Cannes Film Festival

Speaking about his newest film, the Iranian director reflects on filmmaking under oppression, the art of performance and the dark humour that keeps his work alive

Florence Platarets’s new documentary on the late auteur inadvertently asks whether Cannes Film Festival has lost its taste for radical politics

From Jonathan Glazer's triumphant Cannes debut to the first Sudanese production to be honoured by the festival, here are six films to keep an eye out for this year

Ahead of the UK premiere of ‘Triangle of Sadness’, the Swedish director talks to Rory O’Connor about his latest jab at the mega rich

As Memoria opens across the UK, the acclaimed Thai director talks to Rory O’Connor about casting Tilda Swinton and the power of the big screen

The surreal rock opera, which opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is a gritty musical examining sex, power and family relations under intense glare of fame

In the lead-up to her film, Bergman Island (2021), director Mia Hansen-Løve talks about the task of capturing youth and the future of cinema

In a year charged with politicized tensions, mastery of craft trumps truth-to-power commentary

Netflix is actively and self-servingly restricting the platforms films can occupy, but it’s not the only one grumbling about Cannes’s fussy rules

In further news: Gillian Ayres (1930-2018); Met appoints Max Hollein as director; Cannes announces official selection

Ruben Östlund's The Square wins the Palme d'or; the Walker Art Center to remove a Sam Durant piece after protests

Celebrating its 70th anniversary, a preview of some of the highlights of this year’s festival which opens today

On Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, the critics’ favourite at this year's Cannes Film Festival

British artists rally against Brexit and Ken Loach claims his second Palme d’Or 

It’s high time the film industry started taking women seriously

A round-up of websites celebrating women in the film industry

Will this be the year that a woman wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes?