Cannes Lineup '26 + Neon & Paramount Slates - The Pictures Part 3 - YIP ep 525

Our Oscars Year In Preview Series continues with Part III of “The Pictures!” In this episode, we discuss the 2026 Cannes Film Festival Lineup and the slates for NEON and Paramount. 2:24 - Cannes Carryovers discussed in last episode including Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Fatherland starring Sandra Huller and a Russian filmmaker who might be a free agent for Best International Feature this year. 4:36 - Non-Neon Highlights In Competition including a musical starring Rami Malek, a much anticipated South Korean film, the latest from Almodovar and Farhadi and many a renowned French Actress like Lea Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve, Virginie Efira and Isabelle Huppert. 23:26 - NEON’s Cannes Slate: Fjord from Mungiu starring Reinsve & Sebastian Stan, the latest from Koreeda, Hirari, Hamaguchi and Winding Refn. 34:13 - The rest of the NEON 2026 Film Slate from Exit 8 through Hokum and I Love Boosters to a Clayton Davis pick in Clarissa and a Mike pick for a sight unseen Documentary Feature nom selection. 53:08 - More Cannes Lineup Highlights from various sections including directorial debuts from Andy Garcia and John Travolta, the latest from the next George A. Romero, more French film madness, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest. 1:01:33 - The Paramount film slate in lieu of the WB deal being finalized. What’s their big player? We’re not seeing it yet. Can we figure it out? OUTRO: As always, let us know your thoughts, comments, questions and concerns. Thank you for all continuing to listen to this series as we plod along many previews shows in a row, and please look forward to us reviewing films again as we have several potential Oscar contenders releasing later this spring. Plus, don’t forget our yearly Cannes Film Festival coverage that will include our reviewing of the reviewers and our tallying of the Standing Ovation in our unofficial, but let’s face it - official capacity as Film Festival Standing Ovation tally’ers. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar