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Cannes Film Festival

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Festivals

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood added to Cannes line-up

by Adam Woodward

Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, star­ring Brad Pitt and Leonar­do DiCaprio, will receive its world pre­mière at the festival.
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Festivals

Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse to premiere at the 51st Directors’ Fortnight

by Adam Woodward

The Amer­i­can director’s Robert Pat­tin­son-star­ring hor­ror is head­ing to Cannes.
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Festivals

Xavier Dolan, Terrence Malick headline 72nd Cannes Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

This year’s Offi­cial Selec­tion fea­tures new works from Jim Jar­musch, Bong Joon-ho and Jes­si­ca Hausner.
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Festivals

The Dead Don’t Die to open the 72nd Cannes Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

Jim Jarmusch’s star-stud­ded zom­bie com­e­dy will receive its world pre­mière on 14 May.
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Festivals

25 films we’d like to see at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival

by Hannah Woodhead, Adam Woodward

Could these be the direc­tors vying for this year’s Palme d’Or?
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Festivals

Alejandro González Iñárritu announced as President of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

The acclaimed direc­tor becomes the first Mex­i­can artist to receive the honour.
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Festivals

The Wild Pear Tree – first look review

by David Jenkins

The 2018 Cannes Film Fes­ti­val saved the best for last with Nuri Bilge Cey­lan’s sub­lime lit­er­ary opus.
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Festivals

Knife + Heart – first look review

by Manuela Lazic

A thriller set in the 1970s world of Parisian porn tries to intel­lec­tu­alise its seedy sto­ry, but miss­es the mark.
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Festivals

Burning – first look review

by David Jenkins

This mon­u­men­tal new work from South Kore­an direc­tor Lee Chang-dong was well worth the eight-year wait.
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Festivals

Capernaum – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nadine Labaki’s Lebanon-set fable reveals the every­day heart­break of child poverty.