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Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)When Midnight Cowboy came out 56 years ago this week, it instantly upended Hollywood's idea of a mainstream hit. A bleak tale of loneliness, sexuality and survival in New York, it was powered by career-defining performances from...

Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival(Credit: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival)Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star in Lynne Ramsay's 'surreal' and 'intense' study of postpartum depression that has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin...

Courtesy of the Cannes Film FestivalFeaturing Benicio Del Toro, Michael Cera, Scarlett Johansson and many more, the director's latest A-lister-filled farce has premiered at Cannes – and it's daft but fun.Just when you think that Wes Anderson can't get any...

Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival(Credit: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival)Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster is once again set to shock with this surreal, gory western featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, which is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.Ari...

Alamy(Credit: Alamy)A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.When King James was...

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)From skinny to barrel and ultra-high to low-slung, jeans trends are ever changing – so how can we choose the perfect pair for us, and maintain them properly?Few items of clothing are both as iconic and ubiquitous...

Courtesy of Cannes Film FestivalThe opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.With so much tension and conflict around the world, it...

Getty ImagesYesterday, the French mega-star was found guilty of sexual assaulting two women on a film set. It's verdict which could have a big impact on the country's film industry.It couldn't have been timed more dramatically if it had been...

Getty ImagesThere's complex etiquette and a rich history behind the French film festival's red-carpet ban of "naked" or "voluminous" dressing. We decipher the "decency" dress code of the Cannes Film Festival in 2025.That most rigid of red carpets just got...

AlamyTwenty-five years ago, the first instalment terrified by making everyday scenarios into death traps. Now, after a 14-year break, Final Destination: Bloodlines is tweaking the formula."In death, there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes." Those are the...