The Man I Love review – Rami Malek needs a lighter touch in Ira Sachs’ 80s Aids drama

Cannes film festival: Sachs’ film about an HIV-positive actor in the homophobic Reagan-era 80s is well-intended, but Malek’s mannered performance is hard to love This film from writer-director Ira Sachs gives us premium-strength, undiluted Rami Malek – but I have to say that his overripe performance and self-conscious mannerisms here are perhaps even more oppressively insistent for being conveyed relatively quietly in spoken dialogue. And not quietly at all in the singing scenes. Malek is a p...

By Peter Bradshaw

Cannes Film Festival 2026 reviews: our film critics’ verdict - The Times

Cannes Film Festival 2026 reviews: our film critics’ verdict  The Times

Hollywood Ventures Group Options Namratha Stanley’s ‘Vineyard Melody’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Hollywood Ventures Group has optioned Namratha Stanley’s memoir “Vineyard Melody” for a film adaptation, with the deal closed during the Cannes Film Festival. HVG co-founder Glenn Gainor has had director conversations in Cannes as the company charts the project’s development path. Published by Regalo Press, the memoir follows Stanley from a decade-plus of domestic abuse […]

By Naman Ramachandran

The Man I Love movie review: Rami Malek’s Cannes drama is among the best this year

By Shubhra Gupta

Cannes Embraces Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’

The 80s-set drama, starring Rami Malek, was greeted with a stirring standing ovation at its competition premiere Wednesday night.

By Scott Roxborough

‘The Birthday Party’ Clip: First Look At Monica Bellucci In Cannes Palme D’Or Contender Unveiled

EXCLUSIVE: Monica Bellucci hits Cannes Film Festival this year in Léa Mysius’ Palme d’Or contender The Birthday Party (Histoires De La Nuit) and Deadline can reveal a first look of the star in the dark thriller, which closes the main competition program on Friday. Adapted from Laurent Mauvignier’s eponymous best-selling, the picture revolves around Thomas, […]

By Melanie Goodfellow