Cannes 2017 awards: visceral power overlooked in favour of bourgeois vanity

The Square was a decent pick for the Palme d’Or but there were disappointments: notably the jury’s failure to get fully behind the outstanding Russian film Loveless

Rossy de Palma: ‘Seduction is great, but there is so much more to being a woman’

More than 20 years after making her name as Pedro Almodóvar’s muse, the Spanish actor and fashion icon is starring in his latest film, Julieta. She discusses age, glamour – and why she wants to play a kung fu superhero

Visiting refurbished Hotel Lancaster

  At a mere stone’s throw from the Champs Elysées in the heart of the so-called Golden Triangle, you will find a place filled with grandeur and a touch of glamour. Characterized by just-picked flowers with antiques, paintings and period furniture (including Louis XV and XVI), Hotel Lancaster is housed in a 19th century townhouse, … Read more

Pedro Almodovar – the new face of Parisian Galeries Lafayette

Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer Pedro Almodovar, the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation, is the new face of French department store Galeries Lafayette. French graphic designer, photographer and advertising film director Jean-Paul Goude, the store’s iconic photographer, portrayed Almodovar holding in his hands the script of his next film … Read more