martin scorseses killers of the flower moon received a nineminute standing ovation following its premiere at the cannes film festivalthe film starring leonardo dicaprio and lily gladstone screened on may 20 at cannes to what variety coeditorinchief ramin setoodeh called the biggest and loudest of cannes2023 so farbased on the bestselling book of the same name david grann killers of the flower moon is set in 20s oklahoma and follows the serial murder of members of the oilwealthy osage nation a string of brutal crimes under mysterious circumstances that came to be known as the reign of terror scorsese directed and cowrote the script with dune and a star is born writer eric rothleonardo dicaprio and lily gladstone land a 9minute standing ovation for killers of the flower moon the biggest and loudest of cannes2023 so far pictwittercom1gxp4ced1tmay 20 2023see morethe ensemble cast also includes brendan fraser jesse plemons lily gladstone and john lithgow dicaprio plays ernest burkhart the nephew of a powerful local rancher de niro while gladstone plays his osage wife mollie jesse plemons stars as tom white the fbi agent in charge of investigating the murdersthe film has a runtime of 226 minutes the secondlongest movie of scorseses career behind the irishman which clocks in at 3 hours and 29 minuteskillers of the flower moon is set to have a limited theatrical release before becoming available for streaming on apple tv plus which was the original plan before it was announced that apple would invest millions into putting its original films in theatersfor more check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies in 2023 and beyond or skip straight to the good stuff with our list of movie release dates