It's been in production for four years. It's been tipped for the Palme d'Or. It's 2046. And it's not here. I should be telling you whether Wong Kar Wai's keenly anticipated follow-up to In The Mood For Love is any good. But this morning's press screening was cancelled, because the print hadn't arrived in time. The science fiction drama was still shooting in early May and the acclaimed auteur is taking things to the wire. Tonight's Gala Premiere has been delayed by half-an-hour (can 30 minutes make that much difference?) and the world's press will be scrapping to get into two small press screenings. I might just go to the pub.

But enough of the fascinating ins and outs of the Cannes screening schedule (you must be absolutely riveted) and my alcohol consumption (three pints last night). You've met the young upstarts for whom Cannes could offer a big break, but what about the industry old hands, who've been here forever? I grabbed a word with Mona Lisa producer - and new director of the National Film and Television School - Nik Powell, The Crying Game producer Stephen Woolley, and a very hungover Brian Cox, to get the view of The Veterans.

And, in a bonus clip (you lucky people), Woolley reveals his plans to turn to directing, with the long-in-development (but finally happening) The Wild And Wicked World Of Brian Jones.

Tomorrow promises Peter Sellers, Wong Kai Where?, and a chat to some esteemed figures in the pornography business. Plus, a few words on 9 Songs, the tabloid-baiting sex drama from Michael Winterbottom, which I saw yesterday. My parents must be so proud.