This year’s Cannes Film Festival came to an end over the weekend with the Palm d’Or being awarded to “The Square”, a comedy with socio-political overtones directed by Sweden’s Ruben Östlund. Sofia Coppola won the award for Best Director for “The Beguiled”, only the second time in the festival’s 70-year-history the prize went to a woman.
Though critics found the films selected by Cannes programmers to be underwhelming this year, there was unanimous praise for a virtual reality project created by director Alejandro González Iñárritu which was installed at the festival. We’ll take you inside the unique VR experience and tell you why the fuss being made over it is legitimate.
Meanwhile, this year’s upfronts were held over the past two weeks giving us a pretty good picture about the state of modern television. Here’s the question, if we are presently in the era of peak TV, how come all the new shows networks are trotting out seem so boring.
Of course, we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including the controversy over a women-only screening of “Wonder Woman,” Katy Perry signs on to judge the “American Idol” reboot and Steven Soderbergh returns to the directing movies… as we predicted.

comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of May 28, 2017
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-may-28-2017-300464928.html
‘The Square’ Wins Top Prize at Cannes; Sofia Coppola Is Best Director
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/movies/cannes-film-festival-winners-the-square-sofia-coppola.html
Cannes Awards: Controversial Swedish Satire ‘The Square’ Wins Palme d’Or
https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-2017-award-winners-palme-d-or-1202446856/
Cannes 2017 : Les étoiles de la critique #10
http://www.lefilmfrancais.com/cinema/132555/cannes-2017-les-etoiles-de-la-critique-10
Could Lynne Ramsay Top ‘Loveless’ on Screen’s Cannes Jury Grid?
http://www.screendaily.com/news/could-lynne-ramsay-top-loveless-on-screens-cannes-jury-grid/5118569.article?blocktitle=CANNES-JURY-GRID&contentID=43755
Critic’s Notebook: The Year Cannes Couldn’t
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/todd-mccarthy-year-cannes-couldnt-1008058
‘The Rider’, ‘A Ciambra’ Among Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Winners
http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/the-rider-a-ciambra-among-directors-fortnight-winners/5118562.article
‘A Man of Integrity,’ ‘Wind River,’ ‘Barbara’ Take Un Certain Regard Awards at Cannes
https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/a-man-of-integrity-wind-river-barbara-win-cannes-un-certain-regard-award-uma-thurman-math...