Nadine Labaki: ‘I really believe cinema can effect social change’
The Oscar nominee talks about being a female director in Lebanon, the child poverty that inspired her latest film and the Syrian refugee crisis
September 2018
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Cold War review – love in a communist climate
Paweł Pawlikowski’s love letter to his parents is a sweeping tale of passion and politics set in the shadow of the iron curtain
August 2018
Venice film festival 2018: all star lineup, despite lack of female film-makers
The festival, opening Wednesday, has come under fire for featuring only one female director in competition – yet this year looks only to cement its position as the prime Oscars launchpad
Cannes film festival's sexual harassment hotline – did it work?
Leading industry women spoke out passionately about sexual harassment – but some female film-makers said they continued to be mistreated
Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%'
The director’s violent, sexually charged films repel as many viewers as they entrance – but at Cannes, almost everyone loved his latest, LSD-soaked dance drama Climax. So where did he go wrong?
Cannes of worms: true gender equality in film will take more than 'just add women'
Deb Verhoeven and Bronwyn Coate
Women working solo direct 15% of new releases – but many of those films aren’t widely screened. The problem’s not just access, but gatekeeping too
Nuzzle a panda, kiss a lioness: Jane Goodall takes us on her wildest adventure yet
The wildlife legend wants to take the whole world on safari. As her stunning new VR film series launches, she talks about firing up David Attenborough – and explains why Andy Serkis was ‘fantastic’ as an ape
Cannes 2018: cheering – if baffling – set of prizes caps a curious year
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters swiped the Palme d’Or from hotter tips but few could begrudge this masterful veteran of world cinema his time in the sun
Cannes 2018: unfancied Japanese film Shoplifters takes Palme d'Or
Spike Lee and Jean-Luc Godard were also among the prizewinners at the 71st annual film festival
Cannes 2018: Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters wins the Palme d'Or – as it happened
Names in the news
Give Kristen Stewart a Palme d’Or for putting her best foot forward
Rebecca Nicholson
Cannes 2018: A search for meaning on the Croisette
