Cannes Report
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Cannes 2013: Anchor Bay Films Wins Rights to ‘Shadow People’
Arclight Films sells rights to Chinese romantic drama "Dangerous Liaisons"
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Cannes 2012: A Giggly Robert Pattinson Touts Cronenberg Thriller ‘Cosmopolis’
"Cosmopolis" star Robert Pattinson struggles to explain the David Cronenberg movie set largely in a limousine cruising New York streets
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Cannes 2012: ‘Jaws,’ Boos & Drugs
Day 10: Steven Spielberg shows "Jaws" and says sharks have been very good for him, but audiences get unruly, and Pete Doherty talks frankly about making a movie on heroin
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Cannes 2012: Sundance Selects Acquires Ken Loach’s ‘The Angels’ Share’
IFC/Sundance have worked with Loach on three prior projects, one of which won the Palme d'Or
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Cannes 2012: ‘Aqui y Alla’ Wins Critics Week Prize
Antonio Mendez Esparza's "Aqui y alla" has won the Grand Prize in the festival's Critics Week section
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Cannes 2012: Is ‘The Paperboy’ a Camp Classic, or an Appalling Mess?
Some critics think Lee Daniels' steamy Southern potboiler is so bad it's good, but most say it's just plain awful
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Cannes 2012: Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron Get Sweaty, Trampy in ‘Paperboy’
Nicole Kidman says she gave herself over to the graphic scenes in Lee Daniel's pulpy "The Paperboy," which has become the talk of the Croisette
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Cannes 2012: Kino Lorber Wins U.S. Rights to ‘In Another Country’
Southern Korean film stars Isabelle Huppert of "The Piano Teacher" fame
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Cannes 2012: Kim Kardashian and Other Signs of Life in the Zombie Ghost Town
Day 9: The festival winds down with baffling movies, a Roman Polanski short and a giddy Kim Kardashian
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Cannes 2012: Critics Don’t Like ‘On the Road,’ but They Blame Jack Kerouac
Even the most positive reviews of Walter Salles' adaptation of "On the Road" say Jack Kerouac's book is nearly impossible to adapt
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Cannes 2012: Kristen Stewart Embraces Topless, Beatnik Role in ‘On the Road’
“I love pushing, I love scaring myself," Kristen Stewart says about her role in Walter Salles' new movie, "On the Road"
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Cannes 2012: ‘Holy Motors,’ Holy S#*!
Day 8: The wild and weird "Holy Motors" provides a shot of adrenaline, and Ken Loach doesn't want to watch his language
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Cannes 2012: StudioCanal Nabs ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel Rights for German Speaking Territories
In new distribution pact, Lionsgate gets rights to film library that includes "Total Recall" and "Basic Instinct"
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Cannes: IFC Acquires Ben Wheatley Road Comedy ‘Sightseers’
IFC grabs North American rights before dark comedy from Ben Wheatley debuts in Cannes' Directors Fortnight
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Cannes: Brad Pitt Says ‘Killing Them Softly’ Isn’t Anti-Obama, But It Is Political
"Killing Them Softly" juxtaposes Obama's rhetoric with grim violence, but Brad Pitt tells Cannes press conference it's not a slap at the president