Cannes
From prison to the Palme d’Or: Jafar Panahi’s defiant message to the world
Iranian director Jafar Panahi said seeing his secretly made film with an audience after 15 years was the most exciting liberty.
- Stephanie Bunbury
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Arson, dissidents and jabs at Trump: The biggest moments from the 78th Cannes Film Festival
From power outages to lobster-stealing seagulls, here are the best, weirdest and most notable moments from La Croisette this year.
- Stephanie Bunbury
Power outage across Cannes during film festival being treated as sabotage
An arson attack at a substation and damage to a transmission tower cut off power in the area, French authorities said.
- Aurelien Breeden and Kyle Buchanan
Nicole Kidman honoured at Cannes, and looking for new female directors
This is the 32nd festival for the Australian actor. She reflects on the promise she made there in 2017.
- Stephanie Bunbury
‘Rules go out the window’: Why Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons can’t say no to Yorgos Lanthimos
The actors star in the ‘really weird’ Kinds of Kindness, which was made before the Oscar-winning Poor Things was even released.
- Stephanie Bunbury
The biggest, weirdest and best Cannes films to keep an eye on this year
This year’s Cannes festival was largely defined by bold, daring and outright strange films. Here are six titles you should be across.
- Nell Geraets
The Cannes red carpet always delivers drama. This year was no exception
From surprise appearances to Greta Gerwig in horse heels, here are six of the biggest moments from this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
- Nell Geraets
New Donald Trump biopic includes controversial rape scene
The film, titled The Apprentice, charts the former president’s rise to wealth and power in the 1970s and 80s.
- Craig Simpson
‘Deliciously bonkers’: Aussie film starring Nicolas Cage makes a splash at Cannes
The US actor had fans screaming and bellowing as he appeared at Cannes for the first time in more than 30 years.
- Garry Maddox
Masterpiece or disaster? Megalopolis and the art of the self-funded passion project
Bold new films from The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner show there are still mavericks in American cinema, but can they pull it off?
- Garry Maddox
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