”He’s as cool as an elf, he has the heart of a hobbit, and he’s as mad as a wizard.” That’s the awestruck opinion of Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom on a man who has more prestige than any director in Hollywood. Peter Bradshaw reports.

ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE WEEK:

Quality family entertainment is what the outstanding animation Finding Nemo delivers, writes Peter Bradshaw.

The ladies of the Rylstone and District Women’s Institute in Yorkshire, England could hardly have known that their story, in the form of the movie Calendar Girls, was going to be the female Full Monty, writes Peter Bradshaw.

This year’s Venice Film Festival satisfied an array of tastes and left some wanting, according to Peter Bradshaw and Derek Malcolm who gave a thumbs up for Bernardo Bertalucci’s The Dreamers.

The first week of Cannes came to an end with Hollywood star-spotters mollified by appearances by Keanu Reeves, Meg Ryan and Steven Soderbergh, and Arnold Schwarzenegger lumbering into town for a party for his third Terminator film, writes Peter Bradshaw.

Movie of the week: Peter Bradshaw reviews the Oscar-winning, jazz-age musical Chicago.

Movie of the week: Only the most exacting severity of critical judgement compels me to stop short of the highest accolade for the excellent Austin Powers in Goldmember, writes Peter Bradshaw.

This is a film of bracing high seriousness and amplitude, with a literate sense of history and place, writes Peter Bradshaw.

Take cover everyone – Hollywood’s shameless rewriting of history has Peter Bradshaw yelping with dismay.

Peter Bradshaw picks his top ten from this year’s Cannes film festival.