The biggest,weirdest and best Cannes films to keep an eye on this year

The biggest,weirdest and best Cannes films to keep an eye on this year

This year’s Cannes festival was largely defined by bold,daring and outright strange films. Here are six titles you should be across.

  • byNell Geraets

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The Cannes red carpet always delivers drama. This year was no exception

The Cannes red carpet always delivers drama. This year was no exception

From surprise appearances to Greta Gerwig in horse heels,here are six of the biggest moments from this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

  • byNell Geraets
New Donald Trump biopic includes controversial rape scene

New Donald Trump biopic includes controversial rape scene

The film,titled The Apprentice,charts the former president’s rise to wealth and power in the 1970s and 80s.

  • byCraig Simpson
‘Deliciously bonkers’:Aussie film starring Nicolas Cage makes a splash at Cannes

‘Deliciously bonkers’:Aussie film starring Nicolas Cage makes a splash at Cannes

The US actor had fans screaming and bellowing as he appeared at Cannes for the first time in more than 30 years.

  • byGarry Maddox
Masterpiece or disaster? Megalopolis and the art of the self-funded passion project

Masterpiece or disaster? Megalopolis and the art of the self-funded passion project

Bold new films from The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner show there are still mavericks in American cinema,but can they pull it off?

  • byGarry Maddox
Reborn icon:One of France’s most famous hotels still has star power

Reborn icon:One of France’s most famous hotels still has star power

The newly refreshed Carlton is the most famous hotel in the south of France.

  • byLee Tulloch
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What this woman went through at 16 was awful. Now it’s an award-winning film

What this woman went through at 16 was awful. Now it’s an award-winning film

Molly Manning Walker’s new film How To Have Sex sprang from a single memory from her years clubbing in the Mediterranean.

  • byKarl Quinn
Johnny Depp says he has no ‘further need for Hollywood’

Johnny Depp says he has no ‘further need for Hollywood’

“It’s a strange,funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves,but they can’t,” Depp told reporters in Cannes.

  • byJake Coyle
Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

Does the world’s most famous film festival have a serious man problem?

The rousing reception granted to Johnny Depp at Cannes is just the latest instance of a man being welcomed with open arms after being accused of behaving badly.

  • byKarl Quinn
Johnny Depp receives lengthy standing ovation at Cannes opening gala

Johnny Depp receives lengthy standing ovation at Cannes opening gala

Legions of French Depp fans surged around the barriers set up at the cinemas at the film festival’s opening night,where the star signed autographs and posed for selfies.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Cannes’ most famous hotel reopens after renovation

Cannes’ most famous hotel reopens after renovation

Loved by celebrities and royalty,this grand hotel on the Cote d’Azur is exuding a new glamour.

  • byJulietta Jameson