Cannes Film Festival
‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Review: Animated French Charmer Portrays the Magic and Terror of Early Childhood
Directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han adapt Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb's bestselling autobiographical novel, which follows a 2-year-old girl growing up in Japan in the 1960s.
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Why Joachim Trier Dropped the Irony in ‘Sentimental Value’: “I Had to Be a Better Director”
With his new film, the Danish-Norwegian director plays it straight for an emotionally direct family drama: "With this one, I needed to talk about intimate, more tender things."
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‘Caravan’ Review: A Tough and Intimate Czech Drama Carried by a Superb Lead Actress
Ana Geislerova stars in director Zuzana Kirchnerova's first feature, which premiered in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar before screening at Karlovy Vary.
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Finn Bennett Was Sure He Flubbed His Audition for ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Series
After accepting a Chopard Trophy during the Cannes Film Festival, the actor sat with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss his career highlights, what it was like to film ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ and the best advice he got from Jodie Foster.
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‘Lucky Lu’ Review: An Authentically Downbeat New York Story About a Chinese Migrant Struggling to Welcome His Family
Forest Whitaker executive produced the first feature by Korean-Canadian director Lloyd Lee Choi, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes.
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‘Magellan’ Review: Gael Garcia Bernal Plays the Famous Explorer in Lav Diaz’s Exquisitely Shot Challenge of an Arthouse Epic
The 160-minute feature depicts the decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific.
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Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes Palme d’Or for ‘It Was Just an Accident’
Neon, which acquired the new film from the dissident Iranian director for North America a few days ago, has picked the Palme winner for the sixth year in a row.
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Cannes Power Outage Disrupts City, Festival Continues
A regional power outage, apparently caused by sabotage on electrical infrastructure, hit southern France on Saturday, disrupting the final day of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
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Cannes: Eugene Jarecki on Why ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ Subject Julian Assange is “Probably Not Dr. Evil”
In his new documentary, Jarecki confronts the U.S.-led smear campaign against Assange with new evidence that challenges the mainstream narrative around the WikiLeaks founder.
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‘Amrum’ Review: Diane Kruger in Fatih Akin’s Sentimental Drama Set During the Last Days of Nazi Germany
In the 'Head-On' director's latest, a 12-year-old boy living on an island off the coast of Germany embarks on a series of adventures to get his mother bread, butter and honey.
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Cannes Gives Warm Welcome to Dardennes and ‘Young Mother’s Home’
The two-time Palme d'Or winners bring another slice of Belgian social realism to the Croisette with a tale of 5 young women working for a better life for themselves and their children.
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‘Resurrection’ Review: Director Bi Gan’s Beguiling, Beautifully Realized Journey Through the Life, Death and Possible Rebirth of Cinema
The director of ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ returns to Cannes with a century-spanning movie-tale made in the cinematic style of five different epochs.
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