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Cannes 2023 review: 'Last Summer'

Portrait of a Lady with a Vertigo Theory

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Cannes 2023 review: 'Asteroid City' - Wes Anderson's cloying misfire

Heartache, alien sightings and quarantine only amount to Close Encounters of the Quirky and Exasperating Kind.

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Cannes 2023 review: 'Fallen Leaves'

Finnish master of droll Aki Kaurismäki offers Cannes one of the best films of this year's competition.

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Cannes 2023 review: 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Martin Scorsese is back in Cannes this year with an uneven American reckoning that can't quite justify its runtime.

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Cannes 2023 review: 'The Zone of Interest'

Having premiered in Cannes just one day prior to the death of author Martin Amis, Jonathan Glazer adaptation of 'The Zone of Interest' is a profoundly disturbing and audacious film that will leave you rattled. This year's Palme d'Or? We think so.

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Cannes 2023 review: 'Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny'

The new and final Indiana Jones film starring Harrison Ford just got its premiere in Cannes. After ticketing woes, Euronews Culture managed to snag a seat. Was it worth it? Not really, it turns out...

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Cannes 2023 review: 'Occupied City' - a haunting Holocaust documentary

One epically long documentary from the director of 'Shame' and '12 Years A Slave' caught our eye on the Croisette this year. It’s a long one though...

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Cannes 2023: The ticketing chaos rocking the Croisette

Or: Why I won’t be able to watch and review Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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Cannes 2023 review: Opening film 'Jeanne du Barry' is a royal bore

The Cannes Film Festival’s opening film sees controversial French director-actress Maïwenn and equally controversial Johnny Depp star in 'Jeanne du Barry', about the royal affair between Louis XV and the titular courtesan which caused quite the scandal in Versailles...

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Michael Douglas to receive Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

Michael Douglas joins the likes of past winners Tom Cruise, Jodie Foster and Agnès Varda as the Honorary Palme d’Or recipient.

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Cannes Film Festival 2023: The 10 films to look out for

The Cannes Film Festival starts today. From A-listers, promising premieres and why you'll need a big bladder, here's our preview of the top 10 films to look out for.

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Cannes head Thierry Frémaux: 'Cannes is not a festival for rapists'

From ticketing issues to the potentially problematic presence of Johnny Depp and the threat of looming strike actions, here are the main talking points you need to know from this year's opening press conference.

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Film of the Week: 'Polite Society'

“The sooner you get out of this Stepford Wife cardigan phase, the better for everyone!”

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A cunning plan! Blackadder turns 40 with Royal Mail anniversary stamps

Royal Mail have announced the launch of 12 special stamps marking the 40th anniversary of British sitcom favourite Blackadder.

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Famed mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as ‘Dooce', dies aged 47

Famous “mommy blogger” Heather Brooke Armstrong aka Dooce appeared on the Forbes list of most influential women in media and struggled with depression and alcoholism.

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Celebrated artist behind Nirvana and Offspring artwork dies at 61

You may not know the name, but you’ve loved his artwork.

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Which new words have made it into the French dictionary?

Selected by the team of lexicographers for the 2024 edition of the dictionary Le Petit Robert, these new verbs, adverbs or common nouns "are a mirror held up to society".

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Marilyn Manson faces major setback in defamation trial

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson faces a major setback in his ongoing defamation case against Evan Rachel Wood.

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Death by cocktail: Bereavement author charged with husband’s murder

Utah author Kouri Richins, who wrote a children’s book on grieving after her husband’s sudden death, has been charged with his murder…

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French actress Adèle Haenel quits over film industry's #MeToo failures

French actress Adèle Haenel has stated that she’s stepping away from the world of film for “political reasons”.

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