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The 10 best films at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

by David Jenkins, Adam Woodward, Sophie Monks Kaufman

Our staff writers pick their personal favourites from this year’s festival.
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The Assassin – first look review

by David Jenkins

Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-Hsien reinvents the martial arts movie, with utterly astonishing results.
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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.
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Dheepan – first look review

by David Jenkins

Jacques Audiard follows up Rust and Bone with a nuanced and gratifying immigration tale.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Green Room – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Blue Ruin director Jeremy Saulnier delivers another consummately crafted backwoods thriller.
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Mon Roi – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Bercot find a (not so) groovy kind of love in Maïwenn’s drab relationship drama.

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