LOSER: NETFLIX
The biggest name on the Croisette this week wasn’t Clint Eastwood or Kristen Stewart, but Netflix, which made its inaugural trip to Cannes in competition with two films: Bong Joon Ho’s zany sci-fi adventure Okja and Noah Baumbach’s neurotic New York comedy The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected). But it hasn’t been smooth sailing for either title, since festival organizers announced that starting next year, movies without a French theatrical release won’t be eligible for the prestigious Palme d’Or award.
Both movies earned boos from festival-goers during their opening credits, while Okja hit an additional speedbump when the film was stopped roughly seven minutes in because of a projection error, spurring even more shouts from the agitated crowd until it restarted 15 minutes later.