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The Death of Louis XIV – first look

Six decades after The 400 Blows, Jean-Pierre Léaud plays the dying Sun King in a stately, majestic study of flesh and emblems from Albert Serra – surely the most beautiful film at Cannes 2016.

Jonathan Romney
Sunday 22 May 2016

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Elle – first look

A typically inimitable Isabelle Huppert takes no prisoners in Paul Verhoeven’s typically black-comic provocation, a rape-reaction art melodrama that’s his first film in ten years, writes Geoff Andrew.

Geoff Andrew
Sunday 22 May 2016

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Divines – first look

Isabel Stevens on an exuberant, go-its-own-way young female buddy thriller from the self-taught Houda Benyamina – officially the best debut feature at Cannes 2016.

Isabel Stevens
Sunday 22 May 2016

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Raw – first look

Chloe Roddick hails a fresh feminine (and sororal) horror from French first feature director Julia Ducournau, set in the blank spaces of a veterinary college.

Chloe Roddick
Saturday 21 May 2016

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Hissein Habré, a Chadian Tragedy – first look

Chadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun was one of many exiles from the country’s brutal 1980s dictatorship. Now he honours the regime’s victims and documents a quarter-century campaign for justice, writes Geoff Andrew.

Geoff Andrew
Friday 20 May 2016

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The Red Turtle – first look

Studio Ghibli’s first international coproduction is a ravishing castaway fable by animator Michael Dudok de Wit that combines beauty, mystery, drama and heartbreak – with not a word spoken, says Isabel Stevens.

Isabel Stevens
Friday 20 May 2016

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From the Magazine

Film of the week: Heart of a Dog

Laurie Anderson circles death in this paean to her late dog, and other lost loves, that’s less free-associative than it initially seems, says Nick Pinkerton.

Nick Pinkerton
Friday 20 May 2016

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Aquarius – first look

Neighbouring Sounds’ Kleber Mendonça Filho switches from Recife’s gated highrises to its smalltime beachfront with this eloquent saga of Sonia Braga’s proudly autonomous, economically besieged widower, writes Jordan Cronk.

Jordan Cronk
Friday 20 May 2016

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The Neon Demon – first look

The latest from perennial provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn is a fashion-world flirtation with Sadean kitsch that lacks staying power, says Catherine Bray.

Catherine Bray
Friday 20 May 2016

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My Life as a Courgette – first look

A big film in a small package: Claude Barras’s children’s animation, written by Girlhood’s Céline Sciamma, broaches downbeat themes with charm, heart and smarts, says Wendy Ide.

Wendy Ide
Friday 20 May 2016

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