Cate Blanchett went barefoot at a Cannes Film Festival party hosted by Variety and the Golden Globes to stand in solidarity with the women of Iran. The party celebrated breakthrough actors, including Charles Melton, Tye Sheridan, and Shaunette Renée Wilson. Todd Haynes praised Melton's performance in his age-gap romance drama "May December," while Wilson expressed disbelief about attending the festival for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" alongside Harrison Ford.
Black Flies, directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire and starring Tye Sheridan and Sean Penn, is a bleak and depressing film about two EMTs making their way through a gauntlet of violence, cruelty, and blood. Based on a 2008 novel by Shannon Burke, the film is purposefully stylized and often ridiculous, with nods to Terrence Malick throughout. While there is style and skill to spare, the movie also feels like a victim of the very numbness and emotional emptiness it seeks to expose.
"Black Flies," a film about emergency medical first responders starring Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival with gruesome scenes of violence and chaos. The film received a five-minute standing ovation and is up for the Palme d'Or. The two actors researched the real world of New York City paramedics together to prepare for their roles. The film is seeking U.S. distribution out of Cannes.
