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Cannes 2015 ends with Palme d’Or for Audiard
A Cannes Film Festival that opened with one French director has ended with another taking the top prize; at the fourth time of asking, Jacques Audiard, who most recently impressed at Cannes…
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Cannes 2015 – The Second Thursday
With the market beginning to close down, the by the second Thursday of Cannes, attention is turning almost exclusively to the festival and its various sidebars.
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Cannes 2015 – The Second Wednesday
Having spent last night partying Hollywood-style with the stars of Sicario, today started with an opportunity to see what all the fuss was about.
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Cannes 2015 – The Only Tuesday
It’s not unusual for a film reviewer to spend the day in darkened rooms, watching film after film after film, but spent most of this day was spent in the same darkened…
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Cannes 2015 – The Only Monday
As well as writing about films, I also write films, so for me, the Cannes market that runs alongside the festival very much comes into its own.
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Cannes 2015 – The First Sunday
Cannes is not just about the screening of films. Like many festivals, it also provides opportunities for aspiring film-makers to network and attend panel discussions by those they aspire to emulate, and…
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Cannes 2015 – The First Saturday
It was straight down to business this year. No messing about by the beach. Within two hours of getting off the plane at Nice Airport, I was sitting in the rooftop Salle…
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Environmental documentary to close Cannes
A documentary about one of the first scientist to raise concerns about global warming will bring this year’s Cannes Film Festival to an end, at a closing ceremony that includes the awarding of…
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Rachel Weisz flies the flag for Britain in Cannes
The British actress Rachel Weisz will star in two of the films in competition for the Palme d’Or in Cannes next month, but neither of them is British.
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Cannes opts for lower profile opening
In a departure from recent years, rather than picking an English-language film bursting with high-profile stars, the Cannes Film Festival 2015 has selected a French comedy-drama starring few big names as it’s…