Cannes Film Festival — A–Z of films

François Gédigier's inspired editing trusts that mismatched sounds and images form an emotional whole.

Egoyan has made an edgy and contemporary psychological thriller.

An authentic, no-holds barred roller coaster ride, which gives fresh hope for a new wave of British cinema.

There is much irony on the theme of generational gulfs, internet obsessions and the nature of creativity and culture. Unfortunately none of it rings true.

Be prepared for scenes you finish in your own head to haunt you.

Gong Li is magnificent as always.

How the characters deal with grief is beautifully captured in the nuanced performances of McAvoy and Chastain.

A clever film, shot with sophistication, which ... propelled Eastwood to international stardom.

The couple's tension merely becomes irritating after a while.

Bennett Miller has secured his place at the forefront of directors who excel at character studies.

Production designer Olivier Radot and costume designer Pascaline Chavanne revel in the colors and textures of Seventies casino ambiance.

This film includes a lot of material that will make viewers uncomfortable, but never gratuitously.

Transformation is coming, although as with Sciamma's previous films this is not a simple, one-way manoeuvre, completed in double-quick time

Kidman is 47. She's an actress playing an actress, not a Catholic girl from Philly with all the enthusiasm of youth

Jones spares none of the gory details in his depiction of the way the West really was.

There is no tension, no expectation of trouble. Happiness infuses the land

Hippocrates is an engaging coming-of-age drama centring on the problems within public medicine in France as budget cuts bite.

A simple but compelling dynamic... the execution is superb.

Loach gives voice with eloquence to the disenfranchised and celebrates the spirit of working people.

Stunningly shot by cinematographer Timo Salminen, who illuminated landscapes as if they were Eckersberg paintings, the film is framed in 4:3 aspect ratio, creating the sense that there's always something just out of sight.

Dumont - for all the outlandishness of the film in other aspects - prioritises a messy realism over straightforward likeability in relation to his protagonists.

The plot quickly runs out of narrative drive, preferring to deluge the senses with symbolic and surrealistic images.

Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

Purely observational though it is, this is a film that becomes devastating in its intensity.

Moore gives a frank and funny portrayal of female status at a certain age in the Dream Factory.

The energy and sheer visual bravura carry it along.

What is truly amazing about the film is the way cinematographer Dick Pope evokes Turner’s colour palette.

What comes through is a sense of the vast number of tasks the museum must carry out to cover its remit as a public service.

Ben-Shlush is riveting in the central role.

Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Burger and Theis direct with one voice, staying close to their characters and finding rhythm in the details of dance or a walk.

A feelgood parable of human nature's ability to extract the positive from a negative.

Anchoring the audience with a perennial fence-sitter allows more room for the inevitable impact of the characters' stories, without the weight of an absolute ideological argument.

A suspenseful and jittery depiction of how fear can nestle in the place where you should feel safest.

Only the gun speaks

Wenders as a curious, excited filmmaker stretches out his hands to show us all the treasures he has found.

War by any other name

Hazanavicius creates scenes of conflict that have echoes of everything from Apocalypse Now to Full Metal Jacket.

In Gaspard Ulliel, Bonello has found an actor who not only looks the part but eases under Saint Laurent's skin with sensitivity.

The relatable, compassionately told story should easily appeal to both adults and younger folk.

A compelling, interesting and well-acted redemption tale.

The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

Hooper infects characters and viewers alike with the thrill of a madness from which there can be no real escape.

Marion Cotillard tenderly lets us in on every nuance of dread, every vital decision.

Ferociously funny.

Ceylan explores such themes as moral responsibility, class and altruism with rigour.

Wisdom is quiet and the future a mystery

The film takes on a masterful intesity as mental health as well as music begins to be at stake.