Cannes 2019: Peter Bradshaw's picks – and Palme d'Or predictions
Our chief critic’s considered verdict on new movies from big-hitters Almodóvar, Tarantino, Malick and Loach, as well as the buzz around homegrown talent Céline Sciamma
Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo review – an arthouse Love Island
Abdellatif Kechiche takes his love story sequel to a nightclub for hot sex, but blows its cinephile credentials in four hours of indulgent sweat
Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to have world premiere at Cannes
Director ‘has not left the editing room in months’ to complete much-anticipated film in time for festival unveiling
February 2019
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno review – leery summer romance
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno review – endless summer of sunshine and sex
October 2018
Blue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche accused of sexual assault
Film-maker denies accusation that he took advantage of an unconscious female actor at his Paris flat
September 2017
Venice film festival 2017: murder and mayhem on the Lido
In a festival low on dazzle, a dark comedy thriller from Martin McDonagh shone out, as did a trippy colonial drama set in Paraguay
July 2017
George Clooney, Jennifer Lawrence and Matt Damon jostle for Oscar advantage in Venice line-up
Damon stars in two of the Lido’s big films, Downsizing and Suburbicon, while Lawrence steps into horror movie territory with Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
June 2017
Blue is the Warmest Color director to auction Palme d'Or to finance new film
Abdellatif Kechiche’s new project, Mektoub, My Love, has been halted in post-production due to financial constraints
April 2017
Sofia Coppola to Michael Haneke: the movies and directors most likely to make it to Cannes
Coppola, Haneke and Todd Haynes are odds-on to be showing this year, but what about Jean-Luc Godard and David Lynch? We weigh the odds on films in the running
March 2016
French film classification system to be overhauled after rightwing attacks
Culture minister Audrey Azoulay plans to make it less easy for censorship campaigners to appeal, following high-profile interventions by pressure groups
December 2013
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The Braddies 2013: Peter Bradshaw nominates his films of the year
Decadence, violence, love and space – Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw shares his fantasy award nomination list for 2013
October 2013
Abdellatif Kechiche interview: 'Do I need to be a woman to talk about love between women?'
Abdellatif Kechiche won a Palme d'Or for his latest film, Blue Is the Warmest Colour. But the film's young stars have said they'll never work with him again. He talks to Jonathan Romney
Adèle Exarchopoulos: Fall in love. Have a huge fight. Do it again
Adèle Exarchopoulos is the knockout star of Blue Is The Warmest Colour, an intense love story that involved take after take with a demanding director. Has she forgiven him – or does she still feel 'devoured', asks Simon Hattenstone
Blue is the Warmest Colour director appears to threaten legal action against lead actor for slander
Film blog
Blue's lesbian lovemaking doesn't hit the spot. For better sex head for the lake
Blue is the Warmest Colour 'banned' in Idaho as sex and alcohol don't mix
September 2013
Blue is the Warmest Colour release 'should be cancelled', says director
Abdellatif Kechiche, the director of the Cannes hit, has expressed unhappiness about the impact of negative publicity on his own reputation and his film's legacy
Should actors really have to suffer for their art?
Amy Gray
Amy Gray: Blue is the Warmest Colour's lead actors have said filming was a 'horrible' experience. The relationship between actors and directors is often fraught with ethical quandaries
Blue Is the Warmest Colour director hits back after actor complaints
Abdellatif Kechiche rejects suggestions he treated his actors badly on the set of the Palme d'Or winning drama
