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BFI London Film Festival: Pick of the day - The Artist

18.10.11
Don't be put off by the synopsis - a silent black-and-white film full of in-jokes about the early days of cinema. The Artist is a hoot... more

Cannes, without the film festival

11.10.11
Sitting between Nice and Monte Carlo, Cannes is the real jewel in the crown of the Cote D'azur, even when Hollywood is not in town... more

Brad Pitt's The Tree of Life awarded Palme d'Or

23.05.11
'The Tree Of Life' has been awarded the Palme d'Or at this year's 64th Cannes Film Festival despite being booed by a section of the crowd at its first screening... more

Neighbours Eva so angry at model's house plan

20.05.11
London neighbours of supermodel Eva Herzigova endure a five-hour planning meeting to try to stop her developing her £3 million Chelsea townhouse ... more

Cannes Film Festival: Antonio Banderas gets under the skin in provocative fantasy

19.05.11
Pedro Almodovar's 'The Skin I Live In' is one of the most provoking entries in a competition which has given us few films of little interest but no obvious masterpieces... more

Cannes Film Festival: Triumphs of warmth and humanity

18.05.11
Despite grandiose, and often impressive, competition entries two simple but beautifully expressed films have woken up Cannes to a different kind of cinema... more

Cannes Film Festival: Melancholia is a beautiful looking art movie

18.05.11
There is no one left at all at the end of Melancholia after a huge planet of that name, 10 times bigger than earth, hits us full on. But this is no Hollywood epic, full of special effects and clichés... more

Brad Pitt joins Angelina Jolie in Cannes

16.05.11
Brad Pitt follows in his partner Angelina Jolie's footsteps today by coming to Cannes to publicise his new film... more

Double film review from Cannes Film Festival

13.05.11
Derek Malcolm reviews Gus Van Sant's Restless which stars two teenagers united by grief whilst Australian film, Sleeping Beauty, breaks new ground... more

Uma Thurman gets the party started for Cannes film festival jury

11.05.11
Uma Thurman takes break from the fun as the Cannes film festival jury relax at a pre-party with Robert De Niro... more

Carla Bruni: I'm more popular than the Queen

11.05.11
Carla Bruni declared today that Woody Allen would rather have had her appearing in his new film than the Queen... more

Chanel crossing - stars head south for fashion and film festival

10.05.11
Karl Lagerfeld brings glamour ahead of the Cannes film festival for the Chanel Croisière show... more

Jude Law joins Robert De Niro on the Cannes Film Festival jury

20.04.11
British actor Jude Law has been chosen as one of the jurors for the 64th Cannes Film Festival... more

We really do need to talk about Kevin

15.04.11
Just one British film, Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, will compete for the Palme d'Or at next month's Cannes Film Festival ... more

BFI London Film Festival Pick Of The Day October 20: Happy Few

20.10.10
Nick Curtis gives us his pick of the best film showing today at the BFI London Film Festival... more

London Film Festival: Eastern magic and an African dilemma

15.10.10
Uncle Boonmee has a mysterious, hypnotic quality that’s difficult to forget while Of Gods and Men is an understated but eloquent plea for cross-cultural understanding... more

Emmanuelle Béart on love, nudity and being banned from Cannes

02.07.10
Emmanuelle Béart, France's biggest movie star, was controversially denied a chance to show her new film at this year's festival amid fears it was too racy. She debates nudity, sex and success with Lydia Slater.... more

Cannes’ clash of bling, cash and art house

20.05.10
The French expression plus ça change, plus ç’est la même chose is perhaps the right attitude: the more things change, the more they stay the same... more

Video: Cannes 2010 - top celebrity fashions

19.05.10
A look at some of the best fashions at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival... more

Video: Jennifer Hudson shows off post baby body

19.05.10
After dropping an impressive 60 lb since last August, when she gave birth to her son, Jennifer Hudson is looking in significantly slimmer shape.... more

Kate Beckinsale, Mick Jagger and Paris Hilton push the boat out in Cannes

18.05.10
Welcome aboard the Octopus, Microsoft founder Paul Allen’s superyacht and location of the most star-studded gathering at the Cannes Film Festival.... more

Jennifer Hudson on playing Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie

17.05.10
Jennifer Hudson has insisted her latest film will give an unbiased perspective of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife... more

Russell Crowe's Robin Hood kicks off Cannes Film Festival

13.05.10
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival got under way with Sir Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett... more

Young British talent is missing from Cannes line-up

19.04.10
The selection of films by four UK directors for Cannes 2010 raises at least one big question: Where are the exciting new British talents?... more

My three minutes with Brad Pitt in Cannes

22.05.09
While Angelina Jolie's back was turned, our intrepid reporter Olivia Cole made a beeline for her teenage crush. So what did he say?... more

Essex teenager Katie Jarvis is snapped up by Johnny Depp's agent

22.05.09
Katie Jarvis - the teenager who missed her Cannes film premiere because she had just given birth - has been snapped up by one of Hollywood's leading agencies... more

Indy’s going to Cannes – but where are all the Brits?

24.04.08
Among the 19 names revealed for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival only two directors are flying Union Jacks.... more

Abortion pic tops Cannes prizes

29.05.07
Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - but Brit flick Control, about Joy Division's Ian Curtis, got a special mention.... more

Masterful Coens cut to the chase

21.05.07
A tense and blood-spattered thriller, No Country For Old Men ranks alongside the Coen Brothers best work, says Derek Malcolm... more

Cannes opens to American pie

17.05.07
Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, starring Jude Law and singer Nora Jones in her first film role, opens the 60th Cannes Film Festival.... more


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