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Cannes: Lesbian Coming-of-Age Story 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Fipresci Prize
ReutersMay 25 (TheWrap.com) - "Blue is the Warmest Color," Abdellatif Kechiche's three-hour coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl in a lesbian relationship, was named the best film in the main competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival by the Fipresci...Tags: A Separation (movie), Movies, Steven Spielberg, Film Festivals, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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Cannes: 'The Missing Picture' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize
ReutersMay 25 (TheWrap.com) - "The Missing Picture" by Rithy Panh has been named the best film in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival. The jury was headed by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg and also included actresses Ludivine Sagnier...Tags: Movies, Zhang Ziyi, Film Festivals, Entertainment, James Franco
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Cannes: 'The Missing Picture' Tops With Un Certain Regard Jury
ReutersMay 25 (TheWrap.com) - "The Missing Picture" by Rithy Panh has been named the best film in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival. The film uses clay figures to recreate Panh's childhood under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The...Tags: Movies, Zhang Ziyi, Film Festivals, Entertainment, James Franco
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Good Morning, Cannes: From Bloody Fun to Bloody Schlock
ReutersMay 25 (TheWrap.com) - And then there were two. As Saturday broke in Cannes, 18 of the 20 films in competition for the Palme d'Or had screened. Only Jim Jarmusch's vampire movie "Only Lovers Left Alive" and Roman Polanski's presumably kinky "Venus in...Tags: Movies, Steven Spielberg, Film Festivals, Entertainment, Heroin
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In 'Touch of Sin,' Jia Zhangke changes his style but not themes
CANNES, France — "A Touch of Sin," an early critical favorite among the films in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year, has been widely greeted as signifying a new direction for the Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. The claim...
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Polanski's Venus seduces on last day of Cannes festival
ReutersCANNES (Reuters) - An avenging Venus settling the psychological and sexual score is the star of acclaimed director Roman Polanski's "La Venus a la Fourrure" ("Venus in Fur"), one of the Cannes film festival's two final movies in main competition to...Tags: Politics, Iran, Festive Events, The Pianist (movie), Mathieu Amalric
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Setting Times stories to music: from Nick Cave to Dionne Warwick
By Kari Howard This week, I came across a website called Six Word Stories. The website, its creators say, was inspired by a bet from Ernest Hemingway’s pals that he couldn’t write a story in six words. So I thought I’d do six-word...
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Chicago film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh wins Cannes prize
CANNES, France — A sharp, nearly perfect 21-minute movie about a 6th-grade girl caught in a tug of war between divorced parents, “Needle” was shot last summer in Chicago by School of the Art Institute film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh....
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Coens, Farhadi, Sorrentino among contenders in wide-open Palme d'Or competition
AP Entertainment WriterCANNES, France (AP) — After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or. The prestigious award, given to the best film in competition, will be...Tags: Festive Events, Oscar Isaac, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gowns that stole all the scenes at Cannes Film Festival
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticWith film premieres and parties spanning 11 days, the Cannes Film Festival was the red carpet that just wouldn't end. When it came to the fashion stakes, no one could compete with Dior designer Raf Simons and his vision of modern 21st century couture....Tags: Movies, Raf Simons, Entertainment
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Steely Marion Cotillard shines in the gripping tale 'The Immigrant,' alongside Joaquin Phoenix
Associated PressCANNES, France (AP) — Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse offering, "The Immigrant." The gritty drama,...Tags: Movies, Film Festivals, Immigration, Darius Khondji, Ellis Island
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Cannes: Sony Pictures Classic Acquires Jim Jarmusch's 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
ReutersMay 25 (TheWrap.com) - Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American rights to Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive," the company announced on Friday. The vampire romance, which stars Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt,...Tags: Movies, Jeffrey Wright, John Hurt, Entertainment, Anton Yelchin
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