A Woman’s Life review – a breezy comedy of midlife crisis and same-sex affair

Cannes film festival: Léa Drucker gives a bravura performance as a brilliant surgeon whose already chaotic life is further complicated by a same-sex affair with a journalist Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s new film is a hectic, garrulous, breezily agreeable comedy of midlife emotional upheaval, unencumbered by any serious or permanent concern about any of the passion and heartache that it briefly encounters. It’s also a movie that declines to allow its characters to be changed in any way by the ...

By Peter Bradshaw

Cannes 2026: Park Chan-wook and Demi Moore ready to judge festival contenders

It's Day 1 of the annual cinematic marathon for the Cannes  jury weighing up the features in competition for the Palme d'Or, with 22 films to consider. Critic Emma Jones tells us more about the members of director Park Chan-wook's jury, and we discuss the first two competition screenings: "Nagi Notes" and "A Woman's Life", as well as the hotly anticipated features from Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodovar and Cristian Mungiu.

By Olivia SALAZAR-WINSPEAR

The best and worst outfits at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival so far

Jane Fonda at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images The Cannes Film Festival is underway in France between May 12 and May 23. Stars like Jane Fonda and Demi Moore have already attended in glamorous outfits. Others, like Heidi Klum, missed the mark with their red-carpet fashion. The red carpet has officially been rolled out in Cannes, France. Celebrities are flocking to the resort city this week to celebrate the Cannes Film Festival, which showcases new films and pr...

‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review: Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbender Serve in Jane Schoenbrun’s Delicious Slasher Homage

If Jane Schoenbrun is feeling the pressures of being their generation’s highest-profile trans filmmaker, it shows in only the most enjoyably defiant of ways in Un Certain Regard opener “Teenage Sex and Death in Camp Miasma.” A steamy stew of sex, death, VHS and junk food, as though workshopped by Eros, Thanatos, Colonel Sanders and the […]

By Jessica Kiang

‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ Comes Alive at Cannes With Warm Standing Ovation

Jane Schoenbrun’s newest film, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, had its world premiere Wednesday night inside Debussy Theatre to kick off the Un Certain Regard selections.

By Chris Gardner

Halsey To Star In & Co-Write Psycho-Sexual Horror ‘Replacer’ With Avan Jogia Directing & Lily Wachowski Exec Producing — Cannes Market

U.S. pop star and budding actress Halsey is set to star in Replacer, a “psycho-sexual horror” written by the singer and actor-director Avan Jogia, with Jogia directing, and Lily Wachowski exec-producing. The synopsis reads: “Stranded in Montreal, Proxy (Halsey), a troubled DJ, meets an alluring artist and his group of friends who run an underground […]

By Andreas Wiseman

Vin Diesel, cast reunite in Cannes to mark Fast And Furious 25th anniversary milestone

Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez were at Cannes Film Festival for the 25th anniversary screening of The Fast And The Furious.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Review

I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun’s latest, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is a sexy, silly, sweet, sincere, and stellar horror gem.

By Arnold T. Blumberg

Demi Moore Unveils Showstopping Purple Gown on Cannes Red Carpet

Demi Moore can truly make a statement. The Substance actress was a picture of purple perfection at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where she is also a member of the festival’s jury. Demi hit the...