Cannes Report
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Pedro Almodovar Named Cannes Film Festival Jury President
“Julieta” director says he’ll devote himself “body and soul to this task”
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‘Staying Vertical’ Review: Alain Guiraudie Explores Writer’s Block in Oddball Fashion
A devilishly strange exercise that feels like a grim joke, minus the punchline
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‘Paterson’ Review: Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver Deliver Ode to Small Pleasures
The director has made a wonderful film about the practical, the intuitive, the homespun
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‘Julieta’ Review: A Subdued Pedro Almodovar Is Still Weird Enough
At a Cannes Film Festival full of the kind of transgressive filmmaking he pioneered, Almodóvar has gotten downright decorous
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Cannes Shiva Stoner Comedy ‘One Week and a Day’ U.S. Rights Go to Oscilloscope
First-time director Asaph Polonsky’s comedy won raves in the Critics’ Week section
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Cannes Recap: Can Any of This Year’s Movies Crash the Oscar Race?
Cannes movies won nine Academy Awards in February, but the next crop looks a lot thinner
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17 Biggest Winners and Losers of Cannes Film Festival 2016
Sean Penn, Kristen Stewart, Woody Allen, provocateurs and terrorists all made our list of the festival’s best and worst
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Ken Loach’s ‘I, Daniel Blake’ Wins Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or
In an awards ceremony filled with upsets, top acting prizes go to Jaclyn Jose for “Ma’ Rosa” and Shahab Hosseini for “The Salesman”
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Cannes Report, Day 11: For a Change, Women Dominate the Palme d’Or Race
Two women are among the frontrunners, and most standout films featured vibrant, unforgettable female characters
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Cannes: ‘The Happiest Day in the Life’ Wins Un Certain Regard Award
Director Matt Ross is singled out for “Captain Fantastic”
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Cannes: ‘Toni Erdmann,’ ‘Dogs,’ ‘Mimosas’ Win FIPRESCI, Critics’ Week Awards
Also, Adam Driver’s pet bulldog from “Paterson” wins the Palme Dog
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‘Elle’ Cannes Review: Isabelle Huppert Is Spectacular in Mean, Funny Film
Director Paul Verhoeven’s film seems designed to court maximum controversy
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‘The Salesman’ Cannes Review: The New Farhadi Is Good, Not Great
Director ably flexes his dramatic muscles in this slow burn story of a couple torn apart by a home invasion
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Richard Gere Movie ‘The Dinner’ Acquired by The Orchard
Cannes 2016: Movie also stars Chloe Sevigny, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall and Adepero Oduye
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‘Graduation’ Cannes Review: A Superb Look at a Father Pushed Too Far
This story of a man realizing he’s The Man could pay off big for director Cristian Mungiu
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Ben Croll