Cannes Day 6: Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes Battle for Auteur Supremacy

thewrap.com:

Cannes on Saturday, practically back-to-back, and critics were whipped to a frenzy with praise for them. Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is easily one of the most anticipated movies of 2023, and with the first trailer having dropped on Thursday, it’s no surprise that the line to get into the theater for the Cannes screening was immense, according to social media. “Flower Moon” was lauded as another standout for Scorsese, while not possibly being his best ever and the prodigious runtime seemingly was not a problem.

Freelance writer Martyn Conterio said, “It’s top tier Marty.” Praise is going out to actress Lily Gladsone who Discussing Film senior film critic Yasmine Kandil calls “the soul of the film.” IndieWire’s David Ehrlich also gave praise to Leonardo DiCaprio, calling his turn in the feature as “the best performance of his life.” TheWrap’s chief film critic, Tomris Laffly called it “vast and vital in its scale and emotional scope, a Western-thriller that is every bit a Scorsese crime picture as one can dare to imagine.”During the film’s press conference the director and stars talked about the significance of the story, particularly getting the support of the Osage Nation.

Star and executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio said, “It felt like a very important moment, especially how the Osage community embraced us telling this story, gave us the trust in our adaptation of the novel.

To have them here with us side-by-side to tell such a personal tragedy to their entire community was a beautiful moment. We took great pride in being able to tell this story as best as we could.” And Scorsese, according to Screen Daily, also took the time to showcase support for the Ukraine in their on-going war with Russia. “My.