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Cannes got it wrong this year with Cristian Mungiu’s very moderate Fjord winning Palme d’Or

Film about a couple on trial for child abuse isn’t a patch on the director’s previous Palme winner, while other disappointing films seemed to grab the jury’s attention

Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize

Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize

Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize

‘I thought I was the saviour of the planet’: how Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray found a wellness cult – and lost her mind

She landed a role in hit TV show Skins at 17 and went on to star in the fantasy epic. Then she was drawn towards a mysterious spiritual community. How did she end up being sectioned?

From The Mandalorian and Grogu to Dear England: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The helmeted Star Wars hero and ‘baby Yoda’ get a big-screen adventure, while James Graham’s play about England boss Gareth Southgate comes to TV

French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in

The conservative tycoon’s grip on media and cinema is unhealthy. An EU fund could protect democracy in perpetuity says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst

Wuthering Heights director regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s ‘extremely hairy armpits’

Emerald Fennell says period-realistic scene emphasising Cathy’s lack of razors was shot but did not make final cut

The Birthday Party review – grimly compulsive unhappy occasion in deepest France

Cannes film festival: This could be better paced but the crisis which descends on an up-against-it dairy farm is delivered by some very memorable goons

The Dreamed Adventure review – beautiful but opaque Bulgarian tale of digging up the past

Cannes film festival: Valeska Grisebach’s complex drama tracks an archaeologist whose mountain dig is interrupted by an old friend with rather dirtier hands

Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe

Cannes film festival: Lukas Dhont’s first world war-set gay romance is a heartfelt examination of cowardice and lives lived in secret amid the brutality of battle

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  • Cannes got it wrong this year with Cristian Mungiu’s very moderate Fjord winning Palme d’Or
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord
  • ‘I thought I was the saviour of the planet’: how Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray found a wellness cult – and lost her mind
  • From The Mandalorian and Grogu to Dear England: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in
  • Wuthering Heights director regrets not showing Margot Robbie’s ‘extremely hairy armpits’
  • The Birthday Party review – grimly compulsive unhappy occasion in deepest France
  • The Dreamed Adventure review – beautiful but opaque Bulgarian tale of digging up the past
  • Coward review – soldiers find escapism and romance in wartime theatrical troupe
  • Little glitz and underperforming auteurs: how Cannes 2026 went – and who will win
  • Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?
  • Digested week: memories of Covid resurface with hantavirus and Ebola news
  • The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least
  • ‘We’ve got 25 to 30% already shot’: sequel to Michael Jackson biopic on way, says studio
  • ‘We needed a Hitler who really vibed with the dog’: meet Lexie, the world’s first cinemadographer
  • Is This Thing On? to Fuze: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmonic openness for Louis Malle’s haunting noir thriller
  • Ladies First review – Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike come last in one-joke Netflix comedy
  • End of the Rainbow review – Jinkx Monsoon’s Judy Garland could be the talk of the town
  • TV tonight: Emilia Clarke’s stylish, fun cold war thriller
  • Lupita Nyong’o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: ‘Our cast is representative of the world’
  • The Black Ball review – the complicated secrets of gay sexuality in Spain are brilliantly told
  • Italian police stop party attended by Mick Jagger over music ban
  • Passenger review – generic jumpscare horror offers bumpy journey to nowhere

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