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

Hollywood hit the French Riviera for the opening festivities at the Cannes Film Festival this week

Cannes deals slowed a bit at the end of the week

The film's actress studied the reality stars for the Sofia Coppola film

UPDATED: The burglary occurred at roughtly the same time as the premiere of Sofia Coppola's  jewelry-thief film, "The Bling Ring." Coincidence?

The parents are awful, the teenagers are repulsive and the celebrities are removed from reality, but no one gets away clean in Sofia Coppola's brilliant movie

Francois Ozon’s story of a teenage prostitute asks an audience to check its morality at the door

Action comedy focuses on teen hit woman

Rights to comedy about a high-school counselor will be on sale at festival market

The 80-year old actress will participate in festival's award ceremonies

Ebert's last act -- reinventing himself as a digital ninja at a time when his peers were retiring, getting fired and relegated to the past  -- was his most extraordinary

"The Great Gatsby" will bring Leonardo DiCaprio back to Cannes for the first time since 2007