Wednesday, May 20Wednesday, May 20Javier Bardem made a strong political statement at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, criticizing world leaders—including U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—for perpetuating "male toxic behavior" that has led to "thousands of dead people." His remarks were delivered during a public appearance at the festival, framing the issue as a broader societal crisis . Bardem’s comments were later referenced in coverage of the festival’s red-carpet events, where other stars like Kristen Stewart were also present .
The festival also honored Brigitte Bardot, a French cinema icon, by renaming a beach in Cannes after her. The newly christened *Brigitte Bardot Beach* will allow dogs, a tribute to her lifelong animal rights activism. Bardot, who has been a controversial figure due to her political views, was previously critical of the Cannes Film Festival, but the event paid homage to her legacy with a screening of her 1965 film *Viva Maria!* directed by Louis Malle . The decision to permit dogs on the beach reflects her advocacy for animal welfare.
The Unknown review – Léa Seydoux gets invaded in uncanny and bizarre body-swap horror Cannes film festival: A man is terrified to wake up in Seydouxs body in this metempsychotic mystery film about gender identityArthur Hararis film is adapted from a graphic novel he wrote with his brother Lucas called The Case of David Zimmerman. It is a doomy, murky and intriguing supernatural noir mystery, hardly visible within the dark toxic cloud of its own strangeness, populated by people bearing stricken expressions of misery and fear. There are some genuinely uncanny and disquieting moments. Maybe it is a parable for the crisis of gender identity – or just identity, and everyones occasional experience of the profound, unreconcilable unknowability of our own bodies. There is also something of the mood of Blow-Up, or Basil Deardens Brit pulp chiller The Man Who Haunted Himself, or indeed David Robert Mitchells modern classic It Follows. But this one, sadly, is flawed by that perennial problem of how to end a story with a great premise.Niels Schneider plays David Zimmerman, a photographer in his late 30s documenting the way in which his home town has changed over the past century – a project inherited from his photographer dad. (He has an old photo of them both seated on the pavement, apparently mimicking Chaplin and the Kid.) David is overworked, dishevelled and depressed, but is just about persuaded to go along to a raucous New Years Eve party where he is stunned to glimpse a woman staring at him, played by Léa Seydoux, whom he realises he photographed a few months previously. Continue reading...
theguardian · 2 days ago
Éric Cantona takes centre stage at the Cannes Film Festival Football legend Éric Cantona is back on the Croisette with two films in Cannes: Marvellous Mornings, the debut feature from director Avril Besson, and Cantona, a British documentary exploring his turbulent years at Manchester United. Away from the premieres, the festival is also facing a growing political controversy after hundreds of film figures accused Canal+ and billionaire Vincent Bolloré of contributing to a far-right shift in French culture.
france24 · 2 days ago
Fassbender-Vikander: Noi, alieni del cinema, insieme nel folle kolossal coreano Hope La coppia a Cannes porta il film in gara del coreano Na Hong-jin
corriere · 2 days ago
Dogs allowed on glitzy Cannes beach newly renamed after French film star Brigitte Bardot A beach in Frances glitzy city of Cannes that was renamed in honour of Brigitte Bardot on Monday will be open to dogs in tribute to the late French film stars animal rights activism, local authorities said. Bardot is a controversial figure in France due to her passionate support of the both the animal welfare movement and far-right politics.
france24 · 2 days ago
Dogs allowed on new Brigitte Bardot beach in glitzy Cannes Dogs will be allowed on one of the normally tightly controlled beaches in Cannes that was renamed Monday after late film legend-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot.
france24 · 2 days ago
Macho men: Javier Bardem hits out at Trump, Putin and Netanyahu for male toxic behaviour Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem called out world leaders U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for male toxic behavior that is creating thousands of dead people, during his appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, Sunday.
euronews · 2 days ago
Biggest French cinema producers blacklist threat could recall Hollywood McCarthyism Its an earthquake rocking the world of French cinema. The head of Frances biggest film producer, Canal+, said that the group would no longer work with 600 industry professionals who signed a petition against right-wing billionaire owner Vincent Bollore. The petition called people to mobilise against the growing grip of the far right on the film industry under the influence of Bolloré - an accusation Saada has called an injustice toward the Canal teams. FRANCE 24s tells us more about what happened, and the context in which the upheaval has happened.
france24 · 2 days ago
Hope review – non-stop gonzo alien battling is top-quality entertainment Cannes film festival: Na Hong-jins melee of running, chasing and shouting at the angry invaders is uproarious fun, mixing digital work with old-school spectacleSome uproarious rocknroll moviemaking from Korean director Na Hong-jin, a sci-fi action thriller mixing digital work with old-school analogue entertainment values, serving up a spectacle with cheeky touches of Spielberg, Walter Hill and one other director and movie franchise that it would be unsporting to specify at this stage.We are in the remote and sleepy retirees town of Hope in South Korea near the demilitarised zone (DMZ), where people already constitutionally used to the possibility of war and bloodshed, are astonished to hear of a farm animal killed and mangled – though not for food – by an unidentified beast. Continue reading...
theguardian · 2 days ago
Cannes, la spiaggia del cinema intitolata a Brigitte Bardot. Per omaggiarla ammessi anche i cani Lattrice in passato era stata molto critica nei confronti del festival, questa sera proiezione del suo film del 1965 Viva Maria di Louis Malle
corriere · 2 days ago
Kristen Stewart on the red carpet in Cannes, while Javier Bardem slams toxic masculinity Eve Jackson brings us an update from the mid-point of the 79th Cannes Film Festival as Adam Driver joins Miles Teller and director James Grey on the red carpet for Paper Tiger, a film that explores corruption and moral downfall in the United States of the 1980s.
france24 · 2 days ago
Viral la Cannes: John Travolta, moment de tandrețe alături de Mădălina Ghenea. Și-a surprins fanii cu mesajul postat online Un moment surprins la Festivalul de Film de la Cannes a devenit viral pe rețelele de socializare. Actorul american John Travolta a fost filmat în timp ce o îmbrățișa și o săruta pe tâmplă pe românca Mădălina Ghenea.
adevarul · 2 days ago
French cinema rocked by blacklist threat from biggest producer It is a shock threat to Europes film industry. The head of Frances biggest film producer, Canal Plus, is saying it will blacklist 600 film industry professionals who have signed a petition against the right-wing billionaire owner Vincent Bolloré. The announcement was made in Cannes in southern France where the worlds movie elite is gathered for the Cannes Film Festival.
france24 · 3 days ago