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Paula Patton: ‘It’s fear that makes you want to follow something so dark and evil’

Paula Patton: ‘It’s fear that makes you want to follow something so dark and evil’

Warcraft star Paula Patton on breaking up with Robin Thicke, breaking down Hollywood’s colour barrier and the shadow being cast in the US by Donald Trump’s presidential bid

Fri Jun 03 2016 - 06:00
The Measure of a Man review: a social drama to cherish

The Measure of a Man review: a social drama to cherish

Stéphane Brizé gives us a quietly effective consideration of how surveillance culture degrades and debases

Thu Jun 02 2016 - 15:00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows review – Heroes in a half-baked shell

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows review – Heroes in a half-baked shell

With a talking rhino from Cabra, this film is much more aware than Warcraft of its own ridiculousness

Thu Jun 02 2016 - 12:05
Warcraft review: never in your wildest fantasies could you have imagined this

Warcraft review: never in your wildest fantasies could you have imagined this

Duncan Jones tragically stultifying fantasy is hard to pin down - picture a film in which most of the antagonists wear buckets on their heads and you’re halfway there

Mon May 30 2016 - 13:59
Jane Bond? Trolls would go bonkers

Jane Bond? Trolls would go bonkers

If an all-women ‘Ghostbusters’ has misogynists spitting venom, imagine their reaction to Gillian Anderson as 007

Sat May 28 2016 - 07:00
Love & Friendship review: fizzes with wit, intrigue and creative amorality

Love & Friendship review: fizzes with wit, intrigue and creative amorality

Jane Austen's eternal good sense is beautifully married to Whit Stillman's sensibility in this sharp and funny Irish co-production

Fri May 27 2016 - 10:45
Money Monster review: not so much a hot tip, more  a solid investment

Money Monster review: not so much a hot tip, more a solid investment

There?s nothing wildly original about Jodie Foster's latest, but strong turns from the bankable leads make it worth a punt

Fri May 27 2016 - 10:44
The Price of Desire review: an Eileen Gray biopic with a little too much furniture

The Price of Desire review: an Eileen Gray biopic with a little too much furniture

Too many soft-focus Cote d'Azure exteriors bring 'Absolutely Fabulous' to mind

Fri May 27 2016 - 06:30
Money Monster’s Jack O’Connell: ‘Not as Irish as I would like to be’

Money Monster’s Jack O’Connell: ‘Not as Irish as I would like to be’

Star worked hard to make it in Hollywood and is very proud of his Irish roots

Fri May 27 2016 - 05:55
Cannes Film Festival: Ken Loach picks up second Palme D’Or

Cannes Film Festival: Ken Loach picks up second Palme D’Or

British film-maker’s win for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ leads evening of surprises in southern France

Sun May 22 2016 - 20:30
Is Boris Johnson like ‘Hitler or one of those mad fellas’?

Is Boris Johnson like ‘Hitler or one of those mad fellas’?

It’s crazy talk for the Brexit leader to compare an increasingly integrated EU to the Fuhrer’s plans for Europe

Sat May 21 2016 - 07:00
The Last Face Cannes: Nothing can disguise the  jaw-dropping imbecility of this project

The Last Face Cannes: Nothing can disguise the jaw-dropping imbecility of this project

Sean Penn delivers a film that suggests he may need to stick to his investigative reporting day job

Fri May 20 2016 - 17:28
Cannes Film Festival: Sean Penn fails to save face

Cannes Film Festival: Sean Penn fails to save face

Director’s new film receives abysmal reviews, while Iggy Pop shows his lust for life

Fri May 20 2016 - 16:51
Heart of a Dog review: Laurie Anderson makes the experimental delicious

Heart of a Dog review: Laurie Anderson makes the experimental delicious

Anderson’s late husband, Lou Reed, is an unmentioned presence in a sweetly sentimental tribute

Thu May 19 2016 - 19:51
Mirror review: Mother love in the motherland

Mirror review: Mother love in the motherland

Andrei Tarkovsky explores his relationships with family and country in a ’75 cult favourite that is the very definition of arthouse

Thu May 19 2016 - 19:25
It’s Only the End of the World Cannes review: the festival’s largest disappointment so far

It’s Only the End of the World Cannes review: the festival’s largest disappointment so far

At the grand age of 27, Xavier Dolan has finally made a poor film

Thu May 19 2016 - 17:59
Cannes bidding war hots up for Martin Scorcese’s 'The Irishman'

Cannes bidding war hots up for Martin Scorcese’s 'The Irishman'

Film-maker to reprise relationship with De Niro and direct for first time . . . Al Pacino

Thu May 19 2016 - 12:53
Cannes review: The Unknown Woman. A bit of a dud from the Dardennes

Cannes review: The Unknown Woman. A bit of a dud from the Dardennes

Jessica Fletcher had more angles to her personality than the protagonist of this passionless affair

Wed May 18 2016 - 15:20
Cannes review: Ma’ Rosa. A hustle through the grim streets of Manila

Cannes review: Ma’ Rosa. A hustle through the grim streets of Manila

Director Brillante Mendoza is relentless in his pursuit of grubby verité, and his vision is worth enduring

Wed May 18 2016 - 15:13
Cannes review: Aquarius. A defiant Brazilian heroine eyes up a prize

Cannes review: Aquarius. A defiant Brazilian heroine eyes up a prize

Sônia Braga is brilliant in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s wonderful second feature

Wed May 18 2016 - 15:03
Julieta Cannes review: ‘Age is not an illness. It’s a massacre’

Julieta Cannes review: ‘Age is not an illness. It’s a massacre’

Pedro Almodóvar quoted Philip Roth while promoting his latest work, made in his typical primary colours

Tue May 17 2016 - 13:05
Personal Shopper Cannes review:  Kristen Stewart film gets booed at festival

Personal Shopper Cannes review: Kristen Stewart film gets booed at festival

The Cannes crowd react to a ghost story with no scares and a psychological drama with no grip

Tue May 17 2016 - 12:54
Negga’s ‘Loving’ performance already generating Oscar buzz

Negga’s ‘Loving’ performance already generating Oscar buzz

Limerick actor who was cut out of ‘12 Years a Slave’ is having a dizzying career surge

Tue May 17 2016 - 01:00
Cannes review: Loving. Ruth Negga shines as one half of a couple who changed the US

Cannes review: Loving. Ruth Negga shines as one half of a couple who changed the US

Jeff Nichols’s film about a couple who were arrested and expelled from Virginia for falling foul of anti-miscegenation laws refuses to take the obvious path

Mon May 16 2016 - 18:49
Paterson Cannes review: Pure, filmic poetry

Paterson Cannes review: Pure, filmic poetry

Jim Jarmusch latest film is deceptively rich with its elements in perfect balance

Mon May 16 2016 - 10:48
Female voices to fore in first half of Cannes Film Festival

Female voices to fore in first half of Cannes Film Festival

Maren Ade’s ‘Toni Erdmann’ is a strong early contender for Palme d’Or

Sun May 15 2016 - 19:45
The BFG review: It's no catastrophe, but it's no E.T.

The BFG review: It's no catastrophe, but it's no E.T.

Steven Spielberg directs Roald Dahl’s classic tale which is playing out of competition in Cannes

Sat May 14 2016 - 14:46
Greetings from the anti-Eurovision Cannes film festival

Greetings from the anti-Eurovision Cannes film festival

Eurovision allows endless self-satirising digs. Refreshingly, Cannes takes itself seriously

Sat May 14 2016 - 05:00
Amazon leading la révolution at Cannes Film Festival

Amazon leading la révolution at Cannes Film Festival

Streaming service presents five films at event potentially offering hope to independent sector

Fri May 13 2016 - 21:24
Ma Loute/Slack Bay Cannes review: gorgeous, funny and a bit infuriating

Ma Loute/Slack Bay Cannes review: gorgeous, funny and a bit infuriating

Juliette Binoche throws herself at the camera with admirable abandon, but Bruno Dumont’s brave step into comedy frustrates as often as it delights

Fri May 13 2016 - 16:44
I, Daniel Blake Cannes review: a deeply moving, darkly funny drama

I, Daniel Blake Cannes review: a deeply moving, darkly funny drama

Ken Loach and Paul Laverty continue their longtime collaboration with a skull-shaking study of the Kafkaesque lunacy of Britain’s benefit system

Fri May 13 2016 - 11:47
Patrick Stewart on shouting, playing a Nazi and elocution with Brian Blessed

Patrick Stewart on shouting, playing a Nazi and elocution with Brian Blessed

Beloved for his Jean-Luc Picard in ‘ST:TNG’, the Shakespearean star now plays a scarifying neo-Nazi skinhead in the hit thriller ‘Green Room’. And why not? ‘I know I’m known for screaming and shouting’

Fri May 13 2016 - 06:00
Woody Allen rejects culture of judgment at Cannes festival

Woody Allen rejects culture of judgment at Cannes festival

Controversy stoked by MC’s bizarre joke about director and rape at opening ceremony

Thu May 12 2016 - 21:43
Mustang review: a sad story with delicious energy

Mustang review: a sad story with delicious energy

This wonderful, Oscar-nominated debut suggests one of those playful novels that employ a first-person plural narrator

Thu May 12 2016 - 19:00
Our Kind of Traitor review: master filleted with a cautious knife

Our Kind of Traitor review: master filleted with a cautious knife

Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris can’t spice up the latest Le Carré adaptation

Thu May 12 2016 - 17:30
Café Society Cannes review: the brand new old thing

Café Society Cannes review: the brand new old thing

Woody Allen’s new film for Amazon welds together his typical party pieces, with Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart playing with charm

Thu May 12 2016 - 16:11
Everybody Wants Some!! review: Breezy dispatch from the dark ages

Everybody Wants Some!! review: Breezy dispatch from the dark ages

The right-on director has made something closer to ‘Animal House’ than anything in his own admirable oeuvre

Thu May 12 2016 - 14:30
Money Monster Cannes review: Jack O'Connell seethes around George Clooney's vulgarity

Money Monster Cannes review: Jack O'Connell seethes around George Clooney's vulgarity

Jodie Foster delivers her best directorial effort yet in this starry financial thriller

Thu May 12 2016 - 12:00
Sieranevada Cannes review: ample food for thought amid all the long takes

Sieranevada Cannes review: ample food for thought amid all the long takes

Despite some inevitable longeurs during its defiant three-hour running time, Cristi Puiu follow-up to The Death of Mister Lazarescu remains gripping and amusing

Thu May 12 2016 - 11:52
Staying Vertical Cannes review: more madness than method

Staying Vertical Cannes review: more madness than method

A fine visual style, with strange and beautiful sights, but absurd shifts make this Alain Guiraudie film too jarring

Thu May 12 2016 - 11:47
Cannes Film Festival 2016: Established masters - and some fresh faces

Cannes Film Festival 2016: Established masters - and some fresh faces

Three female directors out of 20 will compete for this year's Palme d’Or - in 2012 there was none on the list for the top prize

Wed May 11 2016 - 14:09
Cannes Film Festival set to save cinematic souls from limbo

Cannes Film Festival set to save cinematic souls from limbo

Woody Allen in line to set record while Pedro Almodóvar and Cristi Puiu eye Palme d’Or

Wed May 11 2016 - 03:00
Cannes 2016: the Palme d’Or really does influence world cinema – and here’s the proof

Cannes 2016: the Palme d’Or really does influence world cinema – and here’s the proof

Every now and then, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize anticipates a movement

Tue May 10 2016 - 15:24
Gerry Adams’s N-word tweet: racism is not binary

Gerry Adams’s N-word tweet: racism is not binary

We need vigilance, but all of us, including the Sinn Féin leader, are probably somewhere on the scale

Sat May 07 2016 - 07:00
Stephen Frears: ‘I’m a member of the metropolitan elite. If I were anywhere else, I'd hate me'

Stephen Frears: ‘I’m a member of the metropolitan elite. If I were anywhere else, I'd hate me'

The director greets questions with a sigh, suffers no fools - and is entirely fascinating

Fri May 06 2016 - 06:00
I Saw the Light review: Tom Hiddleston is too good for this Hank Williams biopic

I Saw the Light review: Tom Hiddleston is too good for this Hank Williams biopic

If they were to give out awards for the most by-the-numbers release of the year (doesn’t the Academy already do that?), then this would take some beating

Thu May 05 2016 - 16:34
Evolution review: a stunningly beautiful allegory of sex and birth

Evolution review: a stunningly beautiful allegory of sex and birth

Human biology goes into meltdown in Lucile Hadzihalilovic fantastic, other-worldly fable from a weird world

Thu May 05 2016 - 16:27

Florence Foster Jenkins review: a deliciously dire diva has her day

The true(ish) story of the world’s worst opera singer makes for comedy gold, thanks to its star double act of Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant

Thu May 05 2016 - 15:54
We’re not in Ardee any more: meet the Irish director of the Angry Birds Movie

We’re not in Ardee any more: meet the Irish director of the Angry Birds Movie

You might not have heard of him, but Fergal Reilly, director of the video-game crossover, is one of our most successful cinematic exports

Thu May 05 2016 - 06:00
Bad Neighbours 2 review: a little bit funnier, a bit more socially aware

Bad Neighbours 2 review: a little bit funnier, a bit more socially aware

Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron reprise the adulthood-on-hold set-up of the original, this time with a mild undercurrent of empowerment

Wed May 04 2016 - 15:07
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