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Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Fest's big announcements embrace nostalgia -- It was back to the future at this year's Cannes. On top of the return of a certain fedora-wearing archaeologist, many of the bigger fest announcements had a distinctly nostalgic vibe. (link)

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