From the Paris protests of 1968 to Lars von Trier’s Hitler gag in 2011: here, if nowhere else, cinema still matters

From the Paris protests of 1968 to Lars von Trier’s Hitler gag in 2011: here, if nowhere else, cinema still matters

At the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, directors and jurors consider the role of politics—and A.I.— in cinema, with Hollywood conspicuously absent.