragic singer Whitney Houston by Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald reportedly includes a devastating revelation about the demons that dogged her short life. Bla...
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