Matteo Garrone

Io Capitano review: A swashbuckling, award-winning portrayal of the European migrant crisis

Matteo Garrone’s follow-up to the exquisite Pinocchio is based on real-life testimonies and dramatised with youthful verve

Fri Apr 05 2024 - 05:00

Io Capitano: Chronicling the perilous migrant trek from Senegal to Europe with Homeric flair

Oscar-nominated director Matteo Garrone says that at all times on set for this film he had someone present who had lived through torture in Libya or had made it through the Sahara

Tue Apr 02 2024 - 05:15

Pinocchio: A gorgeous but dark and unsettling reworking

Matteo Garrone sets a challenge for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘darker’ stop-motion take

Thu Aug 13 2020 - 05:00

‘Cold War’ the big winner at European Film Awards

Nora Twomey’s ‘The Breadwinner’ misses out on animated feature gong in Seville

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 22:55

How ‘Sicilian Ghost Story’ revolutionises the Mafia film

Film-makers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza on mixing true life crime with fantasy

Thu Aug 02 2018 - 05:00

Weinstein sex claims overshadow Cannes as Japanese drama wins

Asia Argento stuns audience with Weinstein allegation: ‘festival was his hunting ground’

Sat May 19 2018 - 20:00

Cannes 2018: our correspondent goes to the dogs

Cannes daily: on the last day of the festival, some inaccurate predictions and Terry Gilliam’s long-cherished project disappoints

Sat May 19 2018 - 15:55

Asian cinema lights up Cannes but Star Wars gets the fireworks

There was plenty of Hollywood bling – and anger – at this year’s festival but new movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi were quieter highlights

Fri May 18 2018 - 05:00