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Cannes Conversations — With OMEN, Baloji clears his name

Belgian rapper-turned-auteur Baloji was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo — where for some, his name literally means “demon.” So it’s no surprise that his mind-bending first feature OMEN is all about characters society considers cursed. Baloji tells host Rico Gagliano about this kaleidoscopic debut, the pressures of competition at Cannes, and the scene in PULP FICTION that broke his brain.Every May, the population of sleepy Cannes, France triples — as film pros and cinephil...

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  BABE: PIG IN THE CITY — George Miller makes one for the grownups

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  SORCERER — William Friedkin’s heart of darkness

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  SKINAMARINK — The Internet’s own haunted house

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  HOUSE — The Japanese psychedelic masterpiece

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  THE AMITYVILLE HORROR — America’s most haunted home

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  THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — Guillermo del Toro’s creative resurrection

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  POLTERGEIST — The first suburban haunted house

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  THE SUBSTANCE — Coralie Fargeat rips beauty standards to gory shreds

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  Riz Ahmed channels Yann Mounir Demange in DAMMI

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  The Flipsides of Cannes — Featuring Wim Wenders and more

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  PERFECT DAYS — Wim Wenders cures his post-pandemic blues

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  HIGH & LOW - JOHN GALLIANO — Kevin Macdonald tackles fashion and forgivene…

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  Sofia Coppola — PRISCILLA, from source to soundtrack

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  Sofia Coppola — from VIRGIN SUICIDES to PRISCILLA

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  DO THE RIGHT THING — Spike Lee and Ruth E. Carter find color in the dark

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  QUADROPHENIA — The mod, mod world of ’64, ’79 and beyond