May 24, 2025

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. Conan O’Brien is standing in front of a large statue of a donut in the small Canterbury town of Springfield. Apart from the giant pink cake behind him, it’s an otherwise unremarkable…

Cannes 2025 was not a washout. The Croisette was crowded, the sun came out, and over 15,000 industry professionals turned up.  But something has shifted.  I believe that we will look back at 2025 as an inflection point. The most negative reading…