Shoplifters make off with Palme d’OrHirokazu Kore-eda’s unsettling family drama takes the top prize in a difficult year for CannesThe House That Jack Built — Lars Von Trier’s latest shockerThe director’s new film combines sickening slapstick with Socratic dialogueUnder the Silver Lake — a vexing muddleAndrew Garfield stars in a handsome-looking but frustrating mysteryBlacKkKlansman — Spike Lee delivers laughter, and angerThe staggeringly unlikely story of a black Colorado policeman who joined the KKKAsh Is Purest White — Zhao Tao is magnificent in story of shifting power balancesThis outstanding Chinese film features a performance that will be a strong candidate for the Best Actress prizeGirls of the Sun and Happy as Lazzaro — women take on the competition and Cannes itselfFemale directors, historically under-represented in the Competition, delivered two films of varying qualityMore from this SeriesImage Book — aggressively impenetrable GodardThe veteran director’s film is created from a jumble of jarring media clipsLeto and 3 Faces — dissidents defy the authoritiesTwo films from directors who were unable to attend this year’s Cannes FestivalCold War — sumptuous, breathlessPawel Pawlikowski’s film has given a welcome shot in the arm to this year’s festivalEverybody Knows — enjoyable but haphazardIranian director Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language debut looked dazzling — on the red carpetYommedine — loveable but ploddingAn Egyptian comedy about a destitute widower, an orphan boy and an ageing donkeyWildlife — Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan star in an ‘actor’s movie’Paul Dano barely puts a foot wrong in his first film as director, the story of a family break-up
Shoplifters make off with Palme d’OrHirokazu Kore-eda’s unsettling family drama takes the top prize in a difficult year for CannesThe House That Jack Built — Lars Von Trier’s latest shockerThe director’s new film combines sickening slapstick with Socratic dialogueUnder the Silver Lake — a vexing muddleAndrew Garfield stars in a handsome-looking but frustrating mysteryBlacKkKlansman — Spike Lee delivers laughter, and angerThe staggeringly unlikely story of a black Colorado policeman who joined the KKKAsh Is Purest White — Zhao Tao is magnificent in story of shifting power balancesThis outstanding Chinese film features a performance that will be a strong candidate for the Best Actress prizeGirls of the Sun and Happy as Lazzaro — women take on the competition and Cannes itselfFemale directors, historically under-represented in the Competition, delivered two films of varying qualityMore from this SeriesImage Book — aggressively impenetrable GodardThe veteran director’s film is created from a jumble of jarring media clipsLeto and 3 Faces — dissidents defy the authoritiesTwo films from directors who were unable to attend this year’s Cannes FestivalCold War — sumptuous, breathlessPawel Pawlikowski’s film has given a welcome shot in the arm to this year’s festivalEverybody Knows — enjoyable but haphazardIranian director Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language debut looked dazzling — on the red carpetYommedine — loveable but ploddingAn Egyptian comedy about a destitute widower, an orphan boy and an ageing donkeyWildlife — Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan star in an ‘actor’s movie’Paul Dano barely puts a foot wrong in his first film as director, the story of a family break-up
