'Palme d'Or whisperer': Tiny US distributor Neon wins fifth straight Cannes prize

Neon, a New York-based indie movie outfit, has been dubbed "the Palme d'Or whisperer", for a track record that turns the world's most powerful movie producers green with envy. "Parasite", "Titane", "Triangle of Sadness" and "Anatomy of a Fall" -- the last four winners in Cannes -- were all released in US theatres by Neon, under deals struck before they won the prize. And they did it again on Saturday with "Anora", US indie director Sean Baker's raw and often-hilarious story about a New York erotic...