Ticket hacks, Charli XCX and not getting into the MUBI party: a Cannes Diary—part 1
Also: Harris Dickinson and Frank Dillane on Urchin, and other reviews from the festival
Ticket hacks, Charli XCX and not getting into the MUBI party: a Cannes Diary—part 1
"It’s like a scene from The Square directed by Mia Hansen-Løve." Now online, our Digital Editor Kitty Grady gives a personal rundown of her first few days on the Croisette.
Harris Dickinson on Urchin: “Directing has always been my first love”
Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut Urchin—which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival—marks a kind of homecoming for the British actor. Set in East London, it is a story of precarity and drift that nonetheless brims with hope, humour and style. A Rabbit’s Foot spoke to Dickinson about making his first film, finding the absurd in the everyday and why he wants to get behind British cinema.
“I had to do his story justice”: Frank Dillane on belief systems, backache and becoming Harris Dickinson’s leading man
Urchin’s main actor Frank Dillane talks class anxiety, working with Harris Dickinson and why we are all just human animals.
Nouvelle Vague review—Linklater’s hangout movie about the making of Breathless is a delight
The Dazed and Confused director pays tribute to the most influential film of all time.
Die My Love review—Jennifer Lawrence triumphs in Lynne Ramsay’s marital psychodrama
Lynne Ramsay’s terrific post-partum drama, showing in competition at Cannes Film Festival, stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson and LaKeith Stanfield.
Alpha review—Ducournau’s bleak AIDS allegory is filled with originality
With Alpha, Julia Ducournau director trades in her trademark maximalist body horror for something more grounded.
Eddington review—Ari Aster’s smalltown Western shows an America divided
With a starry cast including Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal and Austin Butler, horror mastermind Ari Aster takes on the Western to great success.