Des abeilles-robot pour sauver la planète

Alors que des chercheurs américains ont mis au point des abeilles-robot pour répondre au déclin inquiétant de ces insectes qui assurent l’équilibre alimentaire mondial, Greenpeace monte au créneau pour défendre sa vision de l’agriculture.

Rencontre avec l’inventeur de "la douche sans eau"

Jacques Lehureau, un ingénieur français, a imaginé une douche portative qui ne consomme presque pas d’eau. L’armée française et la NASA sont intéressées par cette invention qui pourrait également être utile aux populations des zones désertiques.

Kechiche’s powerful same-sex love story wins Palme d’Or

French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's heartbreaking, erotic lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color" ("La vie d'Adèle") won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Sunday night. The Coens' "Inside Llewyn Davis" took the second-place Grand Prize.

Vampires, Polanski, and Palme d’Or predictions

The last two competition films, Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Behind" and Roman Polanski's "Venus in Fur", were minor pleasures. Meanwhile, Kechiche's "Blue is the Warmest Color" and Farhadi's "The Past" are among frontrunners for the Palme d'Or.

‘The Immigrant’ divides as Kechiche, Ozon court controversy

As "Cannes fatigue" set in, James Gray's long-awaited "The Immigrant", a solid, but uninspired period drama starring Marion Cotillard, screened for the press. Meanwhile, French directors François Ozon and Abdellatif Kechiche sparked controversy.

Abdellatif Kechiche’s lesbian romance is a masterpiece

Cannes' competition soared Thursday with French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's "La Vie d'Adèle" ("Blue is the Warmest Color"), a brilliantly acted, intensely erotic three-hour drama about a teenage girl in love with a slightly older woman.

Ryan Gosling a no-show as Cannes jury member opens up

Ryan Gosling was a no-show for the competition entry he headlines, Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives", and Chadian crime film "Grigris" was underwhelming. Meanwhile, juror Lynne Ramsay told us what she's looking for in a Palme d'Or winner.

Michael Douglas, Matt Damon light up Cannes in gay romance

Valéria Bruni Tedeschi's "Un chateau en Italie" ("A Castle in Italy") was all but forgotten when Michael Douglas and Matt Damon stepped in the spotlight as lovers in Steven Soderbergh's entertaining competition entry "Behind the Candelabra".

US, Palestinian thrillers about violence and vengeance electrify Cannes

Outside the main competition, two thrillers struck a nerve at Cannes the last two days: American Jeremy Saulnier's "Blue Ruin", about a drifter out for blood, and Palestinian Hany Abu-Assad's "Omar", about young men fighting the Israeli occupation.

A lesson in making sushi from an American in Paris

Rice & Fish isn’t your average Japanese restaurant in Paris. Reasonably priced and deliciously creative, it serves an array of imaginative maki. Here's a lesson in how to make your own rolls by the restaurant's American owner and chef, Andy Gal.