The Film Comment Letter: Cannes 2024 #4 - On the Road Again 🚚

May 31, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Cannes 2024 #4 - On the Road Again 🚚 View in browser   |   filmcomment.com May 31, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers,  Cannes may have wrapped last weekend, but we still have many reflections and reports to share about the cornucopia of films that poured forth onto the Croisette. One of those movies, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga —George Miller's follow-up to 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road —is already in theaters in the U.S., and has been churning up a sandstorm of reactions. We enlisted the stouthearted Jessica Kiang to open today's Letter with a review of the prequel, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy. Jessica concludes her assessment with a diagnosis of prequelitis—for a detailed analysis of symptoms, read her essay below.  Next up, Dennis Lim interviews Miguel Gomes, whose Grand Tour was one of our highlights from the festival and the winner of this year's Best Director prize. Shot primarily in gorgeous bl... read