Cannes had promised a new film from controversial director Roman Polanski, but they didn't say it would be a fashion ad

Day 6: On a wet and soggy day along the Croisette, umbrella sellers are happy, and "Amour" continues to win raves

Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's "Like Someone in Love" is a thorny trifle that toys with its audience

Gilles Bourdos film is love story about painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his director son Jean Renoir and the young woman who inspired them both

Simon Curtis film tells true story of Gustav Klimt painting stolen by the Nazis; BBC Films slate will also include Saoirse Ronan in World War I memoir "Testament of Youth"

Elias Koteas and Tom Cullen also join cast of sci-fi drama currently selling at Cannes Marketplace

Cannes may not have chosen any women directors, but films like "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Beyond the Hills" speak with strong female voices

Actor Aniello Arena wins praise for his role in "Reality," but can't come to Cannes because he's serving a prison term, reportedly for murder

Day 3: Marion Cotillard gets awards heat, Guillermo del Toro talks "Pinocchio" and Bill Murray cuts a rug

"Men are fond of depth in women," an open letter to Cannes charges, "but only in their cleavage"

"Moonrise Kingdom" is sometimes more style than substance, but it's also charming, occasionally moving and always engaging, as Wes Anderson films are wont to be

Day 1: The Cannes Film Festival kicks off with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" and with the dominant presence of Harvey Weinstein