Cannes 2016
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The star of the Oscar-tipped German comedy talks about growing up in East Germany and why one film – however good – is unlikely to change preconceptions about her country
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The first UK trailer for Elle, which stars Isabelle Huppert as the formidable CEO of a video games company who takes curious revenge on a sexual assailant
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In a year overflowing with exceptional performances, many are bound to fall by the wayside this awards season. Here are some worthy of a closer inspection
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I, Daniel Blake tells the story of a man who is denied disability benefit after a heart attack
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Acclaimed director says he’s reluctant to offer his new film to the festival because it won’t be ready – and because he dislikes the ‘trolling’ atmosphere
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The writer and director talks to Catherine Shoard about boredom, luxury and his 20 tickets a week lottery habit
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The director of new movie The Neon Demon is joined by his star, Elle Fanning, to speak to Benjamin Lee about making a horror set in the world of fashion
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From Sundance premieres like The Birth of a Nation to Ken Loach’s Cannes winner I, Daniel Blake, here are the earlybird Oscar contenders
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No female actor in Hollywood would touch it. But the director’s perverse black comedy starring Isabelle Huppert was the toast of Cannes. The controversial film-maker talks about his most daring work yet
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Cristian Mungiu, the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Beyond the Hills talks to Nigel M Smith about his new film
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The Belgian siblings speak about their new film, why they are drawn to stories of female empowerment and how they think The Unknown Girl might be received in the US
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Schrader and Dafoe – who plays psychotic criminal Mad Dog – discuss the director’s latest film, Dog Eat Dog, a bad-taste epic for the ‘post-rules generation’
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Hollywood and humanitarianism have long been strange bedfellows. After the caustic reaction to Sean Penn’s The Last Face at Cannes last week, we run the rule over a selection of other movies that made a drama out of a crisis
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Xavier Dolan, whose new film debuted to poor reviews at the Cannes film festival last week, shares his dismayed reaction to the critical mauling
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No one would begrudge the great director his second Palme d’Or victory for a drama with a noble, emphatic message. Yet it also serves to illustrate the differences between the Cannes crowd and the wider film audience
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With due cap-doffing to Ken Loach, here’s how we’d have liked to see the prizes shake down on Sunday night – plus a few extras
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Peter Bradshaw on Cannes's closing awards: baffling choices don't spoil a vintage year
Peter BradshawGeorge Miller’s jury awarded a mixed bag of prizes that ignored some of the most exciting films at this year’s Cannes film festival. Still, this was an extraordinary year -
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With a wild Andrea Arnold film, a hilarious German comedy and Jim Jarmusch’s hymn to Iggy and the Stooges, Cannes 2016 has been the best in years
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From Joseph Fiennes’s hairline to Corey Stoll’s sex talk, we’ve rounded up all the choice titbits from week two of the film festival
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The Finnish drama beat out higher profile films from Kore-eda Hirokazu and David Mackenzie to be placed at the top of the festival sidebar
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Latest films include Elle and Blood Father, with Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty and Paul Verhoeven attending the festival
Xavier Dolan: 'If I didn't make movies, I would be a very angry man'