Jane Fonda<\/a> brought some much-needed movie glamour in a shimmering black dress and bejeweled necklace that looked like the Heart of the Ocean from \u201cTitanic,\u201d while Luna huddled with his \u201cY tu mam\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n\u201d director Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n in the lobby before the event started. Jackson, flanked by \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d star Elijah Wood, flashed a thumbs up to the paparazzi. There was light applause inside the Palais as the cast of the opening night movie ascended the theater steps.<\/p>\n\n\tThis year marks Thierry Fremaux\u2019s 25th edition at the helm, a tenure during which Cannes has weathered streaming wars, a pandemic and political upheaval while fiercely defending its status as cinema\u2019s ultimate global stage.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut the chatter around the Croisette feel unusually charged this year for good reasons. Hollywood is in flux, studios are pulling back from splurging at festivals, AI looms over creative jobs, wars are raging in different corners of the world, and fears over hantavirus are mounting. Perhaps it was the economic uncertainty, but this year\u2019s lineup of films lacks major blockbusters, in marked contrast to previous editions of Cannes where Tom Cruise premiered sequels to \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d and \u201cTop Gun\u201d and Harrison Ford unveiled \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tThere had been hopes that Christopher Nolan or Steven Spielberg might bring their latest films, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d and \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d to the festival, but they opted not to touch down on the Croisette.\u00a0That\u2019s left Cannes leaning on a lineup of international auteurs like Pedro Almod\u00f3var (\u201cBitter Christmas\u201d), Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski (\u201cFatherland\u201d) and Cristian Mungiu (\u201cFjord\u201d) to fill the void. <\/p>\n
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