Netflix Officially Pulls Out of Cannes Film Festival!!!

The heated battle between Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival just hit a major crossroads. Trouble has been brewing since last year’s Cannes, where Netflix debuted the well-received films Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories. But there was outcry from French theater owners who lobbied Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux to hold Cannes films accountable to a French law that requires movies to not appear on … Continue reading Netflix Officially Pulls Out of Cannes Film Festival!!!

Netflix Threatens to Pull Five Movies From Cannes, Including Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma’!!!

The Netflix/Cannes divide appears to be growing. Vanity Fair reports that the streaming giant is threatening to pull five films from the festival following the news that only movies that receive a theatrical release in France will receive a spot in the vaunted Official Competition. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the story. The five films in question are Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” Jeremy Saulnier’s “Hold the … Continue reading Netflix Threatens to Pull Five Movies From Cannes, Including Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma’!!!