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Cannes 2024 review: ‘Anora’ – Sean Baker's kinetic 'Pretty Woman'

The director of 'Tangerine', 'The Florida Project' and 'Red Rocket' delivers a brilliant rollercoaster ride - a modern fairytale that doubles as a gut-punch tragedy.

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Cannes Film Festival 2024: Our top picks and biggest disappointments

The 77th Cannes Film Festival has reached its midway mark. Here are our thoughts so far, including the disappointments, the top contenders, and the hidden gems.

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Cannes 2024 review: ‘The Apprentice’ – Trump: The formative years

The already controversial Donald Trump origin story hits Cannes - and the Trump campaign has vowed to sue.

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Cannes 2024 review: ‘The Substance’ - A spine-cleaving triumph

Move aside, David Cronenberg – there’s a new body horror queen in town. Be warned: Weak stomachs need not apply.

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Catch up with the latest showings at Cannes Film Festival 2024

The prestigious French film festival is at its halfway point, with Emma Stone stunning in Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Kinds of Kindness' and Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez impressing with 'Emilia Perez.'

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Cannes 2024 review: 'Emilia Pérez' - A bold Palme d'Or frontrunner

Following Competition titles 'A Prophet' (2009), 'Rust And Bone' (2012), 'Paris, 13th District' (2021) and, of course, his Palme d’Or winner 'Dheepan' in 2015, French director Jacques Audiard orchestrates a bold and barnstorming comeback. It's the one to beat so far.

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Cannes 2024 review: 'Kinds of Kindness'

Group sex. Cannibalism. Cults. Doppelgängers. Messiah figures. Dogs. Yórgos Lánthimos returns to his sick roots with his very own spin on The Twilight Zone. And it’s a blast.

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Cannes 2024 review: 'Bird' - Andrea Arnold finding hope in turmoil

Screening in Competition, Andrea Arnold's new film manages to fuse social and magical realism, in a harsh yet uplifting tale that will leave you ready to take flight.

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Cannes 2024 roundup: Megalopolis and Furiosa receive mixed reviews

The 77th Cannes Film Festival is currently in full swing with “Megalopolis” and “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” making their highly-anticipated premieres. Both have received mixed reviews so far.

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WATCH: Francis Ford Coppola returns to Cannes

The filmmaker returned to the Cannes Film Festival half a century after winning its first Palme d'Or

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Cannes Film Festival 2024: Best looks and red carpet moments so far

From the timeless elegance of Anya Taylor-Joy to the effortlessly sleek style of Omar Sy, celebrities have truly risen to the occasion on the Cannes red carpet so far.

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Cannes 2024 review: 'Megalopolis' - Coppola's disastrous folly

Francis Ford Coppola returns to the Croisette with one of the most anticipated films of this year's Cannes Film Festival. It has to be seen to be believed. And not in a good way.

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Cannes 2024 review: 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'

Veteran filmmaker George Miller returns to the Wasteland after his action opus 'Mad Max: Fury Road.' However, nine years later, was anyone really aching to find out Furiosa's origins?

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Cannes 2024: Coppola accused of alleged bad behaviour on set

Prior to the premiere of his latest epic 'Megalopolis', veteran filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola ('Apocalypse Now', 'The Godfather') is facing reports that he behaved inappropriately on set.

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Cannes Confidential: Talking points from the opening ceremony

The 77th Cannes Film Festival has begun with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme D'Or after 35 years away from the croisette. There were also plaudits for highly anticipated return of Messi the dog and the new film from French surrealist Quentin Dupieux.

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Cannes 2024 review: ‘Le Deuxième Acte’ (‘The Second Act’)

The world’s burning and scandals may be brewing. Time for a comedy, as this year's Cannes Film Festival opens with a meta millefeuille from beloved French absurdist Quentin Dupieux.

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Cannes 2024: Jury president Greta Gerwig on #MeToo and Trump on screen

Greta Gerwig and her jury met the press today to discuss their roles as members of the jury, the possible repercussions of the French #MeToo on the festival, and if a film on Donald Trump can be viewed objectively.

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Cannes 2024: Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe ahead of premiere

Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof has left Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison on national security charges, ahead of the opening of the Cannes Film Festival where his new film is in Competition.

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Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux seeking to avoid any polemic

Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux responded to questions from the international press this Monday, a day before the official start of the 77th edition. Here’s what you need to know.

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Roger Corman, US Producer, Director and ‘King of the Bs’ dies at 98

The producer and director behind low-budget classics like “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” Roger Corman helped launch the careers of Hollywood legends like Martin Scorsese and Jack Nicholson.

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