1st though the cannes film festival is where the world's top stars and filmmakers get together to hobnob to make secret deals and to show off 1000000 euro gallons on the red carpet it's an exclusive 2 week party for insiders only luckily for us our film critic scott roxboro is there. there are 3 things you can always count on the. stars. or stars. and whether. well she would have 3 ain't bad but the gray skies didn't dampen the enthusiasm of movie fans. in 15 years covering the cannes film festival this is about the coldest and wet as i've ever seen it but at least the bad weather is a good excuse to stay off the beach and goes he's a little. late to see alison.

so. karen edgerton delivers an oscar worthy performance in the musical bio pic rocket man the movie dips into the darker side of elton john's life but the sex and drugs take a back seat to the rock n roll. this year's can highlight the new film from the point of tears she knows i'm really honored to caprio as a faded t.v. cowboy brad pitt his stunt man buddy it's official but it. has been a. struggle to adjust the 1960 s. hollywood as a darkness in the form of serial killers the manson family looms in the background . but film fans aren't just here for hollywood stars in can art house cinema is king of the. american mask. terrence malick marked a return to form with his slow burning drama about

a conscientious objector who defies the nazis. and 82 year old director and original social justice warrior ken loach kept up the fight with this attack on britain's economy. but just to have somebody on the phone with the on side of the gun. for dollars to run so i never thought of the oldest son on my shoulders wanted to. close my business. but it wasn't all old white men a few films and can actually resembled the audience queuing to watch them you can has made a real effort this year to increase diversity to get more people of color and women on the screen and behind the cameras at this year's festival and it looks like it's paying off because we have one of the most diverse lineups in cannes history.

will need to sort of in this lame is a lifter hugo's french classic gets an update of course at the age of the bandleader ghettoes. the very 1st female african director in cannes competition brought a fresh perspective to the migration crisis. just like the money can. be every week every day in the middle of the middle of the . month. i needed to see black people on screen like shoot everywhere. with its mix of hollywood an art house old masters and new faces cannes future despite the weather looks bright . and the w.'s film critic scott roxboro is just back from cannes scott let me just say. i'm so sorry that those clouds ruined your time on

the french riviera with all those movie stars thanks for that i really think i should harshit pay you something i had to buy an umbrella why not go away i could not be more sorry for you ok but other than that can seems to have worked out for you so some great movies you got to party with elton john yeah yeah you saw the movie rocket man that was that was in can have a huge party afterwards elton john came on stage with plays in the movie and together a song rocket man saying about her. ok just amazing education is much younger guy who's actually out of her voice now they don't john does but i mean elton john's amazing show man i mean he just blew me away and he could be up there just out of croaking away and so i'd still be fast oh my goodness there are a lot of people who are pretty jealous of you right now and i'm one of them i can't wait to see this movie rocket man now there's another big ticket movie that was at the festival open the festival a zombie comedy the dead don't die that looks pretty great is this one we should

all go out and see i wish it was it's got a great cast it's bill murray told us what. adam driver but. one of my favorite directors of all time as got a fantastic concept is sort of a zombie comedy for the trump era. but sadly it's a bit too slow it's a bit too tame for my taste got some good jokes it's got some good ideas it's got he popped. but but sadly it doesn't really hold together it's not enough to make a good movie sadly this one is a flop oh i'm really sorry to hear that now you mentioned diversity in your report so there are only 4 female directors in the running for the top prize what's up with that yeah i mean improvement on previous cancer too but obviously that's that's not enough especially given how good the female directed films were this year i think really interesting to see how the female gaze can change perspective.

also change even a very common genre a very of one that we're very used to seeing gives a different flip on and i saw the particular 2 thumbs up when can the sheer. french french film called portrait of a well of a lady on fire it's a rhotic period drama we see a lot of rules of the past but this is quite interesting the way she portrays the women in this i think is different you see from the director i mean it's gives a certain intimacy but without being sexually exploitive and i think it gives the film a certain edge and definitely gives these women. a depth of character that probably wouldn't have real quickly what is your top pick from the cannes film festival this year topic there's a lot of great movies my favorite was a korean film parasite from the whole it's a story of a con man a young man who conses way into the rich family next door starts his life there's been twined with ayers things go very badly won't tell you anything more except it's an amazing piece worthy of hitchcock a true masterpiece that's my favorite ok so

a parasite from korea that's one that's definitely keep our eyes out for scott i can't wait to go to the movies with you again always so much fun chatting with you thanks very much. and now here in europe more far right and nationalist politicians than ever before are expected to join the european parliament after this week's elections there are 28 countries in the european union and in order to get a sense of where they're heading we've been interviewing artists from around the continent today we're meeting so a bunch hall you do in hungary a country whose authoritarian leadership is openly anti you. gary has been part of the european union since 2004 but the prime minister viktor orban and his ruling feed us party the e.u. is the enemy it's not by accident there's no e.u. flag flying about hungary in parliament it's often been a source of contention m.p.'s from the far right party even threw one out the window the e.u.

flag also plays a role in director sabotage high does no film a pro european activist tries to hang one up the scene was inspired by an event in real life in heidi's film the protagonist is suddenly confronted by police. shooting the scene in hungary where it would have been impossible feel awkward but it was. we'd have been denied permission right from the start and that afforded that. subtle it's how you do responded by shooting his film in romania with drama students and film students. a low budget production for the international market. is no stranger. in 2010 his film biblio tech screened at the berlin international film festival.

i do doesn't want to be reliant on either state permits or state film funding he pays for his films himself and for good reason after a 2014 interview at the toronto international film festival in which i do spoke critically about hungary he received no more funding. everything is cleansed. now there's hardly any area which you could say is truly independent. certainly not in the artistic sector anymore. the government once hungary's cultural institutions to strengthen the national identity or merely entertain the press and hungry has also become increasingly one sided. and those in the independent art scene find it difficult to secure a rehearsal or performance spaces and sample chido is currently writing

a new play which he will perform in this apartment the salon kugler is a gallery and meeting place for artists a place for the counterculture to exchange ideas just like back in the communist era. who has found his niche yet more and more hungry and see no future for themselves in the country half a 1000000 have left during or bunts time in office you know is going to win them said and he will shouldn't view europe as the messiah who will save them there's also civil resistance and it's these initiatives that those in power fear most. the young momentum party wants to see an open democratic hungary that will work with the e.u. and it is gaining momentum day by day. the italian artist carve ajah those paintings are as dramatic as his own life was 4 centuries ago an orphan who later got in survive rawls and kept the company of prostitutes joe lived on the edge but he holds

a central place in art history as gritty realism and his extreme contrast of light and shade earned him legions of groupies artistic followers call the kind of edgy steam we leave you now with his and their paintings at a new exhibition in munich and for more arts and culture you can visit our website d w dot com slash culture so you sent.

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