cannes film festival

Cannes Star Aniello Arena Misses 'Reality' Premiere Because He's in Prison

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 May 18, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Actor Aniello Arena wins praise for his role in "Reality," but can't come to Cannes because he's serving a prison term, reportedly for murder

  

Cannes Review: 'Reality' Bites the Quest for Fame

Movies
 May 18, 2012 By Sasha Stone 1 year ago

"Gomorrah" director Matteo Garrone takes on reality television with his new Cannes entry

  

Cannes 2012: Posing and Dancing With Marion Cotillard and Bill Murray

Movies
 May 18, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Day 3: Marion Cotillard gets awards heat, Guillermo del Toro talks "Pinocchio" and Bill Murray cuts a rug

  

Cannes Review: 'Paradies: Liebe' Is About Sex, But It's Torture

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 May 17, 2012 By Sasha Stone 1 year ago

Ulrich Seidl's Cannes drama reverses the gender dynamic on sexual exploitation and proves to be a draining experience

  

Cannes 2012's Female Troubles: Directors, Jurors Weigh In

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 May 17, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"Men are fond of depth in women," an open letter to Cannes charges, "but only in their cleavage"

  

Cannes 2012: Shiny Happy People, and Osama bin Laden

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 May 17, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Day 2: The Cannes jury meets the press, and the potential acquisition of an Osama bin Laden movie could cause complications this fall

  

Cannes Review: 'Moonrise Kingdom' Is Wes Anderson's Ode to Arrested Development

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 May 16, 2012 By Sasha Stone 1 year ago

"Moonrise Kingdom" is sometimes more style than substance, but it's also charming, occasionally moving and always engaging, as Wes Anderson films are wont to be

  

Sacha Baron Cohen Brings His 'Dictator' Schtick to Cannes

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 May 16, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The promotional stunts just keep on coming -- ho hum -- as Sacha Baron Cohen's character cavorts on a yacht and snarls traffic on the Croisette

  

Cannes 2012: Is It Harvey Weinstein's Kingdom This Year?

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 May 16, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Day 1: The Cannes Film Festival kicks off with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" and with the dominant presence of Harvey Weinstein

  

Cannes 2012: It's a Man's World (But at Least That Man Isn't Lars von Trier)

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 May 15, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

2012's Cannes Film Festival doesn't have a single female director in competition, but at least it'll be free of Lars von Trier's antics

  

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

Movies
 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

Movies
 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 

  

Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne Named to Cannes Jury

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 April 25, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Diane Kruger, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Andrea Arnold will join Ewan McGregor and Alexander Payne on main competition jury

  

Cannes Will Be Speaking English This Year: David Cronenberg, Lee Daniels, Andrew Dominik...

Movies
 April 19, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The Cannes Film Festival unveils a lineup long on English-language films, with stars like Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

  

Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Headed for Cannes?

Movies
 March 29, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Woody Allen's out. Terrence Malick's a mystery, but Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart star in likely Cannes entries

  

Jean-Pierre Dardenne to Chair Cannes Short Films Jury

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 March 28, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgian director of "The Kid With a Bike," will preside over five-person panel to honor shorts and student films

  

Marilyn Monroe Stars in New Cannes Film Festival Poster

Awards
 February 28, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The Cannes Film Festival unveils its new poster, featuring Marilyn Monroe

  

Lars von Trier Won't Be Tried Over Nazi Comments, Says French Prosecutor

Movies
 December 6, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Danish director faced five years in jail for joking, "I'm a Nazi" at Cannes last spring

  

Iran Blasts Cannes' von Trier Banishment; Director Defends Festival

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 May 24, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Deputy culture minister says ban leaves "dark stain" on festival history; von Trier says his comments were "unintelligent and hurtful"

  

Oscilloscope Picks Up Tilda Swinton Showcase 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

Movies
 May 23, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Company plans year-end release, awards campaign

  

Lars von Trier is an Idiot, and Other Lessons We Learned at Cannes

Movies
 May 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

A final roundup of the art, the money and the outrage of Cannes 2011

  

Cannes: 'Tree of Life' Wins Palme d'Or

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 May 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Director Terrence Malick is a no-show; Kirsten Dunst wins Best Actress award for "Melancholia"

  

Cannes, Day 12: Terrence Malick, Lars von Trier and Other MIA VIPs

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 May 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

A shy director, an actor who won't talk, two jailed filmmakers and a loudmouth who got banned -- Cannes is all about empty spaces

  

Cannes: Korean, German Films Win Top Un Certain Regard Honors

Movies
 May 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"Arirang," "Stopped on Track" share top prize in Cannes section; FIPRESCI Awards go to "Le Havre," "The Minister" and "Take Shelter"

  

Cannes, Day 11: Eyes on the Prize

Movies
 May 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Students, filmmakers and a chef win Cannes awards -- but the big prizes are still to come

  

Cannes: After all the Controversy, Who'll Win the Palme d'Or?

Movies
 May 20, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

With no real frontrunner, the field is wide open for Cannes' top prize

  
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