This year’s Cork French Film Festival is set to ooze more style and atmosphere than usual.

WHILE the Oscars is an overblown act of worship of Hollywood by Hollywood, where the stars and directors are perceived as gods, the Cannes Film Festival is a bit more European.

He was a prominent director of the French New Wave cinema. For many unfamiliar with his work, but with a strong interest in films, check out François Truffaut — The Films (Cinema Club, €24.99 each)

French director Philippe de Broca, who worked as an assistant to Claude Chabrol and Francois Truffaut before becoming known for his own eccentric comedies, has died. He was 71.

Michael Moore’s controversial documentary Fahrenheit 911 was getting its first screening today at the Cannes Film Festival.