No one really expected this year’s Riviera fest to replicate its stellar 2023 showing, when ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’ all got Best Picture noms and combined for three Academy Awards. Cannes largely had been thought too risky, too early for serious Oscar-season launches, but things clearly are changing. Its movies no longer seem to have that stigma or the thought that maybe it is best to wait for the fall film festivals. Deadline’s Awards Columnist Pete Hammond offers his take.