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Reporting on the most famous and fashionable, and the films, at the annual Cannes Film Festival
- We’re all familiar with Maya Hawke, one of the most talented and talked-about “nepo babies” of her generation – but did you know she has a brother, Levon, who’s also stepping into the limelight?
- Levon, 22, recently starred in his older sister’s music video for ‘Dark’, which premiered in March – he’s also set to act in fellow nepo baby Zoë Kravitz’s upcoming film, Blink Twice
As two Hong Kong films premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, we look back at the city’s cinema history at the event, including Wong Kar-wai’s many hits and Johnnie To’s successes in the 2000s.
The biographical film, starring Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as young property tycoon Donald Trump, was announced on Thursday as part of the festival being held in France in May.
Jonathan Glazer’s historical drama The Zone of Interest is a profound, deeply unsettling masterpiece that highlights the horror of the Holocaust through the eyes of a camp commandant and his family.
Drive My Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film, and a Korean historical epic, lead the field in the 17th Asian Film Awards. Two Hong Kong films each have nominations in three categories.
The star of two Cannes 2023 winners, one of them also garlanded at the Golden Globes, Sandra Hüller is about to be immortalised in the pantheon of cinematic greats. We look at her best films to date.
Several Malaysian films such as Tiger Stripes and Rain Town have won acclaim at international film festivals.
Chinese actress Zhou Dongyu talks about filming Gen Z drama The Breaking Ice in freezing conditions, being discovered by Zhang Yimou, challenging herself and her hopes for ‘a better Chinese cinema’.
Chen was inspired to make his latest drama while pondering life in London’s pandemic lockdown. Read on for his thoughts on China’s youth, the state of Asian cinema and what Singapore’s films are missing.
Forced into retirement by Alzheimer’s disease, Hou Hsiao-hsien leaves a legacy of 18 feature films. We rank his top 10, from Millennium Mambo to The Assassin, his last film, and A City of Sadness.
Actor Song Kang-ho, star of Parasite and Broker, was at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2023 with his new film, Cobweb. He tells the Post what makes his movies so successful outside Korea.
Zhang Yimou has directed wuxia epics (Hero, Shadow), comedies (One Second, Keep Cool) and films about 20th-century China (Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum). Here is our pick of his top 10 films.
From Pedro Almodóvar’s film with Saint Laurent to Chanel’s partnership with Hong Kong’s M+ museum’s moving image programmes, the worlds of cinema and fashion have never been more closely intertwined
From Paco Rabanne’s Pedro Almodóvar-inspired beachwear to Susie Cave’s theatrical dresses and Maison Margiela’s bag that thinks it’s a hat – these are the new lines we can’t get enough of
For this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Chopard designed 76 stunning haute joaillerie masterpieces – here’s a glimpse inside the exclusive collection
Hong Kong star Maggie Cheung showed her acting abilities in two films directed by Olivier Assayas: Irma Vep, in which she played a version of herself, and Clean, in which she played a recovering heroin addict.
My Blueberry Nights, starring Natalie Portman and Norah Jones and 2046, featuring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhang Ziyi, generally rank low on lists of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai’s best work, but have their merits.
The Japanese director’s latest Cannes festival prizewinner, Monster examines the intense relationship between two schoolboys from different perspectives – a bit like Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, he admits.
Exposed bras might just be the hottest red-carpet trend of 2023 – here are 7 times celebrities chose to wear the daring style so far
Bait 3D, an Australia-Singapore co-production, is a basic shark-attack film that flopped at the Australian box office but was a huge success in China, helped by its action, 3D shots and lack of politics.
The internet is divided over Iranian model Mahlagha Jaberi’s Jila Saber bodycon dress with a neckline resembling a noose, in protest of her home country’s ‘wrongful executions’ – here’s what we know
After a five-year hiatus from Cannes, the Chinese actress stole the spotlight at red carpets, after-parties and even Naomi Campbell’s birthday bash
From Grand Jury prizewinner The Zone of Interest to Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, here are 10 of the best movies from the Cannes Film Festival 2023.
Song Kang-ho of Parasite stars as a director in Cobweb, a Korean movie about filmmaking – but with a bloated runtime, too often the good moments are outweighed by the bad.
Best actor went to Japan’s Koji Yakusho, who plays a toilet cleaner in Tokyo in director Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days.
Wim Wenders returns to Tokyo with the charming story of ageing toilet cleaner Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), who works for the Tokyo Toilet art project, listens to music on cassette and takes photos of trees with a film camera.
Wang Jing’s debut film The Best Is Yet to Come is inspired by the true story of a journalist who exposed nationwide discrimination against people living with hepatitis B in mainland China.
Starring Song Joong-ki, Hong Xa-bin and Kim Hyoung-seo, Korean thriller Hopeless is an impressive debut feature from Kim Chang-hoon that simmers with tension.
Kendall Jenner is a regular on the Cannes red carpet, and has rocked several memorable looks since her first appearance in 2014 – but not all of them did the model justice
Premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Kubi sees Japanese director Takeshi Kitano back to his best with his first film in six years – a historical epic about warring samurai.
