Emilia Pérez

The movie is facing a vicious and sustained assault on its credentials

It’s anyone’s guess which movie will win

Unless something changes unexpectedly over the next few weeks, the Academy is likely to shun the film, or face existential ridicule

There are a few omissions that may raise eyebrows, some inclusions that are equally surprising

A quirky throat-clearer before something more straightforwardly commercial happens next year

Early word suggests that the Palme d’Or is likely to go to the French director Jacques Audiard