France has shortlisted its potential entries for the Foreign Language Oscar race. Stepping away from the traditional fare, Gaspar Noé’s Climax made the cut. The latest from the Irreversible director scooped the Directors' Fortnight top prize in Cannes after it blew away critics and was acquired by A24. The story…

Most people run for the hills when French provocateur Gaspar Noé comes calling, but French-Algerian dancer, model and actress Sofia Boutella welcomed his advances. "I have a lot of respect for Gaspar," she said when she stopped by the Deadline studio. "He's a true artist—he has a vision and he goes for it." Boutella…

Following in the slipstream of his 2015 3D porno Love, Gaspar Noé's latest film, Climax, didn't disappoint fans of the famous iconoclast, who presented it outside the official selection in the Directors’ Fortnight. Set in Paris, it tells the story of a rag-tag group of street dancers who gather in a church hall to…

After the triumphant Directors' Fortnight world premiere of his Climax, Gaspar Noé‘s latest descent into hell has taken the section's top prize. The Cicae Art Cinema Award was presented this evening to the film which features a group of mesmerizing young dancers who fall into madness after drinking a bowl of LSD-laced…

EXCLUSIVE: A24 just landed one of the hot titles of the Cannes Film Festival, buying domestic rights to Gaspar Noe's Climax. The widely acclaimed Directors’ Fortnight film blew away critics and audiences. Written and directed by Noé, the film stars Sofia Boutella and follows a young street dance troupe who gather in a…

Gaspar Noé is back in Cannes with his first French-language film since Irréversible. The Love director is appearing in the Official Selection for the first time with Climax, a secretive film about dancers. You can watch the first trailer above. The film is based around a group of young, street dancers who come…

UPDATE: Outgoing Directors’ Fortnight chief Edouard Waintrop revealed a 20-strong 50th anniversary lineup today that includes a return engagement for some, and a surprise inclusion for one of the most controversial filmmakers ever to hit the Croisette. Gaspar Noé will world premiere his Climax, appearing for the first…

French conservative values group Promouvoir has won another victory in its crusade against sex and violence on French screens. Lars von Trier’s 2009 drama, Antichrist, which scooped the best actress prize for Charlotte Gainsbourg in Cannes, has seen its operating visa revoked by the Administrative Court of Paris. The…

The Toronto International Film Festival today announced a new round of titles that will play at this year’s fest, which kicks off September 10 through September 20, for its docus, Midnight Madness and Vanguard sections. Among the docs playing are David Guggenheim’s much-anticipated Malala Yousefai feature docu He Named…

At the Cannes Film Festival press conference for Gaspar Noé’s Love, the director suggested folks should fly to Paris to see it if the sexually explicit film ended up banned in their home countries. As it turns out, the movie will now be playing in far fewer Parisian theaters than previously expected. Love, an erotic…

Leave it to the Cannes Film Festival to try and raise a little controversy this year by presenting, as part of the official selection, the first 3D porn movie ever to play the festival. No wonder the crowds were so big early Thursday morning when Gaspar Noe’s Love premiered at the Grand Theatre Lumiere at 12:15 AM…

Alchemy has confirmed yesterday’s news that it acquired U.S. rights to Gaspar Noé's latest, Love. The sexual melodrama has a Midnight Screening berth here in Cannes on Wednesday. In 3D, it stars Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock and Klara Kristin. Noé is best known to worldwide audiences for 2002's controversial Irreversible…