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 Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s new film is a hectic, garrulous, breezily agreeable comedy of midlife emotional upheaval, unencumbered by any serious or permanent concern about any of the passion and heartache that it briefly encounters. It’s also a movie that declines to allow its characters to be changed in any way by the ...

By Peter Bradshaw

Cannes 2026: Park Chan-wook and Demi Moore ready to judge festival contenders

It's Day 1 of the annual cinematic marathon for the Cannes  jury weighing up the features in competition for the Palme d'Or, with 22 films to consider. Critic Emma Jones tells us more about the members of director Park Chan-wook's jury, and we discuss the first two competition screenings: "Nagi Notes" and "A Woman's Life", as well as the hotly anticipated features from Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodovar and Cristian Mungiu.

By Olivia SALAZAR-WINSPEAR

The best and worst outfits at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival so far

Jane Fonda at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images The Cannes Film Festival is underway in France between May 12 and May 23. Stars like Jane Fonda and Demi Moore have already attended in glamorous outfits. Others, like Heidi Klum, missed the mark with their red-carpet fashion. The red carpet has officially been rolled out in Cannes, France. Celebrities are flocking to the resort city this week to celebrate the Cannes Film Festival, which showcases new films and pr...

Vin Diesel Cries Remembering Paul Walker at ‘The Fast and the Furious’ Cannes Midnight Screening: ‘I Pray That in Your Life You Have a Brother Like Paul’

Vin Diesel couldn’t help but shed a few tears as the credits rolled on the special midnight screening of “The Fast and the Furious” at Cannes. It was enough that the festival considered the high-octane racing movie a “classic” after all these years. But, the emotion was heightened by watching his bond with the late […]

By Zack Sharf

Vin Diesel Tears Up Talking About Paul Walker at the ’Fast & Furious’ Cannes Screening

Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and Meadow Walker, the daughter of late 'Fast' actor Paul Walker, were also on hand at the Palais.

By Mia Galuppo

Cannes: a forgotten Hong Kong film that is part of Cyprus’ memory

A forgotten Hong Kong martial arts film shot in Cyprus in the summer of 1990 is finding new life more than three decades later through a new documentary that is now heading to the Cannes Film Festival. Tracking: the Cyprus Tigers, directed by Cypriot filmmaker Andreas Kyriacou and produced by Stavros Papageorgiou, has been officially […]

Halsey To Star In & Co-Write Psycho-Sexual Horror ‘Replacer’ With Avan Jogia Directing & Lily Wachowski Exec Producing — Cannes Market

U.S. pop star and budding actress Halsey is set to star in Replacer, a “psycho-sexual horror” written by the singer and actor-director Avan Jogia, with Jogia directing, and Lily Wachowski exec-producing. The synopsis reads: “Stranded in Montreal, Proxy (Halsey), a troubled DJ, meets an alluring artist and his group of friends who run an underground […]

By Andreas Wiseman

Vin Diesel, cast reunite in Cannes to mark Fast And Furious 25th anniversary milestone

Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez were at Cannes Film Festival for the 25th anniversary screening of The Fast And The Furious.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Review

I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun’s latest, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is a sexy, silly, sweet, sincere, and stellar horror gem.

By Arnold T. Blumberg

See Vin Diesel Share Sweet Moment With Paul Walker's Daughter Meadow

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker weren't friends—they were family.  And the Fast and Furious star is continuing that connection to Paul's loved ones by reuniting with his daughter Meadow Walker at the...