Well, that was honest.

It's not often you get a Wizard of Oz-style transition from black and white into technicolor moment in real life. But that's exactly how it felt sitting in Francis Ford Coppola's editing room at his sprawling Inglenook estate, watching a transition between Apocalypse Now's iconic "Flight of the Valkyries" scene on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and the crystal-clear, eardrum-pounding 4K state it's in for the release of Apocalypse Now: Final Cut. Even if you've seen the Vietnam War epic dozens of times, I really can't recommend enough plugging this version …

Claude Lelouch’s The Best Years of a Life premiered out of competition in Cannes. The film follows up on Lelouch’s monumental 1966 film A Man and a Woman. “Da da da da da, da da da da da” rang out in the main Cannes auditorium with a huge show of emotion from the crowd as they recalled the film’s famous anthem. In 1966-67 Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman was a phenomenon. After winning the 1966 Cannes Palme d’Or the hugely romantic, exquisitely shot film with Francis Lai’s killer song went on …