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The best of Cannes Film Festival 2022

Volodymyr Zelensky, Tom Cruise and Sharon Stone have all put in appearances at the 75th outing of the festival — we review this year’s highlights

Sharon Stone on the red carpet during this year’s Cannes Film Festival © Getty Images

Five stars for Aftersun at Cannes — a subtle summer marvel
‘Normal People’ star Paul Mescal charms in a graceful, sun-kissed story about a father and a daughter
Crimes of the Future, Cannes review — David Cronenberg returns to his body-horror roots
Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart star in the tale of a man whose party trick is having his organs cut out
Three Thousand Years of Longing film review — Idris Elba’s genie casts a spell on Tilda Swinton
An uptight academic is swept away in George Miller’s kaleidoscopic and warm-hearted fantasy epic
Triangle of Sadness, Cannes review — bloated satire takes fitfully funny aim at privilege
Previous Palme d’Or-winner Ruben Östlund returns with perfect pecs, vom-com and Woody Harrelson at sea
Cannes review quick bites: Dardennes’ migration drama Tori and Lokita
Also reviewed: Park Chan-wook’s satisfying noir Decision to Leave
Cannes Film Festival kicks off with Zelensky, Tom Cruise and African heroism
Early reviews of Russian drama ‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’, French-Senegalese war movie ‘Father and Soldier’ and New York coming-of-age tale ‘Armageddon Time’