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What to watch from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

This year’s feature films include Killers of The Flower Moon, the latest from director Martin Scorsese, Strange Way of Life and Strange Way of Life, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke.

Film critics Radheyan Simonpillai and Kyle Buchanan discuss the Festival's big films and stories

In the 1920s, an older man and a younger man speak in an early automobile.
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from Killers of the Flower Moon. Both actors have made many movies with director Martin Scorsese, but have never worked together on a film with him. (Paramount Pictures)

The Cannes Film Festival is one of the biggest events in the movie festival circuit.

Film critics Radheyan Simonpillai and Kyle Buchanan are attending this year's festival and they join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss some of the most buzzworthy films and stories coming out of Cannes this year. 

This year's feature films include Killers of The Flower Moon, the latest from director Martin Scorsese, Strange Way of Life, featuring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, and The Idol, starring Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye.

WATCH | Official trailer for Martin Scorsese's Killers of The Flower Moon:

WATCH | Official trailer for Pedro Almodóvar's Strange Way of Life:

WATCH | Official trailer for Sam Levinson's The Idol:

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel produced by Tyrone Callender.