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The Phoenician Scheme review – Mia Threapleton shines in Wes Anderson’s muted new confection

Benicio Del Toro and Michael Cera are essentially wingmen to Kate Winslet’s daughter, making a breakthrough big screen turn in Anderson’s enjoyable yet airless ensemble romp

My Father’s Shadow review – subtle and intelligent coming-of-age tale set in 1993 Nigeria

British-Nigerian film-maker Akinola Davies Jr makes a strong directorial debut with this deft and intriguing tale of an absent father briefly reunited with his two young sons

Kevin Spacey to be celebrated at Cannes’ Better World gala

Actor will receive lifetime achievement award on Tuesday for his ‘enduring impact on cinema and the arts’ and ‘decades of artistic brilliance’

Pillion review – 50 shades of BDSM Wallace and Gromit in brilliant Bromley biker romance

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling play unlikely lovers in this sweet and extremely revealing first-time drama from Harry Lighton, adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’ Box Hill

‘Extreme anxiety and extreme depression’: Jennifer Lawrence says she felt ‘like an alien’ as a new mother

The actor and co-star Robert Pattinson have each spoken about their experiences of early parenthood ahead of the premiere of Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love

Urchin review – Harris Dickinson’s homelessness drama is a terrific directorial debut

The Triangle of Sadness and Babygirl actor has made a strong, singular and sometimes surreal first film behind the camera, with a superb central turn from Frank Dillane

Die My Love review – Jennifer Lawrence excels in intensely sensual study of a woman in meltdown

Lawrence excels as a woman whose bipolar disorder is exacerbated by husband Robert Pattinson’s infidelity, with super-strength direction from Lynne Ramsay

‘Fight back and don’t let them win’: actor Pedro Pascal decries Trump’s attacks on artists

Comments at Cannes come after US president’s social media posts against Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift

The Chronology of Water review – Kristen Stewart makes a traumatic splash with directorial debut

Imogen Poots takes the lead in Stewart’s choppy but compelling adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir of abuse and sexual uncertainty

Eddington review – Ari Aster’s tedious Covid western masks drama and mutes his stars

Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler have little to work with in this disappointing dud from the Hereditary and Midsommar director

‘A push towards the conservative’: Cannes tries to ban oversized outfits and naked dressing

Festival’s rules designed to protect ‘decency’ and seating arrangements stir controversy among those who read them

The Little Sister review – a discerning drama of queer Muslim coming-of-age

Hafsia Herzi’s film manages sexuality with confidence, featuring an affecting lead performance from newcomer Nadia Melliti

Kristen Stewart says Donald Trump’s effect on the film industry is ‘terrifying’

The actor who is making her directorial debut with The Chronology of Water at the Cannes film festival says ‘we should expect the worst and fight for the best’

Show me the tummy! Tom Cruise doesn’t need sleep, help or clothes in Mission: Impossible

The Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?

Dossier 137 review – tense gilets-jaunes thriller divides cop’s loyalties over police brutality

A taut, charged procedural from Dominik Moll follows a conflicted officer investigating a teenage protester’s injuries

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