Cannes looks beyond Hollywood as US film-makers mostly fail to make the grade
The 79th edition of the influential festival boasts an auteur-heavy lineup – with one, very big, country conspicuous by its almost total absence
Paul Dano: ‘Nobody needs to know about my high-school band!’
The actor on singing with Brian Wilson, why War and Peace is the best book ever written and what drew him to his latest film, The Wizard of the Kremlin
Gillian Anderson and Cara Delevingne to hit Cannes as auteur heavyweights dominate festival lineup
The 79th edition of the film festival will see work by Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda and László Nemes considered for the coveted Palme d’Or
Doug Allan, cameraman on David Attenborough’s Planet series, dies trekking in Nepal
Wildlife film pioneer has died aged 74 ‘immersed in nature and surrounded by friends’, his representatives said
George Clooney calls Donald Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ threat to Iran a war crime
White House says only person committing war crimes is actor ‘for his awful movies and terrible acting ability’
You, Me & Tuscany review – slick romcom offers solidly charming getaway
Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page flirt their way through expected genre tropes in a watchable, if a little unspecific, slice of formulaic fantasy
‘This is my world’: Cornish director Mark Jenkin brings new film to home town
Exclusive: Time travel movie Rose of Nevada heralded as significant moment for Cornish film-making as it gets first UK screening in Newlyn
Charli xcx’s Brat movie marks the moment the mockumentary died
Spoof documentaries once skewered subjects by dialling comic ingenuity up to 11, but the genre has stagnated – replaced by showbiz puff pieces and right-wing provocations. Has their time passed?
‘Coming out in the 90s? You might as well say ‘I love cock!’’ Nathan Lane on gay life, Broadway and defying stereotypes
The brassy actor’s performance in Death of a Salesman is the crown jewel in a life spent on stage. He says it could be his last Broadway role
Stand By Me review – Rob Reiner’s nostalgic look at friendship and the loss of innocence still grips tight
The 40th anniversary re-release of the film about four boys on a quest to see a dead body is a masterclass in directing, storytelling and acting
The Cure review – eat-the-rich horror fable with a sinister life-extension twist
A fabulously wealthy teen girl with lupus makes a new friend who pulls her out of plush isolation and toward some dark discoveries
Anna Wintour shares Vogue cover with Hollywood doppelganger Meryl Streep
Vogue’s global editorial director says Streep’s character in The Devil Wears Prada ‘distant’ from the real her
Paul Seed obituary
Actor and versatile television director who helped shape the influential BBC production of House of Cards
Oh what a circus! The Greatest Showman hits the stage as a high-flying, hammer-juggling, banger-filled spectacular
The sleeper hit film has been transformed into a Disney stage show. But does it let exploitative huckster PT Barnum off the hook? We go behind the scenes of its launch run in Bristol
Legendary Disney composer Alan Menken on winning Oscars, Razzies and his ‘filthy’ rock musical
The Whole New World composer who soundtracked millennial childhoods and won eight Oscars looks back on a stellar career