The Festival de Cannes, who showcases and celebrates cinema on an international stage has an intriguing lineup for 2016. Of special interest to us Texans is Austin native, director Jeff Nichols showcasing his latest work, “Loving”, which interprets ahttp://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/loving civil rights case held in 1958 where an interracial couple were arrested for getting married. “Loving” follows their case proceeding and stars Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga and Michael Shannon.
Woody Allen’s highly anticipated “Café Society” will be the opening show outside of competition and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.
Steven Spielberg’s “The BFG” is an adaptation of Ronald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant and will star Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance and Bill Hader.
“Money Monster” a screening by Jodie Foster, features George Clooney and Julia Roberts in a suspenseful, financial disaster meltdown tale.
Jim Jarmusch will feature two films, “Paterson” about a bus driver played by Adam Driver and “Gimme Danger,” an Iggy Pop documentary.
Shane Black, an Austin Film Festival regular will feature “The Nice Guys” starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, investigators in a porn star’s apparent suicide. In the demise of a relationship, Asghar Farhadi’s screening of “The Salesman” follows a couple acting out Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”.
“The Neon Demon” a horror movie by Nicolas Winding Refn stars Elle Fanning while Sean Penn’s “The Last Face” features Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem in a love story set in Liberia.
Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey” will include Shia Labeouf, Sasha Lane and Riley Keogh in a tale about wandering magazine salespeople while actress Sonia Braga wanders through time in Kleber Mendonca Filho’s upcoming time travel tale, “Aquarius”.
Jonathon Littell’s Cannes debut “Wrong Elements” a documentary timed in the late 1980’s Ugandan turmoil will have a special screening out of competition.
A special tribute in the official selection will include “Hands of Stone” starring Robert De Niro and is to be released state side in August.
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