Last night was the biggest charity event on the Cannes Calendar and I had bagged one of the most sought after invitations in town. I was off to the amfAR dinner and party. The annual Cinema Against AIDS ball attracts all the A-listers and is a fantastic event for a...

The rain might still be here but there are no damp spirits in Cannes. It could be because Hollywood golden boy Brad Pitt has arrived in town.

His new film Killing Them Softly has just had its first big screening and I was there. The Variety Live producers didn't...

One week in and the team are still bearing up... just! We decided to have a night off - which in Cannes meant we watched a film. So we ordered pizzas and sat down to watch iLL Manors - Ben Drew aka Plan B's new film. Maybe not the wisest...

It was a rather traumatic start to Day Two in Cannes. I wasn't sure if it was the lack of sleep (already) or the early 8am trip to the cinema. But as I sat down to watch Jacques Audiard's Rust & Bone, I had no idea of the emotional wreck...

And so it begins... the opening day of Cannes started relatively quiet. Yes, there were noticeably more people on the streets but by mid-afternoon everyone on la Croisette was either in a ballgown or paparazzi and desperate to get into anything. Random punters were holding placards and banners asking for...

So it's the eve of the world's most prestigious film festival. Over the next 12 days some of the biggest names in the business will be descending on this little French Riviera resort with their super-yachts. It's the place where movie dreams take shape. Critics come to discuss the next...