Cannes Film Festival opens with politically-charged speech by Eye Haïdara and honorary Palme d’Or for Peter Jackson

The hostess paid tribute to those who 'resist, here and elsewhere,' lending a political note to her speech on Tuesday, while New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson, creator of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, received an honorary Palme d'Or for his life's work.

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 Japanese film-maker Kôji Fukada has created a film of great lucidity and calm, a walking-pace drama set in the quiet town of Nagi in the south of the country; this is a provincial place of seclusion and restraint, notable for its military base but also an interesting contemporary art gallery. The movie is less overtly sensatio...

By Peter Bradshaw

Who walks the red carpet at Cannes?

🎞️ Who really walks the steps at Cannes Film Festival?Not just the stars and not on the same carpet! 🚕Celebrities arrive by car, guests on foot, and badges decide everything. At Cannes, even the red carpet has a hierarchy.

By FRANCE24

Cannes Flashback: When ‘Thelma & Louise’ Closed Out the Fest and Opened a Door

The classic film about female empowerment premiered on the Croisette in 1991, with its stars gracing this year's official film festival poster.

By Lisa de los Reyes

Bonjour, Cannes

The 79th Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday on the French Riviera, with Pierre Salvadori's period romance "The Electric Kiss" kicking off a 12-day run that wraps May 23. Jane Fonda and Gong Li presented the opening ceremony, where Peter Jackson collected an honorary Palme d'Or. Barbra Streisand is set to receive the same honor later in the festival. Park Chan-wook presides over the main competition jury, becoming the first Korean filmmaker to hold the post. Park leads a panel that includes Demi

By The Korea Herald

Gillian Anderson Looks So Different With Curly Hair Transformation

The Palme d’Or isn’t the only gold treasure at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Gillian Anderson debuted a fierce new look, transforming her typically straight golden locks into voluminous...

Cannes Film Festival opens 1st day with tribute, politics, debate

The 79th Cannes Film Festival launched on Tuesday, marking the start of 12 days of nonstop premieres that will culminate May 23 with the presentation of the prestigious Palme d’Or....