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Mighty Hoopla 2024: Day One
If Capital FM were to host a music festival, it would be Mighty Hoopla; a painfully commercial, yet…
By Nina DoroushiSpecial
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Cannes 2024 in pictures: Emma Stone, Anya Taylor-Joy and Margaret Qualley light up the red carpets
Every May, the French Riviera transforms into the epicentre of global cinema. For its 77th edition, the Cannes…
By The editorial unit
Cannes
Motel Destino
Motels have a cinematic reputation as providing a bolthole to drifters, ne’er do wells and those with sexual…
By Mark Worgan
Cannes
Misericordia
Latin for “mercy”, the term “misericordia” denotes a devotional song during service, asking for God’s compassion. In his…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light may be one of the final films to make its bow…
By Mark Worgan
Cannes
Beating Hearts
The French term “amour fou” (literally translates to “crazy love”) is often used to describe the all-consuming, downright…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
To Live, to Die, to Live Again
The title of To Live, To Die, To Live Again provides a clue as to Gaël Morel’s film’s…
By Mark Worgan
Cannes
The Hyperboreans
Masters of their craft, Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León grace the Cannes Film Festival this year with the…
By Mae Trumata
Cannes
Being Maria
As the world is bracing itself for Billy Zane’s portrayal of Marlon Brando in the upcoming biopic Waltzing…
By Selina Sondermann
Cannes
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is one of French literature’s great stories, and one adapted for…
By Mark Worgan