In this week's edition from the Croisette, Jason Solomons meets the great Martin Scorsese, at the Cannes film festival to celebrate the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Scorsese, who presented a new, beautifully restored print of the 1948 British classic The Red Shoes at the festival, discusses his debt to its creators.
Our very own heavyweight auteur smackdown continues as Xan Brooks meets the legendary Francis Ford Coppola, who talks about going back to basics with his new film Tetro, starring Vincent Gallo.
Jason then talks style and moustaches with Jacques Audiard, director of the prison gangster thriller A Prophet (Un Prophète), one of the hot tips to take the prize at the festival.
Jason also meets up with Ben Whishaw, who plays John Keats in Jane Campion's critically-praised Bright Star, to talk about why the poet was not a very nice lover.
Finally Xan and Jason are joined by film writer Agnès Poirier to sum up what appears to be a vintage year for the festival – casting an eye over Palme d'Or contenders such as Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Haneke's The White Ribbon and Almodóvar's Broken Embraces to predict this year's winners and losers.
