Cannes

Whatever happened to brevity? Xavier Dolan’s latest project – the transgender-infused romantic melodrama Laurence Anyways that was chosen as part of this year’s secondary Un…

Opening this year’s Un Certain Regard programme, Mystery returns festival veteran Lou Ye to Cannes for the fourth time, having screened Purple Butterfly, Summer Palace…

Those of you who read my review of Sleeping Beauty at last year’s festival might remember that I said the film was probably the least…

What is Cannes in 60 Seconds? If you say it with a pompous accent, it’s a hilarious pun on a classic Nic Cage/Angelina Jolie film…

Roman Polanski has more than one story to tell. In a lifetime dedicated to storytelling, it is ironic that his own life experiences have been…

Rust and Bone could well have failed. In many other hands the story of a killer whale trainer who loses her legs but finds strength…

By now, it seems fairly obvious that this year’s Cannes Film Festival will serve as a coming out party of sorts for Robert Pattinson, at…

The first teaser we saw for David Cronenberg’s upcoming film Cosmopolis gave us a glimpse of a stylish, violent work that not only looked like…

Cannes! It’s upon us! At this stage last year, I offered my pre-festival wishlist for what films might screen at Cannes (and got six out of…