‘Shoplifters’ wins Palme d’Or as Spike Lee takes second place at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

He sat in his seat, perfectly still, as if he couldn’t believe the news. And he was not the only one surprised, as master Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda was the unexpected but very welcome winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for his “Shoplifters.”

Kore-Eda has been at the festival…