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Louboutin's London Retrospective

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One small step for Christian Louboutin, one giant leap into the history books: the shoe designer launches a retrospective exhibition in London. Also on the show: American indie band The Rapture kick off their European tour in France. Plus, literary sensation Justin Torres talks about a family grappling with a dangerous and chaotic love for each other, what it means to become a man and the fact that we are all animals.

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Slideshow: Behind the scenes
Flops, tramps and cartoonists in Cannes
20/05/2013 - CULTURE

Flops, tramps and cartoonists in Cannes

We check out French director Guillaume Canet's English language debut "Blood Ties", starring Marion Cotillard and Clive Owen. Also, Eve Jackson meets "Borgman" director Alex Van Warmerdam, whose film is the first Dutch competition entry in 38 years. And Cat Nicholson speaks to the Cannes cartoonists who want to change the world.
100 Years of Indian Film!
20/05/2013 - CULTURE

100 Years of Indian Film!

Today we wish happy birthday to Indian cinema! Eve Jackson speaks to the directors Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap, who have come together to make the anthology film Bombay Talkies, plus a Cannes day in the life of an Indian superstar.
On the shrink's couch in Cannes
19/05/2013 - CULTURE

On the shrink's couch in Cannes

Benicio Del Toro gets on the couch in Arnaud Desplechin's psychotherapy drama, Jimmy P. Also on the programme, Israeli director Ari Folman talks about his trippy, part live action, part animation film 'The Congress.' Plus Cat Nicholson shows us Cannes by night.
The gritty side of Cannes
18/05/2013 - CULTURE

The gritty side of Cannes

Cannes cannot exist on glamour alone and in today's show we talk about two competition films that look at the darker side of life. Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi talks about 'The Past' while we also dissect the extreme and raw violence in the Mexican movie 'Heli.'
Young, Beautiful and Bling
16/05/2013 - CULTURE

Young, Beautiful and Bling

They said sex would be one of the big themes of this year's Cannes Film Festival and Francois Ozon's film "Young and Beautiful" is our first taster of raciness on screen. Also on today's show Emma Watson and Sofia Coppola talk extravagance, Paris Hilton's house and divas for "The Bling Ring". Plus meet the fans who are in a festival frenzy!

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