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Artifical Eye & Protagonist Back Latest Microwave Film
Film London announces Lilting, the latest project from Film London Microwave, will be distributed by Curzon Film World’s Artificial Eye in the UK with Protagonist Pictures to manage international sales. A striking feature debut from director Hong Khaou with an all-star cast led by Ben Whishaw (Skyfa...
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The 2013 Cannes Review Report: 'Blue is the Warmest Color'
Critics' reviews of this year's Palme d'Or winner.
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Cannes Review: The Bright Colors Of 'Grigris' Can't Save Monochrome Story
While Cannes had no shortage of high-profile titles to choose from, sometimes the most exciting thing about hitting the Croisette is discovering something flying under the radar. And unlike the auteur and star-driven movies, the push and pull over going to see something unknown versus eating, writin...
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Video: Interview with Claudia Triana de Vargas
Watch an interview with Claudia Triana de Vargas, Director of Proimagenes Colombia
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Que(e)ries: It Was an Impressively Gay Cannes, But 'Behind The Candelabra' Ended Up Having Little To Do With That
Last night in Cannes, Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue Is The Warmest Color" (La Vie d'Adele) made history by becoming the first film centered on a same-sex relationship to win the Palme d'Or in the festival's 66 year history. The film -- about a lesbian romance between two French teenagers (Lea ...
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Cannes Review: Worthy Medieval Parable 'Michael Kohlhaas' Nowhere Near Sum Of Impressive Parts
Itself loosely based on a true story, the 19th century novella by Heinrich von Kleist, “Michael Kohlhaas," has been adapted several times for screen, notably by Volker Schlöndorff in 1969, even spawning “The Jack Bull," a pretty good HBO restaging starring Johns Cusack and Goodman, in 1999. But with...
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Why This Year's Cannes Film Festival Prizes Went to the Right Films
"I know that it would be nice to have some drama," Steven Spielberg said at the press conference with his fellow jurors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. However, according to the jury's esteemed president, nobody "bumped heads about the films were privileged to see here."
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How Cannes' Critics Week Section Heralds New Filmmaking Talent
Cannes is first and foremost about the Palme d'Or and the main competition of some 20 or so films, though numerous sidebars contain at least as many interesting alternatives. The festival's leanest section, Critics' Week, programs first and second films from emerging directors. This year offered a s...
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Cannes 2013 Wraps Up Another Festival Full Of Sexist Issues
The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up Sunday evening with the announcement of the Palme D'Or and for a festival that continues to think and say that it does not have a "woman problem" this last festival proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that this festival has a major "women problem."
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Sundance Selects Buys 'Like Father, Like Son,' Its 4th 2013 Cannes Film Festival Title
Sundance Selects is acquiring U.S. rights to Japanese writer-director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s "Like Father, Like Son," which took a jury prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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