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Lively, with slapstick humour and full of romcom tropes, Shanghai Blues remains one of Tsui Hark’s favourite films; 40 years after its release, it was screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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Meet Adèle Exarchopoulos, the gorgeous actress voicing Ennui in Inside Out 2

She became the youngest winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or award in 2013 for Blue is the Warmest Colour; these days, you’ll find her front row at fashion shows, being a mum, and taking on Hollywood

Adèle Exarchopoulos voices Ennui in Inside Out 2. Photos: @disneypixarinsideout2, @adeleexarchopoulos/Instagram

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5 films and TV shows that Anora star Mikey Madison has appeared in

American actress Mikey Madison starred in comedy romance Anora, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival … but you might have seen her in other films and TV shows before

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American actress Mikey Madison starred in comedy romance Anora, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Photo: IMDb

Meet Star Wars director George Lucas’ influential wife, Mellody Hobson

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Hong Kong’s film industry to get extra funding to promote sector, city overseas

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Profile | Mystery Chinese woman steals show at 2024 Cannes Film Festival, but who is she?

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Is Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice the most controversial film of 2024?

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Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump (right) and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn in The Apprentice, the explosive new biopic of Donald Trump shown at Cannes, in May. Photo: Handout

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China’s Covid wounds reopened in divisive ‘An Unfinished Film’

Long after lockdowns ended, acclaimed director Lou Ye’s independent film revives heated debate about China’s controversial zero-Covid policy.

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The ghosts of Covid past reemerge in “An Unfinished Film”. Photo: Handout

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Chinese director Jia Zhangke at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. He talks about his new film Caught by the Tides, which captures the changes he witnessed over the two decades it took to make. Photo: Reuters

Review | Viet and Nam: a brave, abstract expression of a nation’s trauma

Vietnamese director Minh Quy Truong’s third feature Viet and Nam, featuring at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, is a valiant, opaque expression of Vietnam’s collective trauma centred on two gay miners.

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A still from Viet and Nam, directed by Minh Quy Truong, and starring Duy Bao Dinh Dao and Thanh Hai Pham.

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The Apprentice director defends Trump rape scene as lawsuit looms

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Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice. Photo: Cannes Film Festival

Review | My Sunshine: Jesus director returns with poetic ice-dancing drama

dreamy colours, heartfelt performances and economical storytelling characterise My Sunshine, Japanese director Hiroshi Okuyama’s film following two young ice dancers and their coach.

Kiara Nakanishi (left) as Sakura and Keitatsu Koshiyama as Takuya in a still from My Sunshine.

Review | Caught by the Tides: Jia Zhangke’s chronicle of a changing China

2001 videos of his hometown, outtakes from past films, and scenes of a thinly sketched romance make up Caught by the Tides, a nostalgia trip set in towns soon to be drowned by China’s Three Gorges Dam.

Putin in diapers: deepfake film on Russian leader sells big at Cannes

Director Patryk Vega uses AI to put the ruler’s face on an actor’s body to create a biopic that depicts the ruler from age 10 up to his fictional death.

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Reporting on the most famous and fashionable, and the films, at the annual Cannes Film Festival
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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