Reel to Real: A Hollywood-less Cannes Film Festival

As the 2026 Cannes Film Festival gets underway this week, there will be one thing missing from the Croisette: Hollywood. This year's lineup is heavy on indies and international films, as usual, but is missing any kind of major Hollywood presence that usually dots the festival. And there's good reason for that. Films like "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" and "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" made splashy premieres at Cannes in the past, but mixed-to-negative critical reaction soured the public on these pricey blockbusters and, especially in the case of "Dial . . .