Damien Chazelle’s technically accomplished Moon landing drama, starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, fails to achieve lift off.
Their feature-length western will screen in competition alongside new works from Luca Guadagnino, Jennifer Kent and Alfonso Cuarón.
The writer/director will be hoping to use the festival as a launchpad for next year’s Oscars.
By Ed Gibbs
Frances McDormand unleashes hell in the blackest of black comedies, courtesy of Martin McDonagh.
By Ed Gibbs
Vince Vaughn plays against type in S Craig Zahler’s ultra-violent grindhouse romp.
By Ed Gibbs
George Clooney directs this timely and terrifically twisted fable set in 1950s suburban America.
By Ed Gibbs
Andrew Haigh’s beautifully crafted latest follows one boy’s journey of self-discovery across America.
By Ed Gibbs
William Friedkin revisits his Exorcist franchise with a bizarre doc grounded more in melodrama than cold hard fact.
By Ed Gibbs
Alexander Payne’s gentle satire has a point to make about the state of the union – and the future of planet Earth.
Natalie Portman gives a stunning central performance in this emotional portrait of the iconic First Lady.
Cannibals and Keanu Reeves abound in Ana Lily Amirpour’s crazed vision of post-society America.
There’s shades of Lars von Trier in this exquisitely crafted period piece from director Stéphane Brizé.
By Ed Gibbs
The cult filmmaker shares stories and archive from his childhood, while still managing to remain as elusive as ever.
By Ed Gibbs
Andrew Dominik’s documentary about Nick Cave’s new album offers a gentle, haunting portrait of a family consumed with grief.
Mad Mel returns to the director‘s chair, preaching pacifism in a church whose walls are splashed with gore.
By Ed Gibbs
Paolo Sorrentino transitions to the small screen (with a Jude Law assist) and comes up trumps.
François Ozon returns with a full-bodied tale of stunted romance and the pained legacy of warfare.
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