Cannes Film Festival

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  The Big Blue

  Review preview for The Big Blue

  The Big Blue is pure cinéma du look.

  Two of the best ‘free’ divers in the world are set to compete against each other at the world championships.
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  Happy As Lazzaro

  Review preview for Happy As Lazzaro

  Newcomer Tardiolo is splendid in the lead.

  A young nobleman asks a peasant to help fake his own kidnapping.
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  In My Room

  Review preview for In My Room

  Patrick Orth's cinematography gives this a beguiling warmth but it's really Löw's performance that makes it work.

  A bored man suddenly realises that everyone around him has disappeared and he isn't sure what happened.
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  Long Day's Journey Into Night

  Review preview for Long Day's Journey Into Night

  This is immersive cinema, designed to be experienced rather than just watched.

  A man returns to the town of his birth 12 years after having committed a still-unpunished murder. Memories of the enigmatic and beautiful woman for whom he killed resurface, confronting him with unbearable revelations.
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  Arctic

  Review preview for Arctic

  Joe Penna's thriller is as lean and spare as life up in the Arctic wilderness.

  A tragic accident leaves a man stranded in the Arctic with no hope of rescue.
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  Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blaché

  Review preview for Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blaché

  Green's richly detailed documentary is a portrait of a remarkable woman, a love letter to early cinema and a fascinating detective story all in one.

  Documentary about the first woman director, producer and director of a studio in the history of cinema.
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  Asako I & II

  Review preview for Asako I & II

  Higashide will no doubt attract most attention, impressive in his ability to inhabit two very different characters, yet it's Karata who is the power at the heart of the film.

  Asako is a 21-year-old woman, living in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku who has a free spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and she meets Ryohei. He looks just like her ex-boyfriend Baku, but he has a completely different personality.
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  The Load

  Review preview for The Load

  Glavonic, who has a background in documentary, has crafted a moody and broody piece, built less on onscreen incident than the oppressive atmosphere and offscreen imaginings.

  A truck driver is tasked with transporting mysterious cargo across a scorched landscape from Kosovo to Belgrade during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
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  Yomeddine

  Review preview for Yomeddine

  Shawky allows his characters to sit firmly in the driving seat.

  A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
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  Birds Of Passage

  Review preview for Birds Of Passage

  The rituals set in motion at the start, also tune us into the wavelength of portent, so that a heron's feet on a rug or the sound of locusts carry at least as much threat as the site of a loaded gun.

  Story of a family who become involved with the drugs trade.

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Features

• Deconstructing oppressions
  Eva Husson on Girls Of The Sun and Martha Gellhorn
• Rhythm and logic
  Pierre Salvadori and Pio Marmaï on The Trouble With You
• The lives of others
  Nadine Labaki on Capernaum and the way the refugee crisis affects children
• The hour of the wolf
  Margarethe von Trotta on Searching For Ingmar Bergman
• A great communicator
  Wim Wenders on the refugee crisis, the power of nature, and Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word
• The many faces of Marion
  Piaf actress on Ismael's Ghosts, freedom, family and #MeToo
• Emotional response
  Marta Bergman on the heroine's journey in Alone At My Wedding
• After the carnival
  Wim Wenders on symbols of Catholicism and Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word
• These are the words
  Wim Wenders on his first meeting for Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word
• Spider Man in the Hollywood Hills
  David Robert Mitchell serves up a Los Angeles noir thriller in Cannes
• Spike Lee puts Trump in Cannes firing line
  Charlottesville riot provides powerful coda to film
• Honoré goes back to the future
  Director on sex in the Nineties, nudity, seduction and desire
• Mulligan detects hope on the horizon
  Wildfire star on pay parity and workplace etiquette
• How Cruz and Bardem split life and work
  Farhadi wrote Cannes opener roles with couple in mind
• Blanchett seeks a winner with durability
  Cannes jury president talks gender balance and awards

News

• Labaki to take up Cannes jury duties
  Capernaum director in charge of Un Certain Regard
• Margarethe von Trotta receives Ulfers Foundation Award
  Retrospective scheduled for November
• Shoplifters nabs Palme d’Or in Cannes
  Spike Lee, Pawlikowski, and Panahi among winners
• Critics make their choices in Cannes
  Burning, Girl and One Day receive recognition
• Troll "love story" scoops top prize
  Cannes Un Certain Regard prizes revealed
• Palm Dog for Dogman
  Crime drama's gang of pooches take top prize
• Diamantino takes Critics’ Week prize
  First-time filmmakers impress with football satire
• Wajib takes top prize at Arab Cinema Center Critics Awards
  A Taste Of Cement named best documentary
• New Star Wars damp squib in Cannes
  Lukewarm response to blockbuster premiere
• Von Trier’s heaven and hell
  Cannes walk-outs at serial killer premiere
• Women on the march in Cannes
  Blanchett, Stewart, DuVernay, Cotillard and Hayek join red carpet call for equality
• Don Quixote to go ahead in Cannes
  Terry Gilliam will attend despite stroke
• Cannes takes a stand on abuse
  Hotline opened for victims to report and seek help
• Cannes’ Frémaux enters the fray
  Director schmoozes the media ahead of festival opening
• Cannes Quixote battle rages on
  Festival organisers side with Gilliam
• The curse of Quixote looms over Cannes
  Gilliam and producer fight it out in court
• Kenya bans Cannes-selected film
  Rafiki would "promote lesbianism," say censors
• Von Trier returns to Cannes
  Banned director given reprieve as festival adds titles
• Cannes Competition jury line-up complete
  Stewart, DuVernay and Seydoux on Blanchett’s panel
• Cannes Quinzaine takes flight
  Strong Latin American presence in selection
• Carey Mulligan leads Critics’ Week
  Cannes sidebar reveals selection
• Spike Lee and Panahi head Cannes Competition
  Question mark hangs over Von Trier as line-up announced
• Netflix turns its back on Cannes
  Row descends in to tit-for-tat tactics ahead of launch
• Cannes kiss sets the mood for Festival
  Poster image revealed ahead of launch day
• Cannes Netflix row simmers again
  Five titles under “threat" as programme launch nears
• New Stars Wars enters the Cannes galaxy
  The young Solo revealed in latest saga by Ron Howard
• Cruz and Bardem to open Cannes
  Everybody Knows by Farhadi in prime Competition slot
• Del Toro to head Un Certain Regard jury in Cannes
  Organisers hail 'artist who knows no boundaries'
• Klein image for Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
  Celebration of strand’s 50th anniversary.
• Nolan to present Kubrick classic in Cannes
  Original version of 2001: A Space Odyssey to be shown on film
• Critics protest at Cannes changes
  Groups lobby festival organisers with concerns
• Trier takes charge of Cannes Critics’ Week jury
  Sevigny and Biscayart join the line-up
• Meier on a mission to find best first film
  Swiss film-maker at the helm of Cannes Camera d’Or jury
• Cannes snap decision
  Selfies banned from red carpet
• Blanchett to be president of Cannes
  Cate takes on jury role for 71st edition

Galleries

• First images of The House That Jack Built
  Uma Thurman and Matt Dillon in Von Trier's film