Cannes 2012

Cannes 2012: Sharon Waxman & Steve Pond Debate the Contenders (Video)

May 25, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

Wrap editor Sharon Waxman and columnist Steve Pond discuss the buzz at the august film festival

  

Wes Anderson on ‘Moonrise Kingdom’: ‘It’s a Memory of a Fantasy’

May 24, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

“It’s the autobiography of something that didn’t happen,” the director with one of Hollywood's most specific visual idioms tells TheWrap in an interview 

  

Cannes 2012: Kristen Stewart Embraces Topless, Beatnik Role in 'On the Road'

May 23, 2012 By Dana Kennedy 51 weeks ago

 “I love pushing, I love scaring myself," Kristen Stewart says about her role in Walter Salles' new movie, "On the Road"

  

'The Master': Paul Thomas Anderson Reaches Out to Scientologist Tom Cruise (Exclusive)

May 22, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

Paul Thomas Anderson recently screened the film, loosely based on the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, for the group's most famous follower: Tom Cruise

  

Cannes 2012: Sony Pictures Classics Buys Gael Garcia Bernal Chilean Drama ‘No’

May 22, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

Sony Pictures Classics acquired North American rights to “No,” a drama about Chilean dictator Pinochet starring Gael Garcia Bernal

  

James McAvoy Joins Jessica Chastain in Myriad Pictures' 'Eleanor Rigby' Films

May 21, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 51 weeks ago

James McAvoy will play opposite Jessica Chastain in the two-film his-and her projects "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" 

  

Cannes Review: Alain Resnais' 'You Ain't Seen Nothing' Melds Theater, Cinema

May 21, 2012 By Sasha Stone 51 weeks ago

Alain Resnais' ‘You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet‘ offers the notion that film and theater are one and the same

  

‘The Sapphires’: A ‘60s Musical Romp With Aboriginal Soul Sisters

May 20, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 52 weeks ago

"The Sapphires"  is a feel-good foot-tapper that deals with anti-aboriginal racism and the Vietnam War

  

Three Days With Sean Penn in Haiti: A Bargain at $400,000

May 20, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 52 weeks ago

Sean Penn's Cannes benefit for Haiti raises $2 million 

  

Cannes 2012: Steve Shainberg Brings Back Sexy In ‘The Big Shoe’

May 20, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 52 weeks ago

Steve Shainberg has nailed cast and funding for his latest sexy dramedy, “The Big Shoe,” which will star Jim Sturgess and Susan Sarandon

  

The Cool Kids in Cannes: A ‘Lawless’ Afterparty With Megan Ellison and Friends

May 19, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Megan Ellison and Michael Benaroya join a new blend of filmmakers, stars and high net worth producers gathering to celebrate

  

Tom Hardy in Cannes: I Love Marlon Brando, But I Worship Gary Oldman

May 19, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

For those who’ve been waiting for Tom Hardy to become a movie star, this may be his year

  

Cannes 2012: Roman Polanski Tells His Story - ‘How Do You Like Me Now?’

May 17, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

If you didn’t like Roman Polanski before, you’re not going to like him any better after seeing him tell his life story in “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir”

  

Cannes Review: In 'Rust and Bone' Jacques Audiard Burrows in Soul of Trauma

May 17, 2012 By Sasha Stone 1 year ago

Review: “Rust and Bone,” with Marion Cotillard, burrows deeply for those who've loved and lost, for the dreams we had we could never fulfill

  

Cannes 2012: Eli Roth's ‘Green Inferno’ Gets Financing From Worldview

May 17, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Eli Roth, the “Hostel” horror maestro, has obtained financing for his latest thriller, “The Green Inferno,” from independent production company Worldview

  

Cannes 2012: 'After The Battle' Gets Inside Egypt's Facebook Revolution

May 16, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

On opening day of Cannes, an intimate look at the revolution via a relationship between a woman and a man from the upper and lower class of Egypt

  

Cassian Elwes, Grilled on Producing: 'I Was Totally Burned Out'

May 7, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Cassian Elwes is grilled on the state of film financing, the William Morris-Endeavor merger, on how he lost – and re-found – his passion for making movies

  

Carlos Diegues to Chair Caméra d’Or Jury at Cannes

April 27, 2012 By Kasia Anderson 1 year ago

Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Diegues has been given the task of picking this year’s best new director from the lineup of emerging talent