Cate Blanchett’s offscreen love life and her lesbian-themed film, Carol, have fallen under the microscope at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s all so terribly old-fashioned.
The press conference for Todd Haynes’s Carol, a Cannes Competition entry that premiered on Sunday, certainly had its farcical moments. Although the phrasing was a little opaque, a journalist seemed to ask Cate Blanchett, the film’s star, if she could still feel “sophisticated and glamorous” after sullying herself by performing...
