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Cannes: Lesbian Drama 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Palme d'Or

May 26, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

"Inside Llewyn Davis" and "Like Father, Like Son" win second and third-place awards; Bruce Dern and Berenice Bejo take acting honors

  

Good Morning, Cannes: Have You Reached a Verdict, Mr. Spielberg?

May 26, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

The Palme d'Or race hasn't been this murky in years, but you can probably count out the new Roman Polanski and Jim Jarmusch films

  

Cannes Juror Nicole Kidman: I’ll Judge on the Purity of the Filmmaking

May 25, 2013 By Wrap Staff 3 weeks ago

As deliberations get underway for the Palme d'Or, the actress reveals her approach to choosing the winner

  

Cannes: 'The Missing Picture' Tops With Un Certain Regard Jury

May 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

"Omar," "Stranger by the Lake," "La Jaula de Oro" and "Fruitvale Station" also win jury awards

  

Cannes: Lesbian Coming-of-Age Story 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Fipresci Prize

May 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

Three-hour drama, which received attention for its graphic sex scenes, was named the fest's best film by international film critics' organization

  

Good Morning, Cannes: From Bloody Fun to Bloody Schlock

May 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

Jim Jarmusch's vampire movie "Only Lovers Left Alive" wins over the critics, but can it possibly be as entertaining as the marketplace title "FDR American Badass?"

  

Cannes: Sony Pictures Classic Acquires Jim Jarmusch’s 'Only Lovers Left Alive'

May 24, 2013 By Greg Gilman 3 weeks ago

Tom Hiddleston ("The Avengers") stars opposite Tilda Swinton ("Michael Clayton") as vampires whose love story spans centuries

  

Cannes: Critics All Over the Map on James Gray's 'Immigrant' but Love Marion Cotillard

May 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

The period drama is either a wrenching masterpiece or a gloomy melodrama, depending on who you ask

  

Cannes: French Comedy 'Me Myself and Mum' Tops Directors' Fortnight

May 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

Clio Barnard's "The Selfish Giant" also wins prize in independent section at Cannes

  

Cannes: Student Films From Chicago, Belgium Win Cinefondation Prizes

May 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

Top award in student film competition goes to "Needle";  Jane Campion's jury also chooses shorts from Romania and the Czech Republic

  

Good Morning, Cannes: Father Figures, Funny Men and Teen Lesbians

May 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" Jerry Lewis likes his comics male and "Blue Is the Warmest Color" gets the critics all hot and bothered

  

Good Morning, Cannes: Robert Redford's All Wet, and So Is the Fest

May 23, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

As the rain starts up again, Redford gets a lengthy ovation for J.C. Chandor's wordless lost-at-sea drama

  

Cannes Review: Robert Redford's Actions Speak Much Louder Than Words in 'All Is Lost'

May 22, 2013 By Sasha Stone 3 weeks ago

Redford gives a moving performance as a man lost at sea in J.C. Chandor's almost dialogue-free follow-up to "Margin Call"

  

Cannes Review: Soulless, Despicable 'Only God Forgives' Shuts Up and Slices Limbs

May 22, 2013 By Sasha Stone 3 weeks ago

"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn indulges in one bloody killing after another, and practically licks the knife afterwards

  

Good Morning, Cannes: Liberace Lights Up the Homestretch

May 22, 2013 By Steve Pond 3 weeks ago

As the festival moves into its final five days, Steven Soderbergh's HBO movie joins the Coen brothers and Asghar Farhadi as the best in show

  

'Behind the Candelabra' Review: Sex, Lies & the Closet at Cannes

May 21, 2013 By Sasha Stone 4 weeks ago

In competition at the festival, Soderbergh's honest, authentic rendering of the passionate, sometimes silly love affair between Liberace and Scott Thorson is his best film in years

  

Good Morning, Cannes: The Festival Has Female Troubles, Again

May 21, 2013 By Steve Pond 4 weeks ago

There's only one film directed by a woman in the main competition – and the critics weren’t kind to that film, “A Castle in Italy”

  

Cannes Review: Without the Blood Lust, Takashi Miike’s 'Shield of Straw' Draws Boos

May 20, 2013 By Sasha Stone 4 weeks ago

The Japanese cult director refuses to sell out his premise for the sake of audience satisfaction

  

Cannes Deals: Sundance Selects Buys Dardenne Brothers’ ‘Two Days, One Night’ Starring Marion Cotillard

May 19, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 4 weeks ago

Cotillard plays a woman desperate to keep her job

  

Asghar Farhadi's Cannes Drama 'The Past' Has a Future at Sony Classics

May 19, 2013 By Jeff Sneider 4 weeks ago

Berenice Bejo and Tahar Rahim star in the foreign-language film

  

Cannes Review: 'Borgman' Makes No Sense - in a Good Way

May 19, 2013 By Sasha Stone 4 weeks ago

Alex van Warmerdam's film is a bizarre, rambling, vivid dream that often feels as if the director and cast are making it up as they go along

  

Good Morning, Cannes: The Coen Brothers Make People Forget About Their Wet Socks

May 19, 2013 By Steve Pond 4 weeks ago

Before it even had its official Cannes premiere, "Inside Llewyn Davis" became the most acclaimed film at the festival

  

Cannes Review: Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Is a Breathtaking Ode to Failure

May 18, 2013 By Sasha Stone 4 weeks ago

Coens' tragicomic story of Greenwich Village folk scene is a sharp, evocative portrait of a world about to be changed by Bob Dylan

  

Good Morning, Cannes: Much Ado About Absolutely Everything

May 18, 2013 By Steve Pond 4 weeks ago

Asghar Farhadi’s “The Past” is the hot title for now, but elsewhere Cannes embraces excess and exaggeration

 

  

The Best, Worst, and Most Ridiculous of the Week: 14 Showbiz Stories You Can't Miss

May 17, 2013 By Greg Gilman 4 weeks ago

"Star Trek" kills J.J. Abrams grand ambitions, Will Smith gets "Wild," Bill Hader peaces out and a Fox reporter's major fail -- all this week in Hollywood.

  

Cannes Review: 'The Past' Is a Brilliant Meditation on Secrets & Lies

May 17, 2013 By Sasha Stone 4 weeks ago

But Asghar Farhadi's first film since "A Separation" may be tough to beat for the Palme d'Or

  
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