Cannes Report
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Filmmaker Imprisoned in Iran Launches Hunger Strike
Jafar Panahi is topic of discussion as fellow Iranian Abbas Kiarostami presents his film at Cannes
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Roman-Supporting French Director Sports ‘Polanski’ T-Shirt
Xavier Beauvois shows his support in the face of charges he calls “ridiculous”
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‘Biutiful’ Whips Up Cannes Controversy
Alejando Gonzalez Inarritu film sharply divides critics, buyers
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Carrying on With Life in the Middle of War
The artful but slow “Invisible Eye” and “Screaming Man”
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Cannes, Day 6: In the Bubble
Festivalgoers develop skewed priorities, and Mike Leigh wins best of the fest so far
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What Was Jean-Claude Van Damme Thinking?
His new “Eagle Path” had a number of programmers and buyers scratching their heads
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ContentFilm Acquires Rights to Ethan Hawke Thriller
“The Numbers Station” to be directed by Danish filmmaker Kasper Barfoed
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Walter Hill to Direct ‘St. Vincent’ in July
Crime thriller will star Pierce Brosnan, Billy Bob Thornton, Maria Bello
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Cheating, Sexual Repression and Unusual Sex Acts
Oddly, none of it is particularly joyful
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Sexy Housemaids, Selfish Parents and Children
Two of the smaller, international films playing the fest deal with the family unit in unique ways
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Cannes, Day 4: Restoration and Indignation
“The Leopard” returns looking good, and a terrorist complains that a movie’s making him look bad
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CANNES: Not a Bull Market for ‘Wall Street 2’
The verdict on Stone’s sequel — and on some smaller, international fest entries