Cannes

Happy as Lazzaro – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Alice Rohrwacher brings a touch of rustic magical realism to Cannes with an enigmatic film about a young Italian farmhand.

Shoplifters – first look review

By David Jenkins

Another bittersweet bon-bon concerning the agreeable hum of domestic life from Japan’s Hirokazu Koreeda.

3 Faces – first look review

By David Jenkins

Movies and stories are everywhere in the beguiling new film by Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

Girl – first look review

By David Jenkins

This brilliant rites of passage drama from Belgium sees a trans girl fighting to become a career ballerina.

Climax – first look review

By Adam Woodward

It’s party time in Gaspar Noé’s latest about a dance ensemble’s dizzying descent into hell.

Girls of the Sun – first look review

By Adam Woodward

Eva Husson’s timely ode to female resistance and survival sees an all-female Kurdish battalion take on ISIS.

L’Ange – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Luis Ortega’s portrait of a real-life Argentinian serial killer makes for a fascinating character study.

Sauvage – first look review

By Ella Kemp

This passionate debut from Camille Vidal-Naquet boldly challenges our perceptions of male sex workers.

Ash is Purest White – first look review

By Adam Woodward

China’s foremost auteur Jia Zhangke returns with a stirring and constantly surprising social critique.

Image Book – first look review

By David Jenkins

Obscure doesn’t even begin to cover the intractable delights of the latest cine-sortie from Jean-Luc Godard.

Sorry Angel – first look review

By David Jenkins

This eloquent and expressive gay romance from Christophe Honoré is one of the director’s finest achievements.

Summer (Leto) – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

This shapeless, drama-free dirge through the rock scene in 1980s Leningrad has no place in the Cannes competition.

Cold War – first look review

By David Jenkins

This miniature monochrome epic from Pawel Pawlikowski is a extraordinary piece of cinematic craftsmanship.

Yomeddine – first look review

By Manuela Lazic

This sweet but slight Egyptian road movie follows a leper and an orphan on the road to self-discovery.

Everybody Knows – first look review

By Adam Woodward

Asghar Farhadi returns to Cannes with a slowburn domestic drama about secrets, lies and unsettled scores.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote may not screen at Cannes after all…

By Adam Woodward

Legal action could prevent Terry Gilliam’s passion project from premiering at the festival next month.

The year revolution brought the Cannes Film Festival to a halt

By Justine Smith

The events of May ’68 had a profound impact on the film world.

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