Better start today – I got up on time! In doing so, I amusingly discovered a room-mate still hadn’t come home from the night before (a Parisian scriptwriter hoping to find a director for her film – what a party animal!). For me, today was the Day of Shorts. First up was the press screening of all the short films in competition; I got there early, like I you have [...]

Last night ended up being a trip back in time. First, I was led around in circles before heading to the screening of Cannes classic Le Sauvage [1975], but felt privileged as soon as Catherine Deneuve – the film’s star, now pushing 70 – gracefully walked through the door. It was her everyone wanted to see, past fellow heavyweights Costa-Gavras and director Jean-Paul Rappeneau. One girl bravely stopped her in [...]

Alongside modern heavyweight Woody Allen and the premiere of  Midnight In Paris, French magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès has also wowed audiences at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — despite having been dead for over 70 years. Méliès’ century-old classic, A Trip to the Moon [Le voyage dans la lune], was shown for the first time in colour on opening night at Cannes, thought to have been lost for decades [...]

An almost full Salle du Soixantieme anxiously waited for the director and star’s arrival ahead of Le Sauvage, many of whom were young Cannes Cinephiles who applied for special access. They weren’t disappointed. Jean-Paul Rappeneau entered ahead of Cinematheque Francaise director/renowned filmmaker Costa-Gavras before the cheers were raised a notch as Catherine Deneuve walked through the door.

Cannes: overwhelming and pricey. That’s the best I can do to describe my first day at the festival. It’s 3:35pm and since arriving to the Palais at 10:30 this morning I’ve only just managed to step outside and get food to recharge (blowing 16 Euro on a bagel, sandwich and packet of chips – welcome to the Riviera). But the unlimited free water, Nestle juice and coffee and wi-fi make [...]

Unbelievably it’s May again, and for the European spring that means only one thing in the film industry – Cannes. The 11^th has crept up ever so slowly but it’s time for the world’s biggest film festival to kick off for 2011. For those lucky enough to be in attendance, this means 12 jam-packed days of film premieres, star-studded red carpets and, of course, juicy controversy that will make industry [...]

As the latest adventure from Marvel, Thor brings us a bit of Norse mythology with superheroes kicking arse in between. But behind every superhero lurks the shadowy villain, often morally twisted and tied with the good guy inescapably. Cut Print Review talked with Tom Hiddleston about his role as Thor’s brother Loki, Chris Hemsworth and his yet-to-be-confirmed appearance in The Avengers.

With the success of the rolling Iron Man franchise and the hype of upcoming films Captain America and The Avengers, Marvel Studios would be feeling pretty smug in the aftermath of the Disney merger. Oh, and that’s not mentioning the next Spider-Man instalment either, sans Raimi/Maguire/Dunst. As the comic-book craze pushes on, Marvel’s aura of invincibility is not completely ridiculous, and so they bring us what they believe to be [...]