Refresh for more…This afternoon at Cannes, Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at a masterclass event celebrating his longtime collaborator, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie. What is it that clicks between Cruise and McQuarrie?

The Final Reckoning, their ambitious finale to Tom Cruise’s nearly 30-year-old Mission: Impossible franchise, Christopher McQuarrie and his leading man would often turn to one another and say the same thing.

Cannes: Cruise joined his director on 11 films, Christopher McQuarrie, for a deep-dive conversation at Cannes. “I’m a diehard believer in the big-screen experience,” said McQuarrie. “What makes film special is however many hundreds of strangers all come together to sit in the room and watch something together and experience something together.