Cannes Film Festival

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  You And The Night

  Review preview for You And The Night

  It's bold, impetuous and willing to bite off far more than it can chew. One doesn't see enough of this sort of thing these days.

  A couple prepare to welcome guests for the evening but the atmosphere is tense.
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  Hiroshima Mon Amour

  Review preview for Hiroshima Mon Amour

  Even after many viewings it is difficult to fully grasp the film's historical significance, storytelling innovations and stylistic brilliance.

  A French actress making an anti-war film embarks on an affair with a married man.
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  Inside Llewyn Davis

  Review preview for Inside Llewyn Davis

  The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

  One week in the life of a talented, failed singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village, New York, in the Sixties
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  Venus In Fur

  Review preview for Venus In Fur

  Seigner is wonderfully playful and her bold risk taking shows how much she trusts Polanski.

  An actress endeavours to convince a director of her talents so she can win a part in the play based on Sacher-Masoch's novel.
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  Last Days On Mars

  Review preview for Last Days On Mars

  A stunning doom-laden score manages to imbue even underwhelming moments with a sense of both unease and unexpected pathos.

  Astronauts working on Mars gradually fall prey to a mysterious force.
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  The Dance Of Reality

  Review preview for The Dance Of Reality

  Brontis really does steal the show, offering a multi-layered, sensitive performance that begs the question why we haven't seen more of him over the years.

  The director looks back at his childhood in Chile.
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  Blue Ruin

  Review preview for Blue Ruin

  Visually arresting, impressively taut and enjoyably idiosyncratic.

  Unexpected news transforms an easy-going vagrant into a man bent on revenge.
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  All Is Lost

  Review preview for All Is Lost

  It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

  One man must battle to survive after his boat sinks in the ocean.
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  Salvo

  Review preview for Salvo

  Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.

  Life changes for a professional assassin because of a witness.
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  The Golden Dream

  Review preview for The Golden Dream

  A flowing, lyrical film, at times startlingly beautiful, The Golden Dream hypnotises the viewer with its constant movement, its unceasing rhythm.

  A group of Guatemalan teenagers tries to make it to the US.

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Features

• Life and movement
  Jasmine Trinca on the physicality of her role in Honey and roles for women in Italian cinema.
• Fusion cinema
  Rebecca Zlotowski on music, love and going nuclear in Grand Central.
• A taste of Honey
  Valeria Golino on her award-winning film, breaking boundaries, the meaning of rabbits and more.
• Achieving greatness
  Paolo Sorrentino on The Great Beauty, music, fashion and flamingos.
• New York Film Festival - diary two
  Stars talk All Is Lost, The Last Of The Unjust and Nebraska.
• In the family
  Hirokazu Kore-eda on Like Father, Like Son
• To The Lighthouse and beyond
  David Lowery in conversation about Ain't Them Bodies Saints.
• The art of forgiveness
  Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas on Only God Forgives.
• Nicholas, the exorcist
  Nicholas Winding Refn and Kristin Scott Thomas on Only God Forgives.
• Bed and bawd Behind The Candelabra
  Matt Damon on getting into bed with Michael Douglas.
• Bérénice's Cannes countdown
  The Artist star is among those looking forward to the big event.
• Addressing The Great Gatsby
  A look at the costumes in Baz Luhrmann's spectacular.

News

• Palme Bleu
  Blue Is The Warmest Colour wins Cannes Palme d'Or
• Blue is a winning colour
  Abdellatif Kechiche is the critics' favourite.
• Needle wins Cinéfondation award
  Anahita Ghazvinizadeh's short wins Cannes accolade
• Bling sting at Cannes
  Thieves strike again at festival
• Italian thriller wins Cannes Critics’ Week
  Salvo takes the prize.
• Canet’s American Dream
  Behind the scenes of Blood Ties.
• Feline groovy
  Coens at Cannes reveal how cat saved the day for Inside Llewyn Davis.
• Catch the thief - if you cannes
  Jewel thieves target festival.
• Spielberg turns the tables
  Head of the Cannes jury, Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman & Lynne Ramsay on the task ahead.
• Making a great Gatsby
  Baz Luhrmann and Leonardo DiCaprio on trying to be faithful to Fitzgerald.
• On the heritage trail with Cannes Classics
  We look forward to what's coming back.
• Triple Vision at close of Critics' Week
  Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pêra to explore 3D at Cannes.
• Kidman glitters on Spielberg’s Cannes Jury
  Full Spielberg team announced.
• Kim Novak back in the limelight
  Iconic star to introduce restored Vertigo in Cannes.
• Gore and grins on a budget
  Cannes Directors' Fortnight reveals line-up.
• The critics' choice for Cannes
  Semaine de la Critique selection unveiled.
• Sci-fi to open Directors' Fornight
  The Congress heads for Cannes.
• Coens in the Cannes
  We look at the films set to compete on the Croisette this year.
• Zulu to close Cannes
  Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker thriller will end 66th edition.
• Audrey Tautou to host at Cannes
  Amélie actress will preside over festival's opening and closing ceremonies.
• Great Gatsby to open Cannes
  Baz Luhrmann's film to get motor running on 66th edition.