The Romanian auteur’s new film could have been the kind of homogenous ‘Europudding’ he’s railed against for years. Instead, it’s a culture-clash skewering of conservative and liberal values worthy of its Palme d’Or‘Pffff!”...
Read MoreFamed for playing loners, cranks and wayward angels, the Hollywood star is now a wolfish 90 – but he still jogs daily. As he takes his latest film to Edinburgh, we meet the man Hitchcock called ‘the golden calf’‘Can you take...
Read MoreThe festival is a celebration of cinema and a frantic trade show all at once. After 25 years, I can’t help but go backNothing prepares you for the shock that is the Cannes film festival: the adrenaline, the fatigue, the elation...
Read MoreThe film, about a women who dies and whose spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, explores power and political oppression in ThailandWhen Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke became the first Thai director to win the Critics...
Read MoreWith a breakout performance in Urchin, the actor has emerged from cult TV fame to the cusp of major stardom – a new ‘post-alpha male’ lead to join the ranks of Paul Mescal and Josh O’ConnorFew actors make an instant impact on...
Read MoreThe hemlines were high and the diamonds hefty as the world’s second-richest fiancee and her entourage stormed the Seine. Formez vos bataillons!To Cannes, in the country of France, where last night Jeff Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren...
Read MoreBenicio Del Toro and Michael Cera are essentially wingmen to Kate Winslet’s daughter, making a breakthrough big screen turn in Anderson’s enjoyable yet airless ensemble rompWes Anderson has contrived another of his elegant,...
Read MoreThe Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?Tom Cruise spends about 30% of the final Mission: Impossible movie in his...
Read MoreAs the actor receives an honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes film festival, he talks about why he couldn’t look at himself if he didn’t speak out about the US president and politicsOn the opening night of the Cannes film festival,...
Read MoreCruise does things his way in this eighth and last Mission: Impossible, as his maverick agent Ethan Hunt takes on the ultimate in AI evilHere it is: the eighth and final film (for now) in the spectacular Mission: Impossible...
Read MoreThe film version of A Pale View of Hills, the Nobel-winner’s tale of loss, exile and a pregnant radioactive bride, is about to premiere at Cannes. The writer explains why this story is so personal to himKazuo Ishiguro still...
Read MoreJulia Ducournau’s serial killer film Titane scoops top award, while best actor and actress go to Caleb Landry Jones and Renate ReinsveThe Palme d’Or, the most prestigious of cinema festival prizes, has gone to...
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