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Cannes Cannes: An Uninspiring Palme d’Or, but a Fascinating Third-Place Tie
The three-hour Turkish epic Winter Sleep took the top honors, but the Jury Prize was split between the film festival's oldest and youngest directors—both iconoclasts.
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Cannes Kristen Stewart's Cannes Film Elevates the Competition
The festival's slate has been mediocre overall—but at least that means more suspense about which work will win the top prize.
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Cannes Jean-Luc Godard Is Still Pushing Cinema's Boundaries
At Cannes, the iconic director's latest proves to be as experimental as ever. Meanwhile, Michel Hazanavicius's much-awaited follow-up to The Artist disappoints.
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Cannes There's Now a Frontrunner for Cannes' Top Prize
The Dardenne brothers' Two Days, One Night, starring Marion Cotillard in a tale of blue-collar struggle, wowed. Gosling's directorial debut, Lost River, did not.
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Daniel McFadden To See the Dark Side of America, Head to a French Film Festival
As Hollywood stars flood Cannes, splashy new works from David Cronenberg, Tommy Lee Jones, and Bennett Miller critique U.S.-born ambition and excess.
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Wild Side Films The 'Dominique Strauss-Kahn Movie': Really Tough on DSK
Premiering at Cannes, Welcome to New York is a satisfying fictionalized portrait, while an Italian coming-of-age story and an Yves Saint Laurent biopic are also worthwhile viewing.
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Cannes Film Festival The Film That Humanizes Jihadists
The second day of the Cannes Film Festival saw filmmakers from around the world telling weighty stories of war, death, and forbidden love.
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The Weinstein Company The Verdict on Nicole Kidman's Long-Awaited Grace of Monaco: Boo
The treacly Grace Kelly biopic opened Cannes to a less-than-thrilled response.
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Sundance Selects The Perennial Cannes Backlash Is Only Getting Worse
The artistic director of the prestigious film festival responds to accusations that the event is insular, sexist, and stodgy.
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AP 'There's a Place for Gays in Islam'
Morocco's only openly gay filmmaker discusses the inspirations behind Salvation Army and his home country's changing attitudes toward homosexuality.
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The Shocking Movie That Had Critics Fleeing Venice Film Fest Theaters
Plus: Scarlett Johansson as an alien seductress, the real Lance Armstrong, and a slippery interview with Iraq War architect Donald Rumsfeld.
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AP JFK, Eco-Terrorists, and Judi Dench: The Venice Film Fest's Highs and Lows
Night Moves (Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg) and Palo Alto (James Franco) made lasting first impressions. John F. Kennedy assassination flick Parkland did not.
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Reuters The Surprising Star Potential of Girls' Adam Driver
His delightful performance in Tracks stole the show at the Venice Film Festival.
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10 Films From Cannes 2013 You'll Probably Want to See
An intense lesbian love story, a valentine to 1960s folk music, a four-part portrait of violence in China, and a tale of a teenage prostitute were among the fest's best movies.
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Spielberg's Jury Names a Powerful Same-Sex Love Story Cannes' Top Film
Blue Is the Warmest Color takes the Palme d'Or, deservedly.
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Cannes Can't Decide How to Feel About Marion Cotillard's Prostitution Drama
The Immigrant, James Gray's melodrama set in 1920s New York, is finally here—and it's either his magnum opus or a half-baked bore.
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The Best Film at Cannes Is the French, Lesbian Answer to Brokeback Mountain
Abdellatif Kechiche's film about young female lovers beautifully explores the effects class and upbringing have on romance. Plus: Alexander Payne's new road-trip film is a success.
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Ryan Gosling's Drive Follow-Up Is the Most Divisive Film at Cannes So Far
Only God Forgives has received impassioned reviews from both ends of the critical spectrum. Plus: Director Lynne Ramsay shares details from inside the festival's jury room.
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Too-Gay' Liberace Movie Has Arrived at Cannes
Michael Douglas plays Liberace and Matt Damon plays his longtime lover in Behind the Candelabra, which lives up to its buzz.
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Cannes' Big Revelation: The Coen Brothers' Latest Is Fargo-Level Good
Inside Llewyn Davis chronicles a '60s folk singer using biting humor—and great tunes.
