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 with A Prophet and Rust and Bone, has finally won the Palme d’Or for Dheepan, a gritty drama about Sri Lankan refugees starting […]
No strangers to Cannes, the Coen Brothers were back this year with their study of a talented but struggling 1960s folk singer in New York City. Inside Llewyn Davis follows the protagonist of the title over a week, as he sofa-surfs around the city, rubbing the few people who like him up the wrong way. […]
A three-hour-long film about the love between two young women has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The Palme d’Or was awarded to French-language Blue is the Warmest Colour, directed by the Tunisian film-maker, Abdellatif Kechiche. The runner-up Grand Prix went to one of the most popular films with the critics, the […]
A whole host of Cannes favourites will be back on the Croisette next month for the 66th Cannes Film Festival. After opening with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, the festival will feature highlights from past winners and contenders in the competition. Among the most high profile films included this year are the Coen Brother’s Inside […]