The streaming giant has had a spoke in its wheel after protests over two of its Cannes films not being released in cinemas. But if it wants the kudos, Netflix will have to toe the line You’ve heard of Netflix’n’chill. The Cannes film festival is having a Netflix’n’not-chill moment. A Netflix’n’stress moment. A Netflix’n’migraine moment. Two of this year’s Palme d’Or contenders are funded by Netflix, the streaming-media outfit which recently expanded into film and TV production: Bong Joon-ho’s Okja, starring Tilda Swinton and Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories, starring Adam Sandler. This, we had thought, is a sign of the times for Cannes – this and the fact that the festival was also going to showcase TV work from David Lynch and Jane Campion. Could it be that the festival was moving away from old-school cinephile insistence on the primacy of the big screen?

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