Cannes

Cannes 2012: Paul Schrader To Write Kremlin-Financed Russian Ballerina Drama

May 17, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Paul Schrader will write a Kremlin-financed project about Mathilde Kschessinska, a famed Russian ballerina who was mistress to the last Russian tsar

  

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

  

Cannes 2012: The Stars Hit the Red Carpet - and the High Seas (Slideshow)

May 16, 2012 By Kauveh Khozein 1 year ago

From Sacha Baron Cohen to Harvey Weinstein, the biggest names mix work and play in the South of France

 

 

 

  

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

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

  

FilmDistrict Acquires Horror Film 'Oculus'

May 16, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

FilmDistrict's latest acquisition, based on a Mike Flanagan short film, looks at a family torn apart by a haunted mirror

  

Sacha Baron Cohen Brings His 'Dictator' Schtick to Cannes

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

  

Joel Edgerton Writing and Starring in 'Felony'

May 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Australian actor is best known for his performances in "Warrior" and "Animal Kingdom"

  

Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Rights to Susanne Bier’s 'Love Is All You Need'

May 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Italian set drama stars Pierce Brosnan 

  

Fortissimo Films Acquires Terence Davies' 'Sunset Song'

May 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The British director will follow up his acclaimed "The Deep Blue Sea" with this look at poverty in the 1930s U.K. 

  

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

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)

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

  

The Weinstein Company Acquires 'The Sapphires' with Chris O'Dowd

May 15, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Australian film centers on an Aboriginal girl group that performs in Vietnam

  

Robert Pattinson to Star in 'Mission: Blacklist'

May 2, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Robert Pattinson will star in the thriller, based on a novel written by Eric Maddox, who helped lead the hunt for Saddam Hussein

  

Arclight Films Acquires Australian Sci-Fi Thriller 'Crawlspace'

May 2, 2012 By Kasia Anderson 1 year ago

The action thriller "Crawlspace" will unspool at this year's Cannes Film Festival 

  

Cannes to Honor Claude Miller on Closing Night

April 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The "New Wave" disciple's final film "Thérèse Desqueyroux” with Audrey Tautou will be shown on the festival's final night

  

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

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

  

Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom' to Open Cannes

March 9, 2012 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Film will open the festival May 16 and premiere in the U.S. May 25

  

Italian Filmmaker Nanni Moretti Named Cannes' Jury President

January 20, 2012 By Kurt Orzeck 1 year ago

Six films by the actor/director have previously been presented at the festival

  

Cannes' President, Director Renew Contracts; Fremeaux Gets More Power

December 21, 2011 By Kurt Orzeck 1 year ago

Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux will serve through 2014

  

Lars von Trier Vows Silence After Police Inquiry Over Hitler Remarks

October 5, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Danish filmmaker is accused of violating French law against justifying war crimes

  

Telluride Loves Tilda Swinton, But Needs to Talk About 'Kevin'

September 6, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

As the festival drew to a close, Swinton, Michael Fassbender, and Glenn Close all soared in dark fare it may be hard to get the public (or Academy) to see

  

The Cinema Guild Nabs Cannes Prize Winner “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia”

June 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Turkish film focuses on a group of men searching for a missing body

  

Iran Blasts Cannes' von Trier Banishment; Director Defends Festival

May 24, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year 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'

May 23, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Company plans year-end release, awards campaign

  

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

May 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

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

  

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

May 22, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

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