Hello from the french riviera. Welcome to talking movies. And our look back at highlights from one of the worlds biggest and most Exciting International movie events, the Cannes Film Festival. Meryl streep and Juliet Binoche jointly declare the Cannes Film Festival officially open. It is a veritable feast, a combination of blockbusters. Together with some Great International cinema. Including a first film in competition from india in decades. We are really going to make it a big bang,it we are really going to make it a big bang, it is going to be the biggest bang ever. It could be the end of the world and you can say that i did it. , ,. , ~ , the world and you can say that i did it. You witness all kinds of sites in cannes. It. You witness all kinds of sites in cannes. A it. You witness all kinds of sites in cannes, a donald it. You witness all kinds of sites in cannes, a donald trump in cannes, a donald trump impersonator was present for a film portraying the former president upper su
je declare le soixante dixieme festival de cannes ouvert. applause. meryl streep and france s juliette binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it was a veritable feast, a combination of commercial blockbusters like furiosa: a mad max saga. do you have it in you to make it epic? ..together with some great international cinema. including india s first film in competition in three decades. if i get to be number 47 back in the united states, we re going to really make it a big bang. it s going to be big. it s going to be the biggest bang ever. it ll be the end of the world. and you can say that i did it. so that s the way it goes. you witness all kinds of sights in cannes. a donald trump impersonator was present at the premiere of a film portraying the former president s early years as a real estate developer. stars kept the red carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director of las
carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director of last year s blockbuster hit barbie, was presiding over thejury. stars from many different generations came, including richard gere and uma thurman, and adam driver was keeping fans happy by signing autographs. the fans in cannes spend hours waiting for an encounter with a star. it s hard to wait a long time to see people, but i really like to do this. i have take a photo with chris hemsworth, anya taylor joy, eva green, faye dunaway. marion cotillard. cannes also reflected the struggles of the real world. there was a documentary on daily life in ukraine since russia s invasion, and there was a heavily anticipated film from iranian director mohammad rasoulof, a critic of the government, who secretly fled iran to make it to europe after being sentenced to prison. cannes has many different personalities and components, but at its heart are the 22 movies in
Carrie fisher, the actress, debbie reynolds, has written on social media that her daughters in a stable condition in an la hospital, on friday the actress suffered Heart Problems on a flight from london the united states. Now on bbc news, mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting out the crackers from the turkeys in this review 2016 the in film. Hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. Im mark kermode, and were here at the Cinema Museum in south london where for the next half now we will be looking back at some of the best Movies Released In Uk Cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the brexit vote injune, and the results of the American Election in november proving that the unexpected really can happen. In the world of politics, uncertainty can be alarming. When it comes to movies, it is the expected which really makes it all worthwhile. While the naysayers can blame that movies today are just an endless slew of sequels