The Top 10 Films Of The 2015 Cannes Film Festival

In the dreary apartments of film journalists across the world, suitcases overflowing with dirty clothes sit in bedrooms reproachfully. Tote bags overrun with swag litter our hallways, and most of us have sudden colds. Many have googled "symptoms of scurvy" or "how can I tell if I have gout?" in light of a fortnight of subpar pizza and pink wine. It can only mean the glorious/tedious amazing/depressing cinephile wonderland that is the Cannes Film Festival has ended for another year and all that's left for us to do is round up our time on the Croisette, take some vitamin C and put a goddamn wash on. We'll have another post on a few of the trends and themes we saw emerge this year coming later, but for right now, we'll try to remember the whole palaver is actually supposed to be about —the films. Somewhat contrary to the prevailing opinion that this year's lineup was not one for the ages (which we're beginning to suspect prevails toward the end of every...