Lars von Trier caused the biggest stir, but it was Michael Haneke who took the top honors as The White Ribbon was awarded the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. There was mild controversy over the choice, given that jury president Isabelle Huppert had starred in an earlier Haneke film, The Piano Teacher. Von Trier's Antichrist did pick up a major award, as Charlotte Gainsbourg took Best Actress honors. The full roster of awards follows the jump.

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Francis Coppola takes another shot at a comeback with Tetro, but the response at Cannes was mixed at best. “The debut of a new Coppola stirred hope and foreboding; and both were warranted,” writes Richard Corliss in Time. “The great news is that this unquestioned giant of American cinema, who sired the Godfather films, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now in the '70s, is still making independent-minded movies three decades later. The bad news is that he made this one.” Eric Kohn of Indiewire chimes in: “Neither complete misfire nor triumphant return to form, Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro works as a competent family drama right up until the messy final act.”

Jane Campion finds a champion for her comeback effort Bright Star in Allan Hunter at Screen Daily:

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