FT Series Cannes Film Festival 2019 From Jim Jarmusch’s zombie comedy to new films from Almodóvar and Ken Loach, we review the highlights from this year’s event © Reuters Cannes: Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino’s nostalgia-fuelled joyride through 1969 Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie star in a fairytale that is giddy with revisionist history Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: Diego Maradona gets the Asif Kapadia treatment From the maker of Amy and Senna, this documentary is slick and compelling but never probes too deeply Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: A Hidden Life — Terrence Malick’s picturesque ode to wartime suffering The story of an Austrian conscientious objector and his wife is told in three hours of tilling, toiling and Christian stoicism Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: Portrait of a Lady on Fire — a turbulent drama about female gazing from Céline Sciamma The film is one of only three by female directors vying for the Palme d’Or Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: The Climb — hilarious ups and downs of a broken bromance Newcomers Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino excel in a booze-soaked and bittersweet comedy gem Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: Pain and Glory — Almodóvar dabbles in unflattering auto-fiction Antonio Banderas stars as a film-maker with more than a passing resemblance to the great auteur Monday, 21 October, 2019 More from this Series Cannes: Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You — a piercing drama about a zero-hours-contract driver Yes, Loach is didactic, but you have to admire his undimmed passion. And he knows how to deliver the gut-punch Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: The Dead Don’t Die — is there life in the zombie film yet? Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton star in Jim Jarmusch’s festival-opening horror-comedy Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: Les Misérables — Victor Hugo meets La Haine in a pulsating policier Set in the Paris banlieue 150 years after the classic novel, Ladj Ly’s urgent drama explores a city still rife with social ills Monday, 21 October, 2019 Cannes: Bacurau — psychos and psychotropics in the tropics Everything in Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film is extreme Monday, 21 October, 2019 Netflix v Cannes: inside the battle for the future of cinema An ongoing dispute between the film festival and the streaming giant could forever reshape the movie business Monday, 21 October, 2019
