‘We’re expanding the cinematic toolbox’: AI fault lines on show at Cannes
Darren Aronofsky among proponents of using technology, while Guillermo del Toro says he would ‘rather die’
Cannes got it wrong this year by awarding Palme d’Or to Cristian Mungiu’s very moderate Fjord
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
‘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
Little glitz and underperforming auteurs: how Cannes 2026 went – and who will win
As this year’s Cannes ordinaire draws to a close, our chief critic examines what went wrong and predicts the who’ll take home the prizes – including the fabled Braddies
‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man
His starring role in Richard Gadd’s brutal toxic masculinity series is a far cry from his days as Billy Elliot. The actor opens up about gruelling shoots, dancing on toilets – and why he can’t ever just chill out
Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?
The world’s richest man can’t stop posting about how Lupita Nyong’o was chosen to play an imaginary woman
Digested week: memories of Covid resurface with hantavirus and Ebola news
Plus, John Travolta’s beret, Rachel Reeves reclaims basic civility and Judy Garland comes to east London
The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least
As a standalone, the new adventure is perfectly fine matinee fodder – but the galaxy is now so congested that we seem doomed to shiny retreads of the same old story