May 26, 2009
Cannes 2009: RT's 10 Must-See Movies
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival has officially wrapped, with most commentators agreeing that this year's selection was a cut above. There were some disappointments, but plenty of movies to get excited about, and RT was there for the whole festival... More...

May 24, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Haneke's The White Ribbon Scoops Palme d’Or
Michael Haneke took Cannes' top honour tonight as his film, The White Ribbon, won the prestigious Palme d'Or. It's Haneke's third major Cannes prize but his first Palme d'Or. The director took to the stage to be presented with the award by jury... More...

May 24, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Critics Pick Their Awards Favourites
With the Cannes Film Festival winding down this weekend, talk is now turning to who will win the Palme d'Or this evening. We tracked down several journalists covering the fest to gauge their opinion, and it seems there are two very definite... More...

May 24, 2009
Cannes 2009: Sidebar Awards Round-up
It's the final day of the Cannes Film Festival today, and following yesterday's announcement of the Director's Fortnight awards, now we have word from Critics Week and FIPRESCI ahead of tonight's official competition ceremony. Meanwhile, the... More...

May 23, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Gilliam Fails to Impress with Parnassus
Critics in Cannes were amongst the first, yesterday, to see Heath Ledger's final performance in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the fantasy flick that was long-delayed due to his death, played at the festival. Reviews have been mixed at best.... More...

May 23, 2009
Cannes 2009: I Killed My Mother Owns Fortnight Awards
Cannes' Director's Fortnight sidebar has announced its prizes for this year's festival, honouring Canadian director Xavier Dolan's J'ai tue ma mere (I Killed My Mother) in all but two of its five categories. The film is the tale of a complicated... More...

May 22, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - The White Ribbon Stuns Critics
Wednesday night's screening of The White Ribbon left the Cannes crowds shocked and stunned, and seems to have impressed every critic in attendance, with the film achieving 100% on the Tomatometer after nine reviews. Directed by festival favourite... More...

May 22, 2009
Cannes 2009: Cantona Continues Cinematic Outings
Former Manchester United soccer superstar Eric Cantona is carving a name for himself as an actor after Ken Loach's Looking for Eric, in which he stars, opened to critical acclaim at Cannes earlier in the week. He's been tapped by Herve P. Gustave,... More...

May 22, 2009
Cannes 2009: Stephen Fry Brings His Liar to the Big Screen
Stephen Fry will bring his novel, The Liar to the big screen with himself in a starring role, Screen International reports. One of Britain's most beloved comedians, Fry wrote The Liar in 1991 and will executive produce the big-screen adaptation.... More...

May 21, 2009
Cannes 2009: UFOs Approach
Veteran producer Robert Evans is getting into the alien business, teaming with ITV Global to create a feature based on cult TV series UFO. The British show, which ran from 1970 to 1973, was created by Gerry Anderson, best known for his work on the... More...

May 21, 2009
Cannes 2009: Alchemist News
Bestselling author Paulo Coelho has been talking to Variety about the long-gestating movie version of his hugely successful novel The Alchemist. The project, announced in Cannes in 2008, will apparently shoot before the year's end, although... More...

May 20, 2009
Cannes 2009: Tarantino Talks Basterds
The stars were out in full force to support Inglorious Basterds in Cannes this morning, with writer/director Quentin Tarantino and cast members Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger and Michael Fassbender (amongst others) facing the press on the... More...

May 20, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Inglourious Splits Critics
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds got its long-awaited first screening this morning at the Cannes Film festival, with critics giving it a round of applause at its conclusion, but opinions gathered so far have been mixed. The film follows a... More...

May 20, 2009
Cannes 2009: RT Interview - Sally Hawkins on We Want Sex
The Golden Globe seems to have done Sally Hawkins well. After winning the award for her part in Mike Leigh's hilarious Happy-Go-Lucky, having her name attached to any project seems to have become an instant arbiter of interest. As we meet with... More...

May 20, 2009
Cannes 2009: Hollywood has Thirst for Park Remake
Director Park Chan-wook has a habit of attracting Hollywood to remake his movies. OId boy is an active project at DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg attached to direct and Will Smith starring. Lady Vengeance is set up as a vehicle for Charlize... More...

May 20, 2009
Cannes 2009: Pattinson Confirms Twilight 4
As if there was ever any doubt, Robert Pattinson -- currently filming the second and third instalments of Twilight back-to-back - confirmed at Cannes today that, yes, they'll make the fourth movie as well. He told The Hollywood Reporter that he's... More...

May 20, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Almodovar's Broken Embraces a Comfortable Favourite
Pedro Almodovar is a firm favourite in Cannes, so it's no surprise to see his new film Broken Embraces receiving largely positive reviews from the assembled critics. The director's first foray into film noir territory since Bad Education half a... More...

May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: Bridget Jones Becomes a Musical
Bridget Jones's Diary is set to be a musical according to Variety. Working Title are producing the show, and will be hoping to replicate the success of the live-action Billy Elliot stage show - which has just been nominated for a ton of Tony... More...

May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: George Clooney to Play Assassin
There's a double dose of George Clooney news that's emerged at Cannes yesterday. Firstly, Variety reports that the greying star has signed on to topline A Very Private Gentleman -- an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel -- which will be directed... More...

May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: Carrey and co. Present A Christmas Carol
Big, fat flakes of white snow suddenly began tumbling down in the roasting afternoon heat of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. It wasn't global warming. It was just Cannes. Because here, you can do that. The festival is its own Field Of Dreams:... More...

May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: A Prophet Director Goes Dark for Next Project
The Cannes Film Festival is only halfway through, but an early favourite for the coveted Palme d'Or is Jacques Audiard's astonishing A Prophet, a tale of a young offender whose route into more serious crime is assured when he's sent to a prison... More...

May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Antichrist Shocks, Eric Delights
Say what you like about Lars von Trier, the director never fails to find controversy. To one degree or another, most of his films have provoked comment for their themes and for von Trier's passion for breaking taboos. Antichrist, which premiered... More...

May 18, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Johnnie To Takes Vengeance in Cannes
Cannes is not usually known as a grand supporter of genre cinema, which is why you can count those sorts of movies in this year's selection on one hand. So it's an odd setting to premiere Johnnie To's Vengeance, a film so relentlessly planted in... More...

May 17, 2009
Cannes 2009: RT Chats to Ang Lee and team Taking Woodstock
It's not every day you get to have lunch with Ang Lee, so when RT were invited to do just that today in Cannes we couldn't refuse. Also joining us, James Schamus, Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch and Imelda Staunton, and over a three-course meal at... More...

May 17, 2009
Cannes 2009: RT Hits the Exclusive Soho House Party
Champagne and cocktails flowed, stars arrived en masse and perhaps the most impressive display of food at any party this Cannes greeted guests who arrived last night for the exclusive Soho House party in a glamorous setting amidst a castle just... More...

May 17, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Critics Cool on Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock
As Ang Lee's latest, Taking Woodstock, received its premiere last night at the Cannes Film Festival, critics were intrigued to point out a number of similarities between it and Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. They both involve young men on the cusp... More...

May 16, 2009
Cannes 2009: Gambit and Silk Spectre Go Bang Bang
This morning's press reception for The Bang Bang Club in Cannes was rather affected by the conspicuous absence of the film's main star, Ryan Phillippe, who pulled out at the last minute due to illness, making it a slightly quieter affair than many... More...

May 16, 2009
Cannes 2009: Exclusive – Taylor Kitsch Takes Gambit Forward for Wolverine 2
Taylor Kitsch sat down with RT today on the beach in Cannes to share details of his latest project, The Bang Bang Club, in which he plays a photojournalist in post-Apartheid South Africa alongside Ryan Phillippe and Malin Ackerman. While we... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Thirst’s Vampires Descend on the Croisette
Park Chan-wook is best known for his exceptional Vengeance Trilogy -- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance -- three blood-soaked, expertly drawn films that seemed to challenge all that had come before. When he announced plans to... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz Get Precious
Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire, is the story of a young black girl from Harlem abused by her parents, struggling to get through high school and break out of the welfare cycle she's been born into. Playing as part of Cannes' official... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: Don Quixote Rides Again
Terry Gilliam's seemingly cursed adaptation of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is set to be revived, nearly 10 years after his first crack at the material was abandoned. The announcement was made in Cannes this week, where Gilliam is presenting... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: Primeval Movie Announced
Warner Bros. has bought the rights to produce a movie based on the ITV series Primeval, according to Variety.The show, which airs on BBC America in the US, is to be adapted by Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend, Angels & Demons), who is penning the first... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: Sharks in a Mall!
We've already had Snakes on a Plane, so why not Sharks in a Mall? That's the premise for a new 3-D action adventure that was announced in Cannes this morning. Highlander helmer Russell Mulcahy will write and direct the film, which has the most... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: More Jekyll and Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde adaptations are like buses -- you wait years for one and then three come along at once. First Guillermo del Toro announced plans to adapt Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novella, then Nicolas Winding Refn revealed his intention to... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: Bubblegum Crisis - The Movie
The hugely popular Japanese anime Bubblegum Crisis is set to get a celluloid makeover, with six countries partnering to craft a truly international feature. Production houses from Singapore, Japan, Australia, Canada, China and the UK will work... More...

May 15, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report – Andrea Arnold Hits with Fish Tank
Returning to the Cannes Film Festival after a massive success there with your last film is a challenge for any filmmaker -- critics are quick to pounce on falls from form here. Andrea Arnold received an Oscar for her short film Wasp in 2004 and... More...

May 14, 2009
Cannes 2009: IFC Go Red Riding
The Red Riding Trilogy, a triptych of films from directors Julian Jarold, James Marsh and Anand Tucker, has been picked up for US distribution by IFC Films who plan to release the trilogy in theatres and on demand after a whip around film... More...

May 14, 2009
Cannes 2009: Wolverine Star Unbound
Wolverine star Hugh Jackman is set to star opposite Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattison in period drama Unbound Captives, it was announced today. According to Variety, the plot revolves around a woman whose is rescued to a frontiersman following... More...

May 14, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Battle for Terminator 5
The Terminator franchise faces a potentially rocky future, according to a report published by Variety that predicts a bidding war for the rights to future installments. Terminator Salvation - which hits our screens in the coming weeks - is... More...

May 14, 2009
Cannes 2009: Keanu Battles Drug Dealers
Keanu Reeves has signed up to star in an action thriller about the drug trade entitled Cartagena, according to reports coming out of Cannes today. Described by Screen Daily as a cross between The French Connection and Michael Clayton, the film... More...

May 14, 2009
Cannes 2009: Up Takes Flight at After-party
It's not every day you see a house, held aloft by thousands of helium balloons, floating peacefully at the end of a pier, but last night's premiere after-party for Up was just such an occasion. A giant recreation of Carl Fredricksen's flying house... More...

May 13, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Up Soars With Cannes Critics
It's opening night tonight in Cannes, as Pixar's latest, Up, receives its world premiere at the Grand Theatre Lumiere -- the main stage, as it were, for all films playing in the main competition - and marks the start of the 2009 Cannes Film... More...

May 10, 2009
Cannes 2009: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies
The Cannes Film Festival will screen nearly 100 films as part of its Official Selection and associated sidebars when it kicks off next week in the Southern France town. The festival runs from 13-24th May and there are plenty of exciting new movies... More...

May 10, 2009
Cannes 2009: The Full Programme
The Cannes Film Festival kicks off this coming Wednesday and, as always, RT will be there, soaking in the sights and sounds and reporting our findings. Two weeks of life by the beach in the South of France. It's a tough job. Of course, the real... More...