A peek at some of the films to watch out for at this year’s festival
A candid story about love; and how human beings’ shortcomings get in the way
“The population of Sisco lives in permanent fear. There are many provocateurs here … We are living on a powder keg,” he said.’
An armed man has held up an exhibition in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, making away with jewels estimated to be worth about $53-million.
The teaser poster and trailer for "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" has been unveiled at the prestigious 66th Cannes Film Festival.
Typically for Cannes, where critical passions run high, both cheers and boos rang out as entries vying for the Palme d’Or prize award were shown.
Danish director Lars von Trier said Wednesday he sympathised "a little bit" with Adolf Hitler at the Cannes film festival.
France this week jolted Europe into establishing common policies on immigration, refugees and asylum, but the move has not been welcomed by all.
Agnes Poirier looks at Laurent Cantet’s film <i>Entre les Murs </i>, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Festival.
The director of Entre les Murs, the French classroom drama that won the main Cannes film prize said on Sunday he had been deeply moved by the applause that met the film when it…
A lack of memorable movies mean the 2008 Cannes film festival is unlikely to live long in the minds of many critics, who argue that after a solid start the main competition…
Back after 19 years, the new Indiana Jones film premiered at Cannes. Charlotte Higgins reports from the festival.
Diego Maradona, the Argentinian soccer genius notorious for the ”Hand of God” goal and a post-football descent into drugs, hits the big screen in Cannes on Tuesday in a…
Repressed memories, the horrors of war and Israel’s dubious role in a notorious Beirut refugee camp massacre are the themes of the Cannes film festival’s first ever…
Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood…
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and other members of the all-star caper Ocean’s Thirteen made off with millions at Cannes ahead of the movie’s red-carpet premiere on…
The Cannes Film Festival opens on Wednesday with a mix of arthouse movie making and raw star power fitting for cinema’s greatest showcase, which turns 60 this year. Chinese…
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Friday rejected a United Nations peace force for Darfur and said he would not grant visas to UN rights monitors who want to visit the…
The leaders of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic met on Thursday and declared they would not back rebels attacking each other’s territory — repeating a pledge that has…
Chad’s foreign minister accused Sudan of attacking his country and said talks expected on Thursday between the two neighbours and the Central African Republic (CAR) would be…
