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Cannes 2023: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones on the red carpet

"A forever star and an illuminating artist": those were the words of actress Uma Thurman as she presented Michael Douglas with his Cannes lifetime achievement award. The 78-year-old actor was first at the festival with "The China Syndrome" in 1979 – but probably his most famous film presented was "Basic…

France 24 · May 17, 2023

Cannes Film Festival kicks off amid anti-government protests

Amid France’s pension reform protests and controversies against Johnny Depp, the 76th edition of the festival kicks off.

Al Jazeera · May 16, 2023

Everything you need to know about the Oscars: How to watch in the UK, presents and all the films nominated

The ceremony takes place on Sunday night

Liverpool Echo · Mar 10, 2023

Triangle of Sadness takes four top prizes at European film awards

Ruben Ostlund’s Palme d’Or-winning satire takes best picture, director, actor and screenplay at continent’s answer to the Oscars

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Triangle of Sadness movie review – a violently entertaining drama

The Palme d’Or winner sails in and every second feels urgent

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2022

Movie review: ‘Triangle of Sadness’ turns the super rich into fodder for satire

In Ruben Ostlund’s Bunuelian Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness” (his previous win was the 2017 release “The Square”), two young and beautiful models, one of an influencer, find themselves caught up with the super rich aboard a giant yacht that is foundering in a terrific storm. Is it a…

Boston Herald · Oct 14, 2022

Unpacking the wild twists, excessive vomit in ‘Triangle of Sadness’: ‘Maybe it was too much’

When Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for “Triangle of Sadness,” it put him in the rarified class of two-time Palme d’Or winners. The prestigious group also includes Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Haneke, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Emir Kusturica, Shohei Imamura, Bille…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 10, 2022

Review: In 'Triangle of Sadness,' strained satire, and vomit, on the high seas

Ruben Ostlund's Palme d'Or-winning social satire, "Triangle of Sadness," is many things: a cautionary tale about the perils of slurping shellfish on rough seas, a blunt (as in dull) critique of the one percent, a (wasted) opportunity to hear Woody Harrelson espouse the tenets of Karl Marx and a pessimistic…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 7, 2022

Postcard from Cannes #9: Place your bets

It’s been a whirlwind two weeks at the Cannes film festival 2022, where dreams definitely came true for some at the awards ceremony on Saturday night. As winners' names were read out, those who had seen the films whooped with joy, while others sighed, disappointed at not having placed the…

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2022

Triangle of Sadness: The Woody Harrelson satire that earned an eight-minute ovation at Cannes (old)

Director Ruben Östlund previously picked up the festival’s top prize in 2017

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022