Cannes 2012: Does the Palme d'Or Race Come Down to Naughty vs. Nice?
May, 26, 2012 6:34 am | Comments On #Amour, Cannes, cannes film festival, film festivals, Holy Motors, Leos Carax, Michael Haneke, Movies, Palme d'Or"Amour" or "Holy Motors?" Michael Haneke or Jacques Audiard? Marion Cotillard or Nicole Kidman?
The race for the Cannes Film Festival's awards is in the homestretch, and as usual only nine jurors really know what's liable to happen. But that doesn't stop others from guessing. Eric Kohn of indieWIRE, for instance, says the top five contenders for the Palme d'Or are "Amour," "Holy Motors," "On the Road," "Like Someone in Love" and "Rust and Bone." (Three of the five – "Amour," "Holy Motors" and "Rust and Bone" – seem reliable bets, the other two significant longshots.)
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Read MoreCannes 2012: 'No' Wins Top Prize at Directors Fortnight
May, 25, 2012 12:26 pm | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, Directors Fortnight, film festivals, Gael Garcia Bernal, Movies, No, Pablo LarrainThe Directors Fortnight section at Cannes has said yes to "No," Chilean director's Pablo Larrian's look at the referendum that ended Pinochet's reign in that country. On Friday, the film won the top prize at the Directors Fortnight, a section that runs concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival.
Earlier this week, Sony Pictures Classics acquired North American rights to the film, which stars Gael Garcia Bernal as an ad man working on the campaign to persuade votes to give Pinochet a no vote.
Other winners include Merzak Allouache's "El taaib" and Noemie Lvovsky's "Camille redouble."
Directors Fortnight awards a variety of prizes sponsored by...
Read MoreCannes 2012: 'The Anti-Semite' Is Banned From Cannes Marketplace
May, 25, 2012 11:56 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, Dieudonne, film festivals, Movies, The Anti-SemiteThe Cannes marketplace has banned a film called "The Anti-Semite" for being, well, anti-Semitic.
The film, by controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, has been pulled from the Cannes Marche du Film, the marketplace that takes place concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival.
"Anti-Semitism has no place at Cannes, and we welcome the clear statement to that effect from the organizers of the film festival," said Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, in a statement. "Dieudonne's grotesque anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial may play well to audiences in Iran, but the French entertainment industry and society has clearly had enough."
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Read MoreCannes 2012: Russian Student Film 'Doroga Na' Wins Cinefondation Award
May, 25, 2012 10:59 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, Cinefondation, Doroga Na, film festivals, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, MoviesStudent films from Russia, Cuba and New York's NYU have won prizes in the 15th Cinefondation section at the Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced on Friday.
"Doroga Na" ("The Road to"), a Russian film from Taisia Igumentseva of the VGIK school, was awarded first place, which carries with it a 15,000 Euro prize.
NYU student Matthew James Reilly won second place and 11,250 Euros for his film "Abigail," while Miguel Angel Moulet from EICTV in Cuba won third place and 7,500 Euros for "Los Anfitriones" ("The Hosts").
Winners were chosen by a jury headed by director Jean-Pierre Dardenne (pictured). The prizes were awarded...
Read MoreCannes 2012: Alec Baldwin Apologizes for Trashing Harvey Weinstein
May, 25, 2012 10:46 am | Comments On #Alec Baldwin, Cannes, cannes film festival, film festivals, Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Movies, Seduced and AbandonedAlec Baldwin has apologized to Harvey Weinstein for bad-mouthing the indie mogul at the Cannes Film Festival.
Baldwin also opted not to appear onstage at Thursday night's amfAR gala in Cannes, out of concern that his public disagreement with Weinstein could be a distraction, individuals close to Baldwin and Weinstein told TheWrap.
Baldwin and Weinstein were among the several co-chairs of the glitzy "Cinema Against AIDS" party and celebrity auction, which traditionally closes out the big parties at the festival. Reports that Baldwin was going to emcee the auction were erroneous, but he was slated to appear onstage with another co-chair, Heidi Klum, for a segment of the show.
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Read MoreCannes 2013: Anchor Bay Films Wins Rights to 'Shadow People'
May, 25, 2012 8:59 am | Comments On #Arclight Films, Cannes, Dangerous Liaisons, Movies, Shadow PeopleAnchor Bay Films has purchased the rights to the supernatural thriller "Shadow People" from Arclight Pictures.
Produced by Michael Ohoven ("Capote") and directed by newcomer Matthew Arnold, "Shadow People" centers on a small-town radio personality who unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings.
The deal covers all rights for North America, U.K. and Australia and New Zealand. The pact was announced at the Cannes Film Festival where Arclight has also been hawking "Dangerous Liaisons." Not to be confused with the 1988 film adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play...
Read MoreCannes 2012: A Giggly Robert Pattinson Touts Cronenberg Thriller 'Cosmopolis'
May, 25, 2012 8:02 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, Cosmopolis, david cronenberg, Don DeLillo, Movies, Robert PattinsonThe crush of media waiting for "Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson to talk about his new role as a steely billionaire financier in David Cronenberg's hotly anticipated apocalyptic new thriller, "Cosmopolis," got their knuckles rapped by the stern French moderator before Friday's press conference even began.
"Keep the vampires and bats out it," he warned, in case there were any rabid, so-called "Twihard" fans among reporters who might pepper Pattinson with questions about his phenomenally successful "Twilight" franchise, or anything about his "Twilight" co-star and real-life girlfriend Kristen Stewart, who is also at Cannes with her own film, "On the Road."
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Read MoreCannes 2012: 'Jaws,' Boos & Drugs
May, 25, 2012 6:58 am | Comments On #Cannes, cannes film festival, film festivals, Holy Motors, jaws, Ken Burns, Movies, Pete Doherty, Steven Spielberg, The PaperboyAs Frank Sinatra once said, the days dwindle down to a precious few. (Okay, Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson wrote it, but Sinatra sang it best.) With two full days left until the Palme d'Or is awarded and the 65th Cannes Film Festival comes to a close, many festivalgoers have headed home, and the ones who are left are singing their own versions of "September Song," adapted to late May.
By most reports, the thinning crowds haven't done much to ease the long lines for press screenings. "Who knew this many people were interested?" tweeted Guy Lodge, upon encountering a surprisingly fearsome queue for Sergei Loznitsa's "In the Fog." (He got in, but didn't much like the movie.)
But audiences,...
Read MoreCannes 2012: Sundance Selects Acquires Ken Loach's 'The Angels' Share'
May, 24, 2012 4:05 pm | Comments On #Cannes, Deal Central, IFC Films, Ken Loach, Sundance SelectsSundance Selects has acquired the domestic rights to Ken Loach’s “The Angels' Share” out of Cannes.
The film chronicles Robbie, a Scottish youth trying to avoid prison. Robbie sneaks into a maternity hospital to visit his girlfriend and newborn son, an experience that further emphasizes the need to get his life in order.
Loach directed from a script by frequent collaborator Paul Laverty. Laverty also penned the scripts for Loach projects like “Carla’s Song,” “Sweet Sixteen” and “The Wind That Shakes the Barley.”
Jonathan Sehring, President of SundanceSlects and...
Read MoreCannes 2012: 'Aqui y Alla' Wins Critics Week Prize
May, 24, 2012 2:25 pm | Comments On #Aqui y Alla, Cannes, cannes film festival, Critics Week, MoviesAntonio Mendez Esparza's "Aqui y alla" has won the Grand Prize in the Critics Week section, which takes place simultaneously with the Cannes Film Festival. Organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, Critics Week is devoted to the up-and-coming directors' first and second films.
"Aqui y alla" (left) centers on a man who returns to his village after years of working in the United States; according to the film's website, it is "a story about hope, and the memories and loss of what we leave behind."
Three of the other six features included in Critics Week also won awards. "Sofia's Last Ambulance," a documentary from Bulgarian director Ilian...
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