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Live Updates From the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Join VF on the ground as the 78th edition of the festival kicks off, where we’ll be bringing you up-to-the-minute news, gossip, and film reviews.

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CANNES 2025

See All the Red Carpet Fashion, Outfits, and Looks From the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Mark your calendars for 12 days of film, photocalls, and fashion on the French Riviera.
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Cannes First Look

Kristen Stewart Waited Her Whole Life to Direct The Chronology of Water

From the moment she read Lidia Yuknavitch’s bold memoir, Stewart knew that she had to make it into film. But it took her eight years to finally get there.

Power Lunch

Why This Biographer Is “Nervous About” American History’s “Politicization From Both Sides”

Ron Chernow, out with a new study on Mark Twain, speaks to VF about the best and worst of the iconic author’s backstory, and why he enlisted Dean Baquet for editorial advice.

ALL ABOUT CANNES

Cannes 2025
23 Films We Think Will Rock this Year’s Festival
Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh O’Connor, and Wagner Moura highlight just a few of the most anticipated movies set to premiere on the Croisette next week. VF’s Cannes correspondents break down the most unmissable titles.
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The Most Unforgettable Looks in Festival History
Before the Cannes Film Festival begins, revisit some of the best looks the Croisette has ever seen, from 1966 to the present day.
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The Day Quentin Tarantino Flipped Off the Cannes Film Festival
31 years ago, Pulp Fiction received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. But not everyone was happy with Quentin Tarantino’s win—and the director was ready with a quick retort.
Cannes First Look
Meet Wes Anderson’s Next Breakout Star
Twenty-four-year-old Mia Threapleton, who gives a revelatory performance in The Phoenician Scheme, talks about being raised by an Oscar winner, landing the biggest part of her life, and establishing a blossoming career on her own.

IN PHOTOGRAPHS

From the Magazine

A Yachtmaker’s Trove of Photographs and Ephemera Offers a Glimpse of a Rarefied Lifestyle

The Italian shipyard Baglietto opens its archives in a sumptuous book celebrating 170 years at sea.