Cannes Film Festival

In Praise of Taxi Driver

By Jen Grimble

How a 33-year-old Martin Scorsese shook the film world when he brought his nihilistic neo-noir to Cannes.

Want to know what happened to the subject of viral doc Kony 2012?

By Alex Chambers

Cannes-bound Wrong Elements revisits this highly controversial figure.

Alejandro Jodorowsky has a new film at Cannes

By Adam Chapman

The veteran filmmaker’s Kickstarter-funded Endless Poetry will premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight.

Cannes 2016: Line-up announced

By David Jenkins

Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Winding Refn and Jim Jarmusch are among those with new films at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.

Woody Allen’s Café Society to open the 69th Cannes Film Festival

By Little White Lies

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg star in the writer/director’s upcoming period romance.

20 films we’d like to see at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

By David Jenkins

Could Pedro Almodòvar, the Dardennes brothers and Nicolas Winding Refn be in contention for the Palme d’Or this year?

Cemetery of Splendour – first look review

By David Jenkins

This neon-lit ghost story from Apichatpong Weerasethukal is another hushed adventure into the sublime.

Cannes Film Festival 2015 – the winners

By David Jenkins

Who picked up the silverware at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, including the coveted Palme d'Or?

Macbeth – first look review

By David Jenkins

The stunning pros and unfortunate cons in Justin Kurzel’s take on the Bard just about balance out.

The 10 best films at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

By Little White Lies

Our staff writers pick their personal favourites from this year’s festival.

The Assassin – first look review

By David Jenkins

Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-Hsien reinvents the martial arts movie, with utterly astonishing results.

Marguerite et Julien – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Anaïs Demoustier and Jérémie Elkaïm are perfectly cast in this rewarding tale of forbidden love.

Dheepan – first look review

By David Jenkins

Jacques Audiard follows up Rust and Bone with a nuanced and gratifying immigration tale.

Youth – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of The Great Beauty returns with a gorgeous, flippant comedy on mortality with Michael Caine in the lead.

Arabian Nights – first look review

By David Jenkins

Miguel Gomes dazzles and infuriates (but mostly dazzles) with a rambling love poem to his poverty-stricken country.

Inside Out – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pixar’s delightful and sophisticated latest takes us on a dazzling journey into the mind of a child.

Louder Than Bombs – first look review

By Glenn Heath Jr

The director of Oslo, August 31st returns with an affecting English-language debut.

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