Art Satire The Square is Surprise Palme d’Or Winner
Palme d’Or winner The Square satirises the art world The Cannes jury, led by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, has handed the prestigious
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AuthorJason Korsner
Cannes 2017 – The Second Saturday
For the last time this Cannes, I was up early to get to the 8.30am screening. This was Roman Polanski’s late addition to the festival, out of competition, Based on a True Story – which was based on a novel, which wasn’t itself a true story.
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Friday
After another late night, I’d decided to give myself another late morning, but after someone drew my attention to an early screening of Patti Cakes, a Sundance success that was playing in the Directors’ Fortnight strand, I decided to give it a go.
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Thursday
With every film in the two official strands at Cannes being a world premiere, rarely has much been written about the selected films
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Wednesday
It was another early start for one of the most hotly anticipated competition titles of the year; Sofia Coppola’s remake – or re-imagining – of Clint Eastwood’s 1971 US civil war era drama, The Beguiled. I was particular keen to see it in the light of some early suggestions that the film was so poor, people were laughing at it.
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Cannes 2017 – The Only Tuesday
This morning, I granted myself a well-earned lie in, eschewing the Japanese Palme d’Or competition entry screening at 8.30am and instead, ensuring that I made it to the Palais in time to see Jeune Femme, a low budget drama from first time French director Léonor Serraille, screening as part of the Un Certain Regard strand.
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Cannes 2017 – The Only Monday
The older you get, the harder it becomes. One of the many slogans appearing on badges being handed out with festival accreditation this
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Cannes 2017 – The First Sunday
Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler play half brothers in the Netflix competition entry The Meyerowitz Stories. Sunday might be a day off for
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Cannes 2017 – The First Saturday
Some years ago, a former editor of mine on another website, John Park, described me as “a man about town … on a
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – Review
DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie – FEATURING: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Aidan Gillen, Annabelle Wallis, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Bleu Landau, Craig McGinlay, David Beckham, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana, Freddie Fox, Geoff Bell, Jacqui Ainsley, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Michael Hadley, Neil Maskell, Nicola Wren, Poppy Delevingne, Rob Knighton, Tom Wu
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Whisky Galore! – Review
DIRECTED BY: Gillies MacKinnon – FEATURING: Eddie Izzard, Ellie Kendrick, Gregor Fisher, Kevin Guthrie, Naomi Battrick, Sean Biggerstaff, Annie Louise Ross, Ciaron Kelly, Fenella Woolgar, Iain Robertson, James Cosmo, John Sessions, Ken Drury, Kevin Mains, Michael Nardone, Sean Scanlon, Tim Pigott-Smith
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It’s a happy night for Happy Valley at the BAFTAs
Sarah Lancashire (second from right) with the Happy Valley team. Photo: © BAFTA In the first year that BAFTA allowed nominations from streaming
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Alien: Covenant – Review
DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott – FEATURING: Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Alexander England, Amy Seimetz, Benjamin Rigby, Billy Crudup, Callie Hernandez, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Guy Pearce, Jussie Smollett, Lorelei King, Nathaniel Dean, Tess Haubrich, Uli Latukefu
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Miss Sloane – Review
DIRECTED BY: John Madden – FEATURING: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, David Wilson Barnes, Douglas Smith, Dylan Baker, Ennis Esmer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jake Lacy, John Lithgow, Kyle Mac, Meghann Fahy, Sam Waterston
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Mindhorn – Review
DIRECTED BY: Sean Foley – FEATURING: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Andrea Riseborough, David Schofield, Essie Davis, Harriet Walter, Jessica Barden, Kenneth Branagh, Nicholas Farrell, Richard McCabe, Robin Morrissey, Russell Tovey, Simon Callow, Steve Coogan
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The Promise – Review
DIRECTED BY: Terry George – FEATURING: Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, Angela Sarafyan, Armin Amiri, Jean Reno, Marwan Kenzari, Numan Acar, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stewart Scudamore, Tamer Hassan, Tom Hollander
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Roman Polanski added to Cannes 2017 line-up
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have added a number of films to the various strands of the official selection for next
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Hollywood, Europe and Asia fill Cannes jury
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced an international collection of highly acclaimed film-makers to join the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar on
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Their Finest – Review
DIRECTED BY: Lone Scherfig – FEATURING: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Claudia Jessie, Eddie Marsan, Francesca Knight, Helen McCrory, Henry Goodman, Hubert Burton, Jack Huston, Jake Lacy, Jeremy Irons, Lily Knight, Paul Ritter, Rachael Stirling, Richard E Grant, Stephanie Hyam
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Kidman front & centre, while newcomer Netflix joins Cannes regulars
It’ll be hard to move in Cannes without bumping into Nicole Kidman, with the actress featuring in four projects at next month’s International
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