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Best of the Week: Cannes Begins, Interviews, Reviews, News and More

May 17, 2013 8:24 pm

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Cannes:

Harvey Weinstein Previews Awards Slate at Cannes

Cannes Interview: David Lowery Talks ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Cannes Virgin Festival Diary 1: From “Gatsby” to “Heli” and Back

Cannes Exclusive! Jim Mickle Talks Smart Horror Remake “We Are What We Are”

Cannes Review: Coppola’s “The Bling Ring”

Cannes Interview: Ryan Coogler Talks Honoring Oscar Grant, Slain at “Fruitvale Station” (TRAILER)

IFC Goes on Cannes Buying Spree

Cannes: Scarlett Johansson to Direct Adaptation of Truman Capote’s Near-Lost Novel “Summer Crossing”

Spielberg and Competition Jury Tell It Like It Is in Cannes

“The Great Gatsby” Launches Cannes, Luhrmann Reveals Wrangling with Warners

Cannes Exclusive: Ari Folman Talks Fortnight Opener “The Congress,” Which Predicts Hollywood’s Chilling Future (TRAILER)

Features:

Immersed in Movies: VFX Retrofitting for Abrams’ Hybrid Vision of Old and New in “Star Trek Into Darkness”

Weinstein Co. Green Lights “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” Sequel with Michelle Yeoh

James Franco Reviews Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” Calls Out Negative Reviewers as “Hypocrites”

Reviews:

Weekend Preview: “Frances Ha” Delights, “Star Trek Into Darkness” Relentlessly Entertains, “Pieta” a Bloody Must-See

Is There a Connection Between Baumbach’s “Frances Ha” and Bujalski’s “Funny Ha Ha”?

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