10 Most Anticipated Films At Cannes 2016

9. Café Society

Playing: Out Of Competition (Opening Film)

What Is It: You can't have Cannes without Woody Allen. It's like red carpet controversy and boos - it's just part of the fabric of. So it's hardly surprising his latest, Café Society, which stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in a love story set against 1930s Hollywood, will open the festival. Still, it is rather progressive - it's shot on digital (a first for Allen) and Amazon have the distribution rights, meaning that when it's properly released it will be a big VOD film (although it will have a cinema release too, care of Lionsgate).

Why It Should Be Great: Unlike other revered directors, Allen's name is exactly a guarantee of quality - he's had more duds that hits recently (just look at last year's Cannes appearance, Irrational Man) - but Midnight In Paris and Blue Jasmine show he hasn't lost it. And, he's surely due a good movie at this point.

After all, the cast is solid and Allen can do romance and love of cinema well. At the very least, reviewers have the opportunity for hilarious Adventureland jokes.

When's It Out Elsewhere? August TBA