Recapping Cannes Film Festival 2024 & Iconic Screenings in Los Angeles
While audiences around the world are diving back into Minority Report starring Tom Cruise, one of the world’s most influential film festivals — Cannes 2024 — is in full swing on the sun-drenched French Riviera. The red carpet is ablaze with big names, sharp narratives, and cinematic fireworks.
Meanwhile, over in Los Angeles, cinephiles can plunge into retrospectives and exclusive 35mm screenings of American classics. This article rounds up everything lighting up the screen right now — from Cannes to Cruise.
Cannes 2024: What to Watch Right Now
🎬 Die, My Love – Lynne Ramsay returns with the same haunting psychological depth that made You Were Never Really Here unforgettable.
🎬 The Mastermind – Kelly Reichardt once again dissects the American psyche. If you loved First Cow or Certain Women, this one’s a must.
🎬 The Phoenician Scheme – Wes Anderson in peak form: whimsical, symmetrical, and delightfully absurd. Another visual feast in the spirit of The Grand Budapest Hotel.
🎬 Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier continues his meditations on life in flux, following up The Worst Person in the World and Thelma with another emotional deep-dive.
🎬 Eddington – Ari Aster returns with something even darker than Hereditary or Midsommar. Family, fear, and psychological unraveling — brace yourself.
🎬 Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater’s latest chapter in his cinematic time capsule. From Boyhood to Before Sunrise, he’s still telling stories that mirror life as we live it.
🎬 Highest 2 Lowest – Spike Lee with another socially charged story, likely tackling modern America in the same bold style as Do the Right Thing and BlacKkKlansman.
Also debuting in Cannes:
🎬 The Chronology of Water by Kristen Stewart and
🎬 Eleanor the Great, a directorial debut from Scarlett Johansson.
Los Angeles: Film, Celluloid, and Nostalgia
🌀 Minority Report (2002) — Special 35mm screening at the Egyptian Theatre. That iconic noir-infused future from Spielberg and Cruise. The concept of “pre-crime” and a world where you’re guilty before you act feels eerily relevant again.
“Dark, eerie, and unforgettable,” as critic Kenneth Turan once wrote — and Cruise “slams the audience into their seats with sheer kinetic force.”
🎥 You Must Remember This podcast hosts a retrospective at Los Feliz 3, featuring Red Line 7000 (1965) by Howard Hawks — a low-budget racer-drama with gender politics and high speeds. A rare gem from Hawks’ twilight years.
May 27 – Screening of Rich and Famous (1981) by George Cukor, scripted by Gerald Ayres (The Last of Sheila).
📽 Also worth catching: Such Good Friends (1971) by Otto Preminger — a razor-sharp satire of gender inequality set against the backdrop of the 1970s cultural revolution.
What Else?
– The next installment of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning is on its way, so it’s the perfect time to revisit early Cruise classics. Especially Minority Report — arguably one of his most underrated masterpieces.
– Keep an eye on the rest of Cannes: more premieres, awards, and surprise standouts are on the horizon. And we’ll keep following the magic of cinema — from the red carpet to reels soaked in old-school Hollywood nostalgia.
