EXCLUSIVE A couple of updates regarding the 2017 Cannes Film Festival:

Roman Polanski’s “Based on a True Story” is set to play the festival on the second Saturday, just as “Venus in Fur” did in 2013. Sacre bleu! Most everyone is gone by then. I always feel bad for the movie that gets this distinction. It’s an after-thought. But this is also a nod to Polanski, still very highly regarded as a filmmaker no matter what. “Based on a True Story” stars his wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Eva Green…

There aren’t a lot of American films for this year, and not too many stars. Lynne Ramsay’s “you Were Never Really Here” is coming — but it’s not finished! She’s still working on it! Right now I’m told the Joaquin Phoenix film, also starring Alessandro Nivola, will be shown on the second Friday night– right before the festival ends. Amazon is releasing “You Were Never Really Here” in the fall.

Amazon also has Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck.” No doubt charming, as it’s about children, Haynes’ film will be shown on the first Thursday right after opening night. Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams are the featured stars.

Emma Watson is about to learn about failure. She probably thinks all movies make gazillions after 8 Harry Potter films and this season’s “Beauty and the Beast.”

But with “The Circle,” things are about to come full circle, indeed. Rated 24 on Rotten Tomatoes, even insiders told me not to bother with it.

Tom Hanks stars, and Tom knows from failure. Despite two Oscars and many huge box office hits like “Forrest Gump,” “Cast Away,” and “Saving Private Ryan,” Tom’s seen the other side of Hollywood. Recently he’s struggled. “Captain Phillips” and “Bridge of Spies” were hits. But “A Hologram for the King,” “Larry Crowne,” “Inferno,” “Extremely Loud and Close Up” will not be included in clip packages for the ages.

“The Circle” is Tom’s second movie flop based on a book by Dave Eggers. You’d think he’d learned the first time. But at least “Hologram” was more warmly greeted by critics before it was ignored by audiences. “The Circle” sounds like a circle of hell.

Hanks will be back this winter for Oscars with Steven Spielberg’s “The Post.” So we’re not giving up on him. But the game gets harder as we get older. And Spielberg can’t make a movie every year.

This is in the category of “not fair.” Jonathan Demme has died at age 73 from what seems to be esophageal cancer. Demme was among the loveliest people you could know or meet, a great gentleman, forever young in spirit, and a HUGE talent. He won the Oscar for “Silence of the Lambs,” but his credits go far beyond that movie. Demme moved easily back and forth between stunning narrative films and documentaries.

Demme combined those two talents in “Rachel Getting Married.” His other movies that will last and last are the Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense,” two Neil Young films, and so many great features including “Something Wild” (really. please watch this movie), as well as “Philadelphia,” “Married to the Mob,” “Swing Shift,” the remake of “The Manchurian Candidate” with Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington, and “Rikki and the Flash” (an underpraised film).

And don’t forget the early, really brilliant films like “Melvin and Howard,” “Handle with Care,” and “Fighting Mad.”

He loved music, you can hear it and see it in all his films. He worked with the best musicians, from Neil Young to Chrissie Hynde, Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne, etc. All the best.

This is just a tremendous loss. Heartbreaking. Condolences to his family and friends. Jonathan’s legacy is so much love. I can’t think of a time when he wasn’t smiling a goofy grin. He was happy. And now we are very sad.