Cannes 2025: Clapologists get it wrong, an acidic Israeli satire is too hot to handle, and Scarlett Johansson serves up schmaltz
The French film festival’s 78th edition was strong if rarely spectacular – but still threw up a few surprises
Gérard Depardieu
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Cannes 2025: Julian Assange makes for unlikely new star, walkouts at warts-and-all Shia LaBeouf film - and Brigitte Bardot is back
Cannes Diary: Plus reviews of Alpha, Highest 2 Lowest and Pillion
What Kim Kardashian and Gerard Depardieu tell us about France’s attitude to gender-based violence
The evidence suggests France still has a way to go. Seven in 10 women say they have experienced sexism in the workplace, according to a survey
Cannes 2025: Tom Cruise’s death-defying wing-walking, and the festival’s ban on an actor accused of assault
Cannes Diary: Plus reviews of The Sound of Falling, The Left-Handed Girl, and Two Prosecutors
Cannes 2025: DiCaprio pays moving tribute to De Niro, Binoche passes verdict on Depardieu, and I avoid red-carpet nudity
Cannes Diary: French film festival’s opening day contends with news from Gérard Depardieu’s sexual-assault trial
Is this the end for Gérard Depardieu? Polite society in France may argue otherwise
Depardieu’s sexual assault convictions will challenge those intent on finding his dissolution charming
French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting two women
Judge says actor seems not to have grasped concept of consent or `traumatic’ impact of his behaviour
Gérard Depardieu verdict: France’s ‘meat grinder’ cultural sector grapples with #MeToo
Depardieu faces an 18-month suspended sentence, €200,000 fine and payment of damages if convicted on May 13th
Gérard Depardieu tells sexual assault trial he grabbed woman by hips to avoid slipping
The French actor had previously denied any physical contact had taken place
Gérard Depardieu appears in court for sexual assault trial
Prosecutors allege assaults against two women took place during filming in 2021
Ludivine Sagnier: ‘This sexy bombshell had nothing to do with who I was. I felt confused’
Hollywood came calling after she starred in Swimming Pool but the actor had other ideas
Peter Sarsgaard: ‘I was around all these professional actors – Jeremy Irons, Gabriel Byrne... They all acted pretty crazy’
The September 5 star broke through with films such as Boys Don’t Cry. His new movie is a taut account of the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics
The Hollywood stars who cosied up to Vladimir Putin
Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader
Gérard Depardieu charged with rape and sexual assault in France
Authorities have revived a 2018 investigation that was previously dropped due to lack of evidence
Sgt Stubby film falls short on repaying investors
Talks ongoing for debt-for-equity swap with Irish and US backers after US box office sales disappoint
Sarajevo Film Festival: A quarter century of big names, tears and awards
From war-zone beginnings, the event is now a cornerstone for the global film industry
Cork French Film Festival marks 30 years with diverse range of offerings
March festival to serving up mixture of love stories, comedies, war dramas and more
Bertolucci’s legacy marred by ugly stories about ‘Last Tango’
Oscar winner Bernardo Bertolucci was one of Italy's great post-war directors
Netflix and Amazon will have to include Europe-made content
EU to ensure 30% of catalogue made locally, and given good visibility on the platforms
The animal magic of Agas: The ultimate creation for practical living
The cast iron cooker is a creature of many parts: it cooks a meal, heats a house, makes perfect toast and is a warm place to hang out
Gérard Depardieu accused of rape and sexual assault
French actor denies wrongdoing as Paris prosecutor begins investigation into claims
Cork helps fund animated film telling story of stray dog that became a war hero
€3 million of €18 million needed to make ‘Sgt Stubby: An Unlikely Hero’ was raised in Cork
Let the Sunshine In: A French ‘comedy’ of sexual misadventures
Review: Plot is series of fragmented episodes of people squabbling and embracing
Guinness ancestral home in Wicklow goes on sale for €28m
Beatles, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among famous guests who stayed at Luggala
French food champion in Cork to receive prestigious award
Isabelle Sheridan urges Irish food producers to explore different markets amid Brexit
Steven Seagal granted Russian citizenship by Putin
US actor, who praised Putin, joins Gerard Depardieu as a citizen of Russia
Weekend in Marseille doesn’t disappoint lone traveller
There’s a new energy to France’s second city with its lively port and funky artistic quarters
EU may demand more European films on Netflix
New proposals part of a wider plan to increase investment in EU’s television and film industry
Sweaty Gerard Depardieu is watchable but Netflix’s Marseille is a hot mess
This cliched French political drama is close to an undercooked soufflé
Fifa film set to become major flop following US release
United Passions, a star-filled dramatisation of the soccer organisation’s version of history, has been panned by critics and met by empty seats
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?
Emirates recruitment drive comes to Limerick
Bring your best photo as the glamorous airline holds a cabin crew open day
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