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Natasha Poonawalla stuns in her black Gaurav Gupta couture sari

Businesswoman Natasha Poonawalla is leaving no stone unturned to impress the fashion police, and she is doing a pretty solid job at it. Looks after looks, Poonawalla is going all out to redefine fashion statements. After her glamourous Hollywood-inspired Gucci lime-green gown for Cannes’ amfAR annual gala, she is back…

The Times of India

Swedish satire on super-rich wins Cannes Palme d'Or

"Triangle of Sadness", a sharp satire about class conflict by Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or for Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

A great Cannes goes pear-shaped giving the Palme d’Or to Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund’s super-rich satire is an unworthy winner, particularly given the calibre of competition on the Croisette

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Film critics ponder next Palme d’Or as Cannes movie marathon wraps up

The Cannes Film Festival screened the last of its competition entries on Friday, wrapping up its first full-scale edition since the pandemic. On the eve of the Palme d’Or announcement, FRANCE 24 spoke to critics from Japan, Italy and Bangladesh about covering the world’s top film festival and their favourite…

France 24

Director Kore-eda returns to Cannes with film about baby box

“Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Broker,” another tale of misfits from society’s margins

The Independent UK

Deep in the paradox

In Cairo, a religious student at the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic University is recruited by secret police to infiltrate a Muslim Brotherhood cell. In Mashad, a holy city in Iran, a serial killer prowls a seedy suburb and strangles head-scarfed prostitutes. In the first film, bloodlust officials torture dissidents with abandon.…

Bangkok Post

Léa Seydoux, once again, rules the Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival, yet again, belongs to Léa Seydoux

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Tokyo Olympic film debuts in Japan; headed next to Cannes

The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics has had it first public viewing

The Independent UK

Boy from Heaven review – stirring spy thriller set on an Egyptian campus

Egypt’s religious and secular institutions both breed mistrust in Tarik Saleh’s superbly realised paranoid nightmare

The Guardian - UK

Of zombies and fairy tales

The opening films across the three programmes at the 75th Cannes Film Festival speak of disparate destinies of contemporary cinema, from the poetic to the political and the pointless. Let's start with the latter.

Bangkok Post

Exiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war

The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the few Russian filmmakers at this year's Cannes Film Festival, says “art is always against war."

The Independent UK

Cannes Film Festival Faces Gender Equality Challenge

The Cannes Film Festival is struggling to meet its promise on the equal representation of women and men, reported AFP. Last year, Director Julia Ducournau won the Palme D’Or award, and became the second female director to win the prestigious prize in the festival’s history. This year’s edition is projected…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stomach-churning, creepy and surreal: David Cronenberg’s return to body horror

With Cronenberg’s latest film ‘Crimes of the Future’ about to screen in Cannes, Geoffrey Macnab looks at the director’s morbid fascination with body horror, and says it’s a real achievement if it provokes as much outrage as his bloodiest earlier works

The Independent UK

75th Cannes to Feature Cronenberg, Chan-Wook and ‘Elvis’

Films by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d’Or at a Cannes Film Festival set to unspool against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. Cannes film festival artist director Thierry Frémaux and president Pierre Lescure announced the lineup to this year’s festival,…

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The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2022: the alpha auteurs line up for a post-pandemic party

The film festival announces itself back to normal, with a new TikTok partnership and a juicy competition list featuring David Cronenberg, Claire Denis, the Dardenne brothers and Kelly Reichardt

Radio France Internationale

British director Joanna Hogg on the joys of filming memory in motion

The Souvenir Part II is not just a stroll down memory lane for British director Joanna Hogg. It is a powerful portrait of the filmmaking process itself. Although designed to be a sequel, the film stands alone in its exploration of love, life and cinema. Shown as part of the…

France 24

Vilnius: Europe's Little Hollywood?

From the Cannes festival of short films, to a trip through the history of movie, space and special effects and a stop at Hollywood on the Baltic, we bring you a show all about film. We start in Lithuania, where financial incentives, tax rebates, versatile locations and experienced crews are…

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