From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

Cork French Film Festival marks 30 years with diverse range of offerings

March festival to serving up mixture of love stories, comedies, war dramas and more

Event of the Week: The IFI French Film Festival

Lineup includes Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl’, Christophe Honoré’s ‘Sorry Angel’ and a documentary about John McEnroe that includes shouting

Asian cinema lights up Cannes but Star Wars gets the fireworks

There was plenty of Hollywood bling – and anger – at this year’s festival but new movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi were quieter highlights

Cork French Film Festival sees women to the fore in diverse programme

Festival includes Q & A with award winning French actress Sandrine Bonnaire

The Measure of a Man review: a social drama to cherish

Stéphane Brizé gives us a quietly effective consideration of how surveillance culture degrades and debases

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Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ wins Cannes Jury Prize

Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan’ wins Palme d’Or to gasps in the auditorium

The Measure of a Man: Vincent Lindon sets the acting bar | Cannes Review

Long takes and a matter-of-fact treatment add up to a quietly savage treatment of the capitalist machine

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