Spit, vomit and a banned baby: Cannes controversies – ranked!
For every standing ovation there’s a riotous backlash – the film festival’s history is littered with boos, protests, furious rows and career-defining disasters
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review – Gillian Anderson superb in queer slasher spectacular
Young indie film-maker Kris tracks down Anderson’s Final Girl for a remake of a beloved horror, to find fantasy and reality collapsed
A Woman’s Life review – a breezy comedy of midlife crisis and same-sex affair
Cannes film festival: Léa Drucker gives a bravura performance as a brilliant surgeon whose already chaotic life is further complicated by a same-sex affair with a journalist
Butterfly Jam review – Barry Keoghan can’t save this New Jersey misstep
Cannes film festival: The Irish actor plays a disillusioned Circassian chef with a knack with animals in Kantemir Balagov’s clunky third film
Nagi Notes review – clear, calm light shed on criss-crossed family passions
Cannes film festival: Set in a beautifully filmed provincial Japanese town, what could have been a soapy drama is told with poetic restraint and subtlety by Kôji Fukada
Cannes is a beautiful, gruelling circus. I wouldn’t quit it for anything
The festival is a celebration of cinema and a frantic trade show all at once. After 25 years, I can’t help but go back, says critic Agnès Poirier
The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic
Cannes film festival: Pierre Salvadori’s whimsical period farce about a fake medium and a grief-stricken painter has charm and elegance, but its romantic fantasy never quite ignites
Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival
Absence of big US films heralds renewed focus on international cinema that underpins festival’s reputation
‘I should have kicked him even harder. He deserved it’: Eric Cantona comes out fighting
A new documentary at Cannes film festival looks at the French footballer’s five turbulent and triumphant seasons in Manchester – and the love story between him and manager Alex Ferguson
Sydney film festival 2026: nine of the best movies and one free event
With 248 films to choose from, highlights include The Death of Robin Hood, Leviticus and a ‘psychosexual horror’ starring Hacks’ Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson
As a schoolboy, I was dazzled by the Festival of Britain – but it revealed a divided nation
From the Dome of Discovery to the massive cigar-shaped Skylon, the spectacular cultural showcase was an exhilarating sight in 1951. The Tories demolished those prime exhibits yet, 75 years on, it has a significant legacy
Turangalîla: Infinite Love review – RPO and 1927 Studios bring Messiaen to joyous and vibrant life
Part of the Southbank’s Multitudes festival, this pairing of silent movie and Messiaen was a feast for the eyes and ears
Cannes did camera: how the film festival loves to watch itself
From An Almost Perfect Affair to Mr Bean’s Holiday, there’s nothing the festival enjoys more than seeing itself on screen. The next season of The White Lotus is tapping into that rich tradition – can it capture the Côte d’Azur’s peculiar magic?
Cannes looks beyond Hollywood as US film-makers mostly fail to make the grade
The 79th edition of the influential festival boasts an auteur-heavy lineup – with one, very big, country conspicuous by its almost total absence
Gillian Anderson and Cara Delevingne to hit Cannes as auteur heavyweights dominate festival lineup
The 79th edition of the film festival will see work by Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda and László Nemes considered for the coveted Palme d’Or