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Paris's Palais Galliera museum celebrates 1997, a decisive year in fashion history

An enormous part of a museum's success depends on its curators. At Paris's Palais Galliera fashion museum, curator Alexandre Samson has declared 1997 a year unparalleled in its influence on global fashion. It was the year Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for Luc Besson’s film "The Fifth Element", Comme des…

France 24

‘Cannes is the highpoint of glamour, the apex of celebrity and a bleak place for women’

Every year, the festival generates two kinds of headlines: one of premieres and prizes, another involving the spectre of misogyny. Will glamour always matter more than progress at Cannes, asks Sophie Heawood

Evening Standard

Women don't always have to be the good guys: Natalie Portman

Cannes (France) (AFP) - A darker side of female sexuality was on display in Cannes in a film portraying a woman who seduced a schoolboy and built a picture-perfect life with him after a tabloid scandal.

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Jeanne du Barry: Johnny Depp, its controversial director, and everything else we know about the Cannes film

Cannes’ opening film has set the festival alight

Evening Standard

Maïwenn Le Besco: the ‘eyebrow-raising’ director behind Johnny Depp’s comeback

Cannes Film Festival has come under fire for selecting a film starring Johnny Depp as its opener this year, less than a year after the actor won a bitter defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The Week

Journalist speaks out after being spat on by Johnny Depp’s Cannes film director Maïwenn

French director admitted to assaulting journalist earlier this month

The Independent UK

Natalie Portman Gets Honest About Her ‘Conflicted’ Feelings Over The Professional

Natalie Portman says she has "conflicted" feelings regarding the Luc Besson classic The Professional.

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Natalie Portman reflects on ‘cringey’ Leon role: ‘It’s complicated for me’

Actor said she was ‘devastated’ by the allegations aganst director Luc Besson

The Independent UK

My top movies to stream in May: new to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more

I'm here to help you figure out what to watch on streaming services this month, with eight movies that are definitely worth your time.

WhatToWatch

Assassin Club review – trashy hitman runaround is generic multiplex filler

Our nice-guy killer is entered into a hitpersons’ Champions League, destined to fulfil functional combat scenes and voice the most leaden dialogue ever transmitted in Dolby surround

The Guardian - UK

Director Of Johnny Depp’s First Post-Trial Movie Is Being Sued For Alleged Assault

Jeanne du Barry director, and star alongside Johnny Depp, is being sued by a journalist.

Cinemablend

‘It took over my life!’ How one man made his dream 90s video game on his own

Computer programmer Cassius John-Adams explains how he mashed up Crazy Taxi and The Fifth Element during an obsessive three-year period, single-handedly creating the game he’d always dreamed of

The Guardian - UK

‘Full Time’ review: In this high-velocity thriller, the only crime is a working mother’s work week

Built for nerve-wracking speed, the French import “Full Time” is scored musically like a Luc Besson thriller from the mid-’80s, jacking up the tension with synthesizer beats suggesting the heroine is headed for a run-in with hordes of assassins.

Chicago Tribune

Ray Winstone and Gary Oldman on Nil By Mouth: ‘It’s a tough watch’

‘It’s a harrowing film, perhaps not one for a Saturday night with a pizza. But it’s stood the test of time – and that’s down to the genius of Gary Oldman’

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5 years ago, Luc Besson made his most ambitious sci-fi movie — and also his worst

Meandering but beautiful, few blockbusters offer such a clear look into a creator's mind. Five years later, 'Valerian' is still a glorious mess.

Radio France Internationale

French court confirms that rape charges against film director Luc Besson have been dropped

The Paris court of appeal on Tuesday confirmed the dropping of rape accusations against French film director Luc Besson, one of the highest profile controversies of the #MeToo era in the country.

Inverse

25 years ago, Bruce Willis made the most divisive sci-fi movie ever

Whether you think it’s one of the best sci-fi movies ever or one of the worst, you’re never going to forget it.

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