Michael Haneke today won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for a second time with his film about love and death, “Amour.”

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New film releases this weekend

2 Days in New York (15)

The Kid With A Bike (12A)

Starring: Thomas Doret, Cécile de France

James Howson in 'Wuthering Heights'

From here to obscurity: the young star who found that fame is fickle

Having portrayed an award-winning Heathcliff, James Howson is now back on the dole

Family man: James Stewart in 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Turkey time in Tinseltown

The magic ingredient for a classic Christmas film is a touch of misery, not the manufactured merriment of today's movies, says Mike Shaw

Family man: James Stewart in 'It's a Wonderful Life'

Too many turkeys from Tinseltown

The magic ingredient for a classic Christmas film is a touch of misery, not the manufactured merriment of today’s movies

Film Choice: 08/08/11

Heads Up: Decade

Ten years on, Goold and company go Headlong into 9/11

Mary Dejevsky: A system that leaves care to the lowest paid is itself sick

The bullying was off the map of what is permissible in a civilised country. But Winterbourne View cannot be reduced to an argument about public versus private

DVD: Route Irish (15)

Few raise questions when Liverpool private-security contractor Frankie is killed in an attack by insurgents on Route Irish, described as the most dangerous road in the world, running from Baghdad International Airport to the Green Zone.

Ken Loach: why torture is never justifiable

The director speaks about his new film Route Irish, with some hard-hitting messages about the moral and political corruption in Iraq.

I suffered post-traumatic stress after being waterboarded on Ken Loach set, says actor

A former paratrooper claims he suffered sustained panic attacks and post-traumatic stress after being waterboarded for a scene in a new film by Ken Loach. Trevor Williams said he was strapped to a bench press, had his feet elevated, hands tied and face covered with a rag while experiencing "simulated drowning" for a total of 80 seconds, halting only when he gave small thumb signals to the crew.

Neds (18)

Starring: Conor McCarron, Gregg Forrest
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