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Cannes 2024 has arrived\u2014and our intrepid on-the-Croisette crew of Film Comment contributors is high-tailing it from screening to screening, ready to cut through the noise with a series of thoughtful dispatches, interviews, and podcasts.\n\nTo kick things off, Film Comment Editor Devika Girish sat down with our contributor Beatrice Loayza (stay tuned for her dispatch next week) and Sight and Sound\u2019s Isabel Stevens. The three critics debated their differing reactions to the festival\u2019s opening night selection, Quentin Dupieux\u2019s The Second Act (3:27), as well as Sophie Filli\xe8res\u2019 This Life of Mine (15:36), Agathe Riedinger\u2019s Wild Diamond (20:53), and Abel Gance\u2019s newly-restored 1927 silent epic Napol\xe9on (32:00), before looking ahead to the films they\u2019re most excited to see as the festival continues.\n\nSubscribe today to the Film Comment Letter for a steady stream of Cannes coverage, providing everything you need to know about the 2024 edition: https://www.filmcomment.com/newsletter-sign-up/