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After the lukewarm opening film -- Maiwenn's Jeanne Du Barry, a fluffy costume drama starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV -- the 76th Cannes Film Festival had its hottest ticket in a short film. Not just any short though: it's Pedro Almodovar's queer cowboy movie Strange Way Of Life,…

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Johnny Depp: stories about me ‘horrifically written fiction’

CANNES (FRANCE) - Johnny Depp hit back on Wednesday against years of negative press, telling the Cannes Film Festival that most of the stories about him were "fantastically, horrifically written fiction".

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Helen Mirren unveils new blue hair as fans think they spot 'secret sign' for Amber Heard

Dame Helen Mirren's choice of accessories on the Cannes red carpet have caught the eye of Amber Heard supporters, with some interpreting The Queen star's bamboo fan as a sign of support towards the Aquaman star

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Cannes director defends festival after Adèle Haenel slams French film industry's #MeToo response

After one of France’s top actors, Adèle Haenel, announced she was quitting a French film industry that she denounced for “complacency toward sexual aggressors,” Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux rejected her criticisms Monday

The Independent UK

Cannes Film Festival boss rejects claims that it’s a ‘festival for rapists’

Actor Adèle Haenel recently slammed the French film industry for its ‘defence’ of rapists

The Independent UK

Sonam Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, SS Rajamouli: Making India proud at the global stage - Big Story

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is going to attend and perform at King Charles' coronation ceremony. Alia Bhatt has just made her Met Gala debut paying tribute to fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in a creation by Prabal Gurung. Earlier in the year, Deepika Padukone graced the Oscars stage when she announced the…

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Martin Scorsese's Next Movie With Leonardo DiCaprio And Robert De Niro Just Got Two Pieces Of Excellent News

We have been waiting for positive news on Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. Well, now it's arriving.

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Zinedine Zidane at 50: Becoming the best and Marco Materazzi's infamous World Cup insult

Zinedine Zidane is one of the most successful football players and managers of all time but will forever be remembered for his infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi

Daily Mirror

‘Enjoy both parties and perspectives’ at Cannes Lions 2022: Prashant Kumar

Prashant Kumar, a former Cannes Lions jury member, on what to expect in 2022 and why the festival is more than its ‘party week’ reputation

The Hindu

Natasha Poonawalla stuns in her black Gaurav Gupta couture sari

Businesswoman Natasha Poonawalla is leaving no stone unturned to impress the fashion police, and she is doing a pretty solid job at it. Looks after looks, Poonawalla is going all out to redefine fashion statements. After her glamourous Hollywood-inspired Gucci lime-green gown for Cannes’ amfAR annual gala, she is back…

The Times of India

Swedish satire on super-rich wins Cannes Palme d'Or

"Triangle of Sadness", a sharp satire about class conflict by Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or for Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

A great Cannes goes pear-shaped giving the Palme d’Or to Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund’s super-rich satire is an unworthy winner, particularly given the calibre of competition on the Croisette

The Guardian - UK

Film critics ponder next Palme d’Or as Cannes movie marathon wraps up

The Cannes Film Festival screened the last of its competition entries on Friday, wrapping up its first full-scale edition since the pandemic. On the eve of the Palme d’Or announcement, FRANCE 24 spoke to critics from Japan, Italy and Bangladesh about covering the world’s top film festival and their favourite…

France 24

Director Kore-eda returns to Cannes with film about baby box

“Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Broker,” another tale of misfits from society’s margins

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Deep in the paradox

In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon.…

The Independent UK

Léa Seydoux, once again, rules the Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival, yet again, belongs to Léa Seydoux

The Independent UK

Tokyo Olympic film debuts in Japan; headed next to Cannes

The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics has had it first public viewing

The Guardian - UK

Boy from Heaven review – stirring spy thriller set on an Egyptian campus

Egypt’s religious and secular institutions both breed mistrust in Tarik Saleh’s superbly realised paranoid nightmare

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Of zombies and fairy tales

The opening films across the three programmes at the 75th Cannes Film Festival speak of disparate destinies of contemporary cinema, from the poetic to the political and the pointless. Let's start with the latter.

The Independent UK

Exiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war

The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the few Russian filmmakers at this year's Cannes Film Festival, says “art is always against war."

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cannes Film Festival Faces Gender Equality Challenge

The Cannes Film Festival is struggling to meet its promise on the equal representation of women and men, reported AFP. Last year, Director Julia Ducournau won the Palme D’Or award, and became the second female director to win the prestigious prize in the festival’s history. This year’s edition is projected…

The Independent UK

Stomach-churning, creepy and surreal: David Cronenberg’s return to body horror

With Cronenberg’s latest film ‘Crimes of the Future’ about to screen in Cannes, Geoffrey Macnab looks at the director’s morbid fascination with body horror, and says it’s a real achievement if it provokes as much outrage as his bloodiest earlier works

Asharq Al-Awsat

75th Cannes to Feature Cronenberg, Chan-Wook and ‘Elvis’

Films by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d’Or at a Cannes Film Festival set to unspool against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. Cannes film festival artist director Thierry Frémaux and president Pierre Lescure announced the lineup to this year’s festival,…

The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2022: the alpha auteurs line up for a post-pandemic party

The film festival announces itself back to normal, with a new TikTok partnership and a juicy competition list featuring David Cronenberg, Claire Denis, the Dardenne brothers and Kelly Reichardt

Radio France Internationale

British director Joanna Hogg on the joys of filming memory in motion

The Souvenir Part II is not just a stroll down memory lane for British director Joanna Hogg. It is a powerful portrait of the filmmaking process itself. Although designed to be a sequel, the film stands alone in its exploration of love, life and cinema. Shown as part of the…

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