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Reporting on the most famous and fashionable, and the films, at the annual Cannes Film Festival
Barbara Lennie (left) and Victoria Luengo in a still from Bitter Christmas.
European cinema

Review | Bitter Christmas: Pedro Almodovar engrosses with his latest meta movie

A film within a film within a film, Bitter Christmas examines the relationship between life and cinema.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

How Colony features a new kind of zombie to reflect modern fears

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European cinema

Review | Fjord: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve anchor ice-cold child welfare drama

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Hope: director Na Hong-jin of The Wailing fame returns with a monster mess

A promising beginning and strong performances are not enough to save Hope from being a messy spectacle with woeful CGI monsters.

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Jung Ho-yeon (front) and Hwang Jung-min in a still from Hope.
American cinema

Review | Paper Tiger: Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson lead dark gangster movie

Director James Gray returns to his mob roots in this film about two brothers who fall foul of the Russian mafia in New York. Also stars Miles Teller.

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Sheep in the Box: Hirokazu Koreeda tackles grief in sci-fi drama

Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes entry probes grief, artificial intelligence and family bonds, but its subplots leave the film scattered.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Colony: Jun Ji-hyun returns in slick but empty zombie thriller

Jun Ji-hyun stars as a biotech professor battling bloodthirsty zombies in Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho’s new film.

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Jun Ji-hyun as biotech professor Kwon Se-jeong in a still from Colony (category IIB, Korean), directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Koo Kyo-hwan and Ji Chang-wook co-star.
Fame and celebrity

Travolta gets surprise Cannes prize: ‘beyond the Oscar’

The Hollywood star received an honorary Palme d’Or, as he premiered his first film as a director.

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | All of a Sudden: Ryusuke Hamaguchi wows with Paris-set drama

Starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, the three-hour movie on caregiving and capitalism is anchored by a profound bilingual conversation.

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Asian cinema

Review | Parallel Tales: Asghar Farhadi misfires with latest French excursion

This tale of voyeurism in Paris, starring Vincent Cassel, Virginie Efira and Isabelle Huppert, lacks any tension or romantic intrigue.

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Isabelle Huppert as Sylvie (left) and Adam Bessa as Adam in a still from Parallel Tales, directed by Asghar Farhadi.
Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Nagi Notes: Koji Fukada ponders the meaning of art in wartime

Featuring nuanced performances and beautiful camerawork, Nagi Notes asks what art should mean in the chaotic world we live in.

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Takako Matsu as the sculptor Yoriko (front) and Shizuka Ishibashi as her model in a still from Nagi Notes, which played in the 2026 Cannes Film Festival’s main competition.
Mainland China

Chloe Zhao, Stellan Skarsgard and Demi Moore among Cannes jurors

Organisers unveil the nine-member jury for the 79th Cannes Film Festival beginning May 12.

European cinema

Review | Sound of Falling: Cannes Jury Prize winner is a beautiful tale of trauma

The lives of four women in different eras on one farm are intertwined with haunting narratives of trauma and liberation in Sound of Falling.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Q&A | Skye Hankey on supporting emerging designers via Fashion Trust US

Hankey, who hangs with celebrities from Kim Kardashian to Salma Hayek, sat down with Style to talk philanthropy and Fashion Trust US.

Skye Hankey with Zac Posen and Joseph Altuzarra at Fashion Trust US in Los Angeles. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Leslie Cheung broke all the rules to become a Hong Kong superstar

The music and cinema legend’s artistry, vulnerability and defiance in a conservative Asian society forever reshaped Hong Kong pop culture.

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Hong Kong pop icon Leslie Cheung on the set of director Wong Kar-wai’s Days of Being Wild in 1990. Cheung was a trailblazing Cantopop icon who reshaped Hong Kong’s entertainment scene. Photo: SCMP
Ukraine war

Oscar-winner Penn skips Academy Awards ceremony to visit Zelensky in Kyiv

The ‘One Battle After Another’ star skips ceremony for his third Oscar win to meet President Zelensky and potentially visit the front lines.

European cinema

Why Sentimental Value is the most acclaimed European film of the year

The Norwegian drama with Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning won the Grand Prix at Cannes and has 9 Oscar nods. What makes it so appealing?

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Iran

Screenwriter of Oscar-nominated Iranian film arrested in Tehran

Mehdi Mahmoudian and others detained after signing a statement calling Iran’s crackdown an ‘organised state crime against humanity’.

A scene from the Oscar-nominated film ‘It Was Just an Accident’. Photo: Neon via AP
Singapore

Small market, global competition: can Singapore’s filmmakers break out abroad?

The government has rolled out a US$155.6 million programme to help local filmmakers reach wider markets amid shrinking cinema audiences.

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Asian cinema

The 12 best Asian films of 2025: Ne Zha 2, Kokuho and more

Our pick of the best Asian films of the past year includes a record-breaking animation and a movie that is nothing short of breathtaking.

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TV shows and streaming video

Why Imogen Poots is always ‘trust falling’, according to Kristen Stewart

Imogen Poots has put in some great performances in her career, not least in The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart’s directing debut.

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Kristen Stewart (left) and Imogen Poots attend a screening of The Chronology Of Water at San Vicente West Village in New York on December 3, 2025. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Asian cinema: Chinese films

Why it took Sean Baker’s producer 20 years to make her debut Left-Handed Girl

Tsou Shih-ching’s directorial debut, a heartfelt Taiwanese drama, was born from a moment of childhood guilt when her grandfather scolded her.

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Nina Ye (front) and Ma Shih-yuan in a still from Left-Handed Girl.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Sons of the Neon Night: star-studded crime epic proves an indelible watch

Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Ka-fai are joined by a host of stars in Juno Mak’s crime thriller set in an alternate 1994 Hong Kong.

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Fashion

Meet Louise Trotter, who will make her Bottega Veneta debut in Milan

Fashionistas got a glimpse of what Trotter will bring to the Italian brand when Julianne Moore and Vicky Krieps wore custom Bottega Veneta at Cannes.

Cinema

10 films to watch this fall: Anemone, Nuremberg and a Springsteen biopic

Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen in his upcoming biopic while Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with Eleanor the Great.

Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts in After the Hunt, and Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine. Photos: @afterthehuntmovie/Instagram, TNS
American cinema

Why Spike Lee is glad to be back with Denzel Washington in Highest 2 Lowest

Spike Lee talks about his love for Washington and Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, whose 1963 film High and Low he reimagined.

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Spike Lee waits for the start of the Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Inter Milan and Feyenoord, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on March 11, 2025. His new film, Highest 2 Lowest, is the latest of his works to star Denzel Washington. Photo: AP
American cinema

14 of the best recent body horror films, from Old to The Substance

Body horror hit its heyday in the ’80s with films like Videodrome and The Thing, but recent events are seeing the genre’s popularity resurge.

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High Jewellery

How to Style like Vittoria Ceretti, who dazzled in Messika at Cannes

The Italian model rocked Messika high jewellery, but pieces by Chanel, Fred, Graff and De Beers make for another sparkling collection.

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