Topless activists interrupted a concert by Woody Allen in Germany, calling for an end to the "culture of silence" around sexual abuse allegations against the US director. The German branch of the...
Israel's outspoken culture minister is threatening to withhold funding from two productions showing at a top festival because they contain nudity, provoking mockery and claims of censorship. Miri...
Art world satire The Square, directed by Ruben Ostlund, has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The Swedish title was one of 19 films competing for the prestigious Palme d’Or, in the...
After 12 days of red carpet glamour, political fashion statements and wardrobe malfunctions, here are the looks that turned heads at the Cannes film festival. Gowns slashed almost to the hip were...
An Iranian film-maker who was jailed for "anti-regime propaganda" won the top prize at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes film festival Saturday. Mohammad Rasoulof won for "Lerd" about a man...
Being accused of witchcraft is no laughing matter in Africa -- but movie director Rungano Nyoni decided a dose of humour was just what was needed to tackle a problem rampant in parts of the...
Jude Ratnam is worried how his film might go down with his fellow Sri Lankan Tamils. And he has a point. "Demons in Paradise", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, tells of the bloodbath...
A new documentary warns of Israel's slow "suicide" if it pushes ahead and annexes large swathes of the West Bank. "West of the Jordan River", by acclaimed Israeli director Amos Gitai, claims the...
Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up every morning on the shores of Lake Victoria and Kampala was rife with rumours that...
Arnold Schwarzenegger has four Hummers and likes nothing better than getting up at 5am to ride his Harley Davidson to the beach for breakfast. Yet "The Terminator" star insists that should not stop...
The Cannes film festival -- the world's greatest movie showcase -- celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. AFP asked actors and directors who made their names at the festival to recount their...
A documentary premiering at Cannes Saturday takes a road trip through Donald Trump country in Elvis Presley's old Rolls-Royce, depicting the King's rise and fall as a symbol for a vanishing American...
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev triggered a social media storm on Thursday after she attended the Cannes film festival in an evening dress featuring a Jerusalem Islamic shrine. Several tweets...
"House of Cards" star Robin Wright -- who plays a quietly Machiavellian First Lady in the hit Netflix series -- said Thursday that Michelle Obama should be the next US president. The actress told...
American actor Harvey Keitel is to star in a new film about the Portuguese peasant children who saw visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, its producers said Thursday. The announcement...
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia is to make a film about a disastrous adulterous affair among the Pakistani elite with Indian star Irrfan Khan, according to reports Thursday. "Moth Smoke" is being...
Filmmaker Michael Moore is making a documentary on Donald Trump entitled "Fahrenheit 11/9," a nod to his most famous work set in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks as well as the date the US...
Gaza doesn't have much space for cultural events -- there is no proper cinema in the entire enclave -- but this weekend the city's port has been transformed into a venue for outdoor screenings. The...
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has hit out at the French cinema "establishment", which he claims wants to block the streaming giant's movies from the Cannes film festival. Hastings took to his personal...
The Cannes film festival effectively slapped a ban on future Netflix-backed movies Wednesday after the streaming giant refused to screen its two films in this year's competition in French cinemas....
