Director/Writer: Elaine Constantine with Steve Coogan, Antonia Thomas, Elliot James Langridge, Jack Gordon, Lisa Stansfield, Ricky Tomlinson | 102’   UK  Drama/music I remember the Seventies, and so does photographer turned...

The culture channel Arte celebrates the artistically ambitious cinema of independent filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville with two new releases. France in the 1940s and 50s is seen as a broken nation...

Exploring the festival programme in more depth, let's take a look at some other new films on offer this year at Cannes. Out of competition LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE : L’ÂGE DE...

  International Independent film is the focus at Cannes this year at the greatest and best known film festival of all time.   Hollywood will be there but with only one film -...

Dir: Cédric Klapisch | France, Drama. 2025 A clever idea to explore a hundred and twenty five years of France’s cultural past and present from the perspective of a family who...

Dir: Elio Petri | Italy Drama 1962 Reviewed by Richard Chatten A remarkable antecedent of the slacker genre in which an Italian plumber approaching 54 who has been working continuously since he...

Dir: Gabriel Mascaro | Cast: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarrás, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta, Clarissa Pinheiro | Portugal, Sci-fi drama 82' 2025 Stories about courageous women refusing to budge are always...

Wri/Dir: Max Walker-Silverman | Cast: Josh O'Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Amy Madigan | Drama 95' Reviewed by Ian Long Thomas “Dusty” Fraser Jr. is a mild-mannered Coloradan rancher, reeling from a...

Dir: Yann Samuell | France, Drama 113' The idea of a springtime stroll through the meadows of Southern France sounds like a delightful romp. But maybe not with a teenage delinquent...