Festival de Cannes’ quiet day 9: Adriana Lima, Toni Garrn, Cindy Bruna at Beoning première
Jacovides–Borde–Moreau/Bestimage It’s the calm before the gala AmFAR Gala at Cannes. At the première of Korean filmmaker Chang-dong Lee’s Beoning (버닝 in Korean, or Burning) on day 9, notable celebrities included La Toya Jackson, Toni Garrn (in Elie Saab), Adriana Lima (in Alberta Ferretti, with jewellery by Chopard), Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith, Mette […]
Venturelli Screening out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on day eight was Solo: a Star Wars Story, the first time part of the series had appeared at Cannes since Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Garnering favourable reviews, the film, directed by Ron Howard, stars Alden Ehrenreich, Thandie Newton, Emilia Clarke, Donald […]
Venturelli; Dominique Charriau; Pascal le Segretain Sonam Kapoor, Naomi Campbell, Ming Xi (奚夢瑤), Mahira Khan and Jane Fonda were among the celebrities walking the Cannes Film Festival red carpet at the première of Spike Lee’s BlacKKKlansman, a comedy–drama based on the real-life story of a black American police officer, Ron Stallworth, who infiltrated the […]
Emma McIntyre; Gisela Schober; Andreas Rentz It’s not often that feel-good comedies make it into the Cannes official selection, but Gilles Lellouche’s Le grand bain (Sink or Swim) premièred on day six of the film festival. The film stars Mathieu Amalric and Guillaume Canet, as two of a group of men who found a synchronized […]
Antony Jones; Dominique Charriau; Venturelli At the première of Les filles du soleil (Girls of the Sun) on day five of the Cannes Film Festival, 82 women, including Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart, who serve on this year’s jury, staged a silent protest to highlight the under-representation of female filmmakers. The women walked slowly […]
Araya A. Hargate, Deepika Padukone, Praya Lundberg, Kangana Ranaut attend Festival de Cannes’ day 4
Vittorio Zunino Celotto; Emma McIntyre; Mike Marsland Plenty of celebrities attended the 71st Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) première of the Chinese film 江湖儿女 (Ash Is the Purest White), directed by Jia Zhangke (賈樟柯), including Thai actress Araya A. Hargate (a.k.a. Chompoo), in a feathered jumpsuit by Ashi Studio’s spring 2018 couture collection, and […]
Deepika Padukone, Lupita Nyong’o, Iris Mittenaere, Irina Shayk wow at Festival de Cannes’ day 3
Gisela Schober On day three of the 71st Festival de Cannes, the L’Oréal Paris ambassadors were out in force: Deepika Padukone, Amber Heard, Aja Naomi King, Thylane Blondeau, and Grażyna Torbicka attended the première of Plaire, aimer et courier vite (Sorry Angel). Padukone walked the red carpet in a stunning white Zuhair Murad number, […]
Spotted at the Festival de Cannes première of Yomeddine, a comedy from first-time Egyptian director Abu Bakr Shawky, were Irina Shayk (in Twinset), Julianne Moore (in Yves Saint Laurent, with jewellery by Chopard), Li Yuchun (李宇春) (in an unusual striped wraparound number), and Louise Bourgoin (in Giambattista Valli Couture), the latter trio representing L’Oréal Paris […]
Festival de Cannes day 1: Romee Strijd, Isabelle Adjani and Li Yuchun hit the red carpet
Gisela Schober; Stephane Cardinale/Corbis; Flavien Prioreau The 71st Cannes Film Festival has kicked off, with the opening ceremony and the première of Asghar Farhadi’s Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows), starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. Spotted on the red carpet on day one was Dutch model and Victoria’s Secret Angel Romee Strijd, resplendent in […]
Jim Chapman previews 2018 Cannes Film Festival
English writer, model and YouTube vlogger Jim Chapman fronts a preview of the Festival de Cannes—the Cannes Film Festival—which Lucire will once again cover, beginning next week. Cate Blanchett presides over the jury of the 71st festival. Others on the jury are Chang Chen, Ava Duvernay, Robert Guédiguian, Khadja Nin, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, […]
