Sean Boelman

In a year in which Hollywood studio films were largely absent from the Croisette, all eyes were on the two American films in the Cannes Film Festival

Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu has been a mainstay of international film for many years now, delivering such acclaimed works as 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and R.M.N.

An abundance of action makes Hope a consistently epic and fun picture, allowing it to overcome its shortcomings.

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almódovar has made a name for himself creating some of the most enjoyable melodramas in recent memory.

Hirokazu Koreeda is one of the most acclaimed auteurs in modern Japanese cinema, having gifted the world such humanistic delights as Monster and

Vulgar auteur Nicolas Winding Refn hasn't made a feature film in ten years, having released two television shows — Too Old to Die Young and Copenhagen Cowboy — in the meantime.

Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow was a critical darling and cult classic, signaling the arrival of a talent to watch after their auspicious early work.

French absurdist filmmaker Quentin Dupieux has amassed quite a cult following in France and internationally because of his unique, quirky sense of humor.

Club Kid was easily one of the biggest surprises of the Cannes Film Festival.

Bruce Dern is a legend of the stage and screen, boasting nearly 200 completed IMDb credits, two Academy Award nominations, and having worked with some of the world's greatest directors, including Quentin Tarantino, Alexander Payne, and Alfred Hitchcock — among others.