Peter Dinklage ‘set to star’ in The Toxic Avenger reboot

FRANCE 24's culture editor Eve Jackson tells us about the life and work of US writer Paul Auster, who has died aged 77. Best known for "The New York Trilogy" mystery novels, Auster wrote more than 30 books that were translated into 40 languages. He had a particularly big following in France.

In tonight's editions, schools will stay closed until further notice in Kenya, as heavy rains that killed hundreds of people continue.

Ludwig van Beethoven first performed his Ninth Symphony in Vienna in 1824, and created a work for the ages.

From the tenth entry in the "Planet of the Apes" saga – "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" – to Viggo Mortensen's feminist Western "The Dead Don't Hurt", film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news.

It’s that place where once a year, high art and hustlers rub elbows, a place for icon worshipers and insurgents, old legends and young upstarts…Welcome to the French Riviera resort of Cannes and the 77th film festival that bears its name… the first one since French actress and director Judith Godrèche went back on her personal story – her filmmaker's mistress at age 14 – and sparked a MeToo reckoning in French cinema.

Eve Jackson brings you the latest from the Cannes Film festival including the premiere of Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' “Kinds of Kindness” with Emma Stone, Willem Defoe, Margaret Qualley and Jesse Plemons. His last movie “Poor Things” took four Oscars earlier this year.