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The "Oldboy" and "Handmaiden" director delivers a romantic thriller that took Cannes by storm

The tragic disappearance of a Sunshine Coast boy in 2003 and the ensuing police probe a decade later is the basis for The Stranger, coming to Netflix this month following a Cannes premiere.

This time last year, I was watching the trailer for Ridley Scott's spicy meatball of a true-crime saga "House of Gucci" on a continuous loop, trying to parse the nuances of Lady Gaga's Italian (?) accent and looking for a cheap online knockoff of Adam Driver's cable-knit ski sweater. I…

From Red Road to Prometheus, the Scottish actor has quietly amassed one of the most impressive CVs on screen. Our film critic talks to one of his favourite actors

Danish art house director Lars von Trier is undergoing treatment for Parkinson's disease, it was revealed on Tuesday.

The United States, which has tense relations with Iran, has condemned Tehran's "continued efforts to prevent the exercise of freedom of expression". Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday. Panahi,…

Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday. Panahi, 62, has won a number of awards at international festivals for films that have critiqued modern Iran, including the top prize in…

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the documentary at Cannes that won an Honorary Golden Palm. There’s also the Bonus Question, the Listeners Corner, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and of course, the new quiz question, too. Just click on the…

The Venice film festival called Tuesday for the "immediate release" of award-winning dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and fellow directors Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Aleahmad. On Monday, Cannes film festival organisers also condemned their arrest.