Jim Jarmusch was the perfect man to make a film about his friend Iggy Pop and The Stooges, writes Helen Barlow

A New York Winter’s Tale ***

MUSIC NEWS: Prince has been playing a number of club gigs around London, and the pint-sized popstar brought a bit of raggle-taggle to famed jazz venue Ronnie Scotts when he performed a cover version of ‘The Whole Of The Moon’ from the Waterboys.

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Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza The Great Gatsby, one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films, will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight.

Tom Hiddleston and Sean Bean are to appear together in a new episode of 'Family Guy'.

On the eve of his 65th birthday, Iggy Pop can look back with pride on surviving his career in rock’n’roll, says Ian Forde

MADELINE Follin can’t believe the twist her life has taken. Growing up in a hippy enclave of San Diego, a career in the music business was the last thing she wanted.

Tilda Swinton is to swap her teeth for fangs for a new vampire film.

Martin Scorsese is pessimistic about the future of the movie business.

You suspect here, without quite knowing why or how, that there is a seriously good film flickering away on screen … mostly, though, you simply can’t figure it out since there appears to be no apparent story or plotline (the film is based on a script that ran to a mere 25 pages).

Still in need of a laugh? Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (Momentum, €21.99) will certainly fit the bill.

Celebrated actor Bill Murray was so terrified the audience at the premiere of new movie Broken Flowers would hate the independent film, he spent the entire screening in a state of panic.

AS the credits roll on another Cannes Film Festival, it may go down as a year in which the on-screen line-up outshone that on the famed red carpet.

The Belgian drama ‘L'Enfant’ has won the Palme d'Or, the top prize at the Cannes film festival.

Actors, movie-makers and film fans are gathered in the South of France today for the start of the Cannes Film Festival.

The Cannes Film Festival is back in the hands of comfy old friends with a line-up that includes such familiar filmmakers as Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier and Atom Egoyan.

The final Star Wars film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it was announced today.

A total of 20 movies from China to Iraq and Canada are to compete for top honour at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced today.

Bill Murray has slammed accusations he is difficult to work with, insisting he only clashes with "obnoxious people".

A Belfast novelist who scooped an award for his first venture into movie-making has been lined up for an appearance at the Foyle Film Festival.

Another episodic film from the quirky Jarmusch, with some of the segments working better than others.

FILM FESTIVAL fans are on the home straight, but it’s when things get trickiest because the choice this weekend is almost overwhelming.