Cannes film festival set to honour the bookworm
Coveted Palme d'Or likely to go to a screen adaptation, with many of this year's entrants borrowing from literature
Cannes 2012: Broken – review
Rufus Norris's drama of dysfunction and pain is often strained and self-conscious, but newcomer Eloise Laurence is a real find, writes Peter Bradshaw
Cannes 2012: Palme d’Or diversity debate rumbles on with new petition
Industry professionals, activists and artists join call for female directors to feature more prominently in selection process
Cannes 2012 diary: day three
Xan Brooks: Films and fireworks flash before my eyes ... should I watch Matteo Garrone's Reality or Pablo Larraín's NO?
Cannes 2012: The We and the I – review
Michel Gondry's signature playfulness keeps an otherwise stifling schoolbus journey through the Bronx entertaining, writes Henry Barnes
Cannes 2012: Paradise: Love – review
In the first part of a trilogy, Ulrich Seidl explores the subject of sex tourism among rich, middle-aged white women. But does he tell us anything we didn't know already? asks Peter Bradshaw
Cannes 2012: Reality – review
Peter Bradshaw: Matteo Garrone's watchable satire on reality TV is played with gusto and heart — though is fundamentally a little predictable
Cannes 2012: Mekong Hotel – review
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's interesting but indulgent featurette is no more than a diverting footnote to his more acclaimed work, writes Peter Bradshaw
Cannes 2012: Mystery – review
Distinctive and confident, Lou Ye's intriguing if ultimately slightly preposterous noir-melodrama lives up to its name, writes Peter Bradshaw
Cannes 2012: live blog – day three
All the latest news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette
Cannes 2012: After the Battle, the Egyptian fight for film
Yousry Nasrallah's Cannes offering is an act of defiance, a deeply political film shot amid hostility in Tahrir Square
Cannes 2012 diary: day two
With Cannes scrubbed up for the tourists, you have to cross a red carpet to face reality in Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone, writes Xan Brooks
Cannes 2012 review: After the Battle
Yousry Nasrallah's attempt to yoke a stolid, state-of-Egypt drama to the Arab spring is a long, hard trudge, writes Xan Brooks
Cannes 2012: Andrea Arnold dismisses Palme d’Or sexism furore
British juror responds to complaints about all-male nominee list by saying gender shouldn't be an issue
Cannes 2012: live blog – day two
All the latest news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette
Cannes opens with Wes Anderson’s ‘charming evocation of childhood’
Moonrise Kingdom is first of 22 films competing for the Palme D'Or, none of which was made by a female director
Cannes 2012 diary: day one
Xan Brooks: Bruce Willis fries sausages but can't make Wes Anderson's Cannes opener sizzle. Meanwhile asses take over the Marché
Cannes 2012 review: Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson's elegant new film is eccentric but heartfelt – a soufflé of strangeness that rises superbly, writes Peter Bradshaw
Cannes 2012: live blog – day one
All the latest news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette
The court of Cannes
It is the most glamorous, prestigious film festival in the world. But who controls Cannes? How do you get past the bouncers? And will Lars Von Trier ever be allowed back? Xan Brooks decodes the Croisette
Cannesthropology: the field guide
Our guide to the ultimate Cannes 2012 insiders
Wes Anderson dishes up four quirky bites of Moonrise Kingdom
Ben Child: The US director has made four featurettes for his new film, which is set to open the Cannes film festival tomorrow night. Do they whet your appetite for the final cut?
Make way for the female comic geeks
Kapow! is a comic convention run by sisters – but will women ever be welcomed by the boys' club?
Hollywood’s new breed of young directors eye top prize at Cannes
The A-list stars will be on the red carpet, but the focus in Cannes will be on a fresh generation of adventurous film-makers
James Bond arrives at Cannes after 50 years
The new Bond movie is still in post-production, but celebrations of 50 years of Eon Bond films include screenings on the beach, writes Ben Child
Shia LaBeouf to bring movie critic film to Cannes
Short film Howard Cantour.com, directed by Transformers star, will premiere in festival's Critics' Week
Cannes and the magic of Marilyn Monroe
The Cannes film festival kicks off next week, and this shot of Marilyn Monroe will feature on all its official posters. Does it matter that she never went? Peter Bradshaw on how art house fell in love with Hollywood glamour
New Dimensions to Sci Fi London
Ben Child: Among the highlights of this year's festival is a period drama with a time-travel twist. Think Merchant Ivory, only steampunk
Cannes 2012: seven films join the lineup
Late entries include British anti-waste documentary Trashed, with Jeremy Irons, and SXSW award-winner Gimme the Loot
Sci-Fi London: Guardian readers set scientific themes for filmmakers
Readers rise to the challenge of putting the 'science' into 'science fiction' for film festival's 48-hour challenge
Robert Redford criticises Cameron ahead of Sundance film festival
In London to launch UK version of the event, actor/director accuses prime minister of having 'narrow view' of the industry
Cannes 2012 unveils its Classics lineup
Robert De Niro, Roman Polanski, Alfred Hitchcock and Roberto Rossellini top the bill of the Cannes Classics wing devoted to restored prints of old classics