The Current CinemaAll of a Sudden, the Glories of Cannes Are Upon UsIn its first week, the seventy-ninth edition of the festival unveiled standout new works by James Gray, Pawe? Pawlikowski, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.By Justin ChangMay 18, 2026Paper Tiger, 2026.Photograph courtesy Cannes Film FestivalSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyAttend the Cannes Film Festival long enough, and you will grow wearily accustomed to the reality that some of the best films to première there are routinely overlooked for prizes. Lee Chang-dong’s magnificently unsettling psychological chiller, “Burning,” failed to ignite the excitement of the 2018 jury. The tragicomic glories...