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Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ wins Cannes Jury Prize

Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan’ wins Palme d’Or to gasps in the auditorium

Mon May 25 2015 - 09:56

Cannes 2015: who’ll bag the Palme d’Or?

It looks like a three-horse race led by Todd Haynes’s ‘Carol’, starring Cate Blanchett, and László Nemes’s ‘Son of Saul’. Could Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s stunningly beautiful ‘The Assassin’ sneak through to win?

Sat May 23 2015 - 07:15

Love: powerful atmospherics; far too much orgy-based sex in 3D | Cannes Review

Whereas 50 Shades of Grey didn’t offer much you could properly call sex, arch provocateur Gaspar Noé’s latest is very much the real banana

Fri May 22 2015 - 12:04

The Assassin: the work of an obsessive tinkerer | Cannes Review

Hou Hsiao-hsien latest is the best-looking film in Cannes this year, but its beauty is both a strength and occasional weakness

Fri May 22 2015 - 11:28

Dheepan: lacks the gravitas of Jacques Audiard’s best-loved works | Cannes Review

A contender in the main competition, ‘Dheepan’ nevertheless feels like a doodle compared to Audiard’s recent output

Thu May 21 2015 - 13:29

Green Room: hardcore punks battle neo-Nazi thugs - what’s not to like? | Cannes Review

Featuring fine performances and even finer brutality, Jeremy Saulnier’s gruesome battle of American sub-cultures is one of the best of the fest

Thu May 21 2015 - 11:47

Watch: First official trailer for new Amy Winehouse documentary

Wed May 20 2015 - 17:09

Youth: flawed, lovely, odd | Cannes Review

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest star-studded affair is ravishingly beautiful but a little short on coherence

Wed May 20 2015 - 15:23

Mountains May Depart: Time shifts, culture clashes and a potentially award-winning performance | Cannes review

Jia Zhangke is one of the world’s top filmmakers and this is his most audacious work yet, but this mountain is not as solid as it first seems

Wed May 20 2015 - 11:31

Marguerite & Julien: unconvincing, mildly hilarious | Cannes Review

Quite how this ludicrous French incest romp found itself in the main competition at this year's festival is anyone’s guess

Tue May 19 2015 - 12:03

Sicario: the slick mayhem of secret drug wars | Cannes review

Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro battle it out, while Denis Villeneuve shows his action chops ahead of his Blade Runner sequel

Tue May 19 2015 - 11:57

Cemetery of Splendour: Ancient forces make for a seductive and refreshing film | Cannes review

Although odder than squirrels in sombreros, this film is Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s most conventional yet and among his best work

Tue May 19 2015 - 10:46

Inside Out: a return to form for Pixar | Cannes review

This animated trip inside the mind is funny, sweet and wise enough to suggest that Pixar has got its groove back

Tue May 19 2015 - 09:13

The Measure of a Man: Vincent Lindon sets the acting bar | Cannes Review

Long takes and a matter-of-fact treatment add up to a quietly savage treatment of the capitalist machine

Mon May 18 2015 - 16:22