Cannes Awards '25, Emerging Oscar Contenders & The New Goulet - ORC 5/26/25

It’s our 3rd episode on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as we discuss award winners like It Was Just An Accident and Sentimental Value. Plus, we enjoy awards talk on Highest 2 Lowest, The History of Sound, etc. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE PART III: Palme D’or Winner - It Was Just An Accident - 1:47 Sentimental Value gets a 19? Minute Standing Ovation - 8:06 Recapping other winners like The Secret Agent - 16:30 The Young Mother’s Home wins Best Screenplay for the Dardenne Bros - 18:15 Resurrection from Bi Gan - 19:23 The Little Sister wins best Actress - 20:21 Highest 2 Lowest Oscars Talk - 22:55 A Private Life and Splitsville are comedies getting strong reviews - 29:58 The Mastermind from Kelly Reichardt - 33:48 Alpha from Julia Ducournau - 36:55 The History of Sound from Oliver Hermanus - 39:35 Eleanor The Great from Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb - 42:10 Un Certain Regard Winner - The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo - 44:32 Pillion + Urchin wins several + this year’s Palme Dog section - 45:35 A Cannes Acquisitions Summary makes the Neon/Mubi rivalry a real thing - 47:31 The Standing Ovations Tally from MMO - 50:20 Best International Films Possibilities - 51:35 OUTRO - What’s coming next from us includes more Oscar Race Checkpoints and Oscar Profile Reviews. Plus, we’ll be sending out the Bat Signal soon to a returning guest. Otherwise… and as always, we want to hear your thoughts on which films you’re most excited to see from Cannes. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar