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Cannes Film Festival readies a blockbuster edition

The Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off today, is such a colossal extravaganza that taking measure of its ups and downs is notoriously difficult. It's a showcase of the world's best cinema. But by at least some metrics, Cannes, following a canceled 2020 festival, a much-diminished 2021 edition and a triumphant 2022 return, is finally all the way back.

'Indiana Jones' to premiere at Cannes with tribute to Ford

Indiana Jones is swinging into the French Riviera. "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," the fifth film in the Harrison Ford adventure series, will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, festival organizers announced on April 3. Cannes will also pay a tribute to Ford for his career.

Scorsese, DiCaprio to premiere new film at Cannes

Martin Scorsese's new film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, "Killers of the Flower Moon," will get its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, organizers confirmed on Friday.

It will be the first time the veteran filmmaker presents a new film at the festival since he won best director there in 1986 for "After Hours".

Hollywood missing the drama in climate change

Hollywood's response to climate change includes donations, protests and other activism but it's apparently missing out on an approach close to home.

Only a sliver of screen fiction, 2.8 percent, refers to climate change-related words, according to a new study of 37,453 film and TV scripts from 2016-20. A blueprint for ways to turn that around was released on April 19.

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