Cannes is a beautiful, gruelling circus. I wouldn’t quit it for anything
The festival is a celebration of cinema and a frantic trade show all at once. After 25 years, I can’t help but go back, says critic Agnès Poirier
The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic
Cannes film festival: Pierre Salvadori’s whimsical period farce about a fake medium and a grief-stricken painter has charm and elegance, but its romantic fantasy never quite ignites
Trump posts late-night social media spree as Iran war drags on
President posted more than 50 times in three hours, attacking on Obama, NY Times and supreme court
Head of Microsoft’s Israel branch to step down after inquiry into dealings with Israeli military
The inquiry came after the Guardian revealed Israel used company technology to support mass surveillance of Palestinian phone calls
GameStop’s $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as ‘neither credible nor attractive’
Online marketplace takes into account uncertainty around US video games retailer’s financing proposal
Nobu review – story of obsession and loss that lies behind the luxury sushi empire
This affectionate portrait of chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa finds surprising emotional depth beneath the glossy surface of the Nobu brand – with a cameo from Robert De Niro
Ciao UFO review – Hong Kong tear-jerker is less ET than time-hopping chronicle of housing estate kids
In 1985, four working-class characters are bonded for ever by a strange sighting in this sentimental saga that tracks their lives into adulthood
Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) review – one man’s quest to keep Gaelic psalm singing alive
Jack Archer’s gentle film follows the immensely likable Rob MacNeacail as he journeys across Scotland and Ireland in a bid to save these traditional songs of people and place
Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival
Absence of big US films heralds renewed focus on international cinema that underpins festival’s reputation
Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright
Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le Chat
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo review – haunting queer fable burns with love and menace
Diego Céspedes’s striking debut mixes magic realism and melodrama in a tender tale of an LGBTQ+ community facing fear and superstition in 1980s Chile
Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance
A new divide is emerging: between workers who use AI at work and those who are managed by it
‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut
After four decades reigning the international arthouse, the French actor steps into bracingly raw territory with new documentary In-I In Motion
Queer as Punk review – joyous portrait of Malaysian LGBTQ+ rebels making noise
Yihwen Chen’s warm and galvanising documentary follows queer punk band Shh…Diam! as they battle discrimination with humour and raw energy
My Father’s Diaries review – haunting home-video excavates trauma of Srebrenica massacre
Ado Hasanović’s moving documentary transforms footage filmed during the Bosnian war into a devastating portrait of memory, survival and inherited grief