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Cannes's Surprising Currents: Italy, Australia and Romania May Make Strongest Waves at '06 Fest

Italy, Australia and Romania are the hotbeds of world cinema, with Spain and Mexico not far behind, while Middle Eastern and Asian movies have lost their luster. That is, of course, if you believe the films chosen to screen at next week's Cannes Film Festival can be taken as a sign of cinematic pros...

Criterion Top 10s and MySpace

"Army" Entrenches; "Art School" Paints Colorful Box office Palette

A trio of newcomers entered the top tier of the iW BOT last weekend in limited release, with Sony Pictures Classics' "Art School Confidential" leading the pack in the second position on the chart, and First Look's "The Proposition" placing a solid third, followed by ThinkFilm's "Down in the Valley."...

BREAKING NEWS: REVERSE SHOT ACQUIRES "A LION IN THE HOUSE"

Charleston Road Trip Recap

indieWIRE ANNOUNCEMENT: indieWIRE at Cannes '06 - Online, In Print, Daily

This year in Cannes, indieWIRE will be publishing daily film festival coverage both online and in print (May 17 - 28, 2006).

FFF Shorts Vets Make Good

Focus Goes for "Talk To Me"

Focus Features annouced Monday that it will handle domestic distribution for Kasi Lemmons "Talk To Me," set to begin filming next month. Starring Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the film is from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and the Mark Gordon Company. It was written by Michael Genet, with revisions by Rick Famuyiwa and Lemmons (according to Focus). Kimmel International will handle foreign rights to the film at Cannes next week. In an announcement Monday, the film was described as, "the powerful real-life story of Ralph Waldo 'Petey' Green (to be portrayed by Mr. Cheadle), an outspoken ex-con who talked his way into becoming an iconic radio ...