May 27th, 2008 · Fresh Air critic-at-large John Powers spent some time at the Cannes Film Festival this month, and today he reports back on what he saw. He says this year's movies weren't half bad — but for Americans, at least, the festival had a gloomy, fatalistic vibe.
May 25th, 2008 · Yachts pull up anchor in southern France as judges in Cannes issue the festival's Palme d'Or to Entre les Murs (The Class), a film about a year in the life of a French school teacher. NPR's Guy Raz talks with Charles Ealy, who is covering Cannes for the Austin American Statesman.
May 21st, 2008 · Turkish-German filmmaker, 34, drew an Oscar nomination and a Cannes screenwriting award for his hot-ticket movie The Edge of Heaven. Critics say it's his breakthrough as a leading light of the new global cinema.
May 19th, 2008 · Film critic Kenneth Turan was among those at the Cannes Film Festival in France who got to see one of the most anticipated movies of the summer Sunday. He discusses Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
May 18th, 2008 · The Cannes Film Festival is always a melange of the ridiculous and the sublime. We get a report on a Filipino disaster and a Turkish success, as well as a taste of Indiana Jones.
May 18th, 2008 · Angelina Jolie is drawing attention this week for her pregnancy and her latest movie, "Changeling," at the Cannes Film Festival, French television journalist Ulysse Gosset tells Liane Hanson.
May 1st, 2008 · Israeli writer Etgar Keret has a new short-story collection out (The Girl on the Fridge) as well as a film collaboration with his wife. The film, Jellyfish, won the Camera D'Or prize at Cannes in 2007. Keret talks about writing and moviemaking.
Jul 27th, 2007 · For the first time in its history, North Korea had a film screened at the Cannes film festival, which was held earlier this year. Observers say it's a cultural indication of the secretive nation's interest in opening up to the West.