Cannes
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Cannes vs. Oscars
Screenville &bull 4 Hours Ago
Foreign films compete in a parallel category (because the top award is hogged by National-centric commercial successes). Common competition for ALL countries to win the top award (rarely won by French films). Parallel awards (Un Certain Regard, Quinzaine, SiC) can't… Full Story »
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Was Chrysler's Super Bowl Commercial a Nod to Obama? (Analysis)
Hollywood Reporter: News &bull Today
The Super Bowl is televised advertising's equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival, so White House political strategists must have been smiling when what's generally being hailed as this year's best spot -- the Chrysler "Halftime in America" commercial -- subtly… Full Story »
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World Cinema: Emir Kusturica's 'realized utopia'
Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News &bull Yesterday
These days, the Sarajevo-born filmmaker's passion is focused on rebuilding through art his lost Yugoslavia, including a film fest, a village and now a city. High in the mountains of Serbia sits a fairy-tale village full of wooden huts built… Full Story »
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Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall Set to Star in Focus Features-Working Title International Thriller
Hollywood Reporter: Film &bull Feb 2, 2012
John Crowley is set to begin shooting in April in the U.K., a month before Focus International shops the project to foreign buyers at the Cannes Film Festival. From a script by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises), the… Full Story »
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First Look At Isabelle Huppert In Hong Sang Soo's 'In Another Country,' Being Prepped For Cannes
indieWIRE &bull Feb 2, 2012
While Berlin gears up in about a week, with SXSW following next month, all eyes are on Cannes in May. Over the next couple of months, rumor, speculation and eventually, official confirmation will arrive about who will be making the… Full Story »
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'Oslo, August 31st' Helmer Joachim Trier Preps English-Language 'Louder Than Bombs'; Film Will Shoot In The U.S.
:: The Playlist :: &bull Feb 2, 2012
We're unabashed fans of Norwegian helmer Joachim Trier here at The Playlist. Having studied at the National Film and Television School in the U.K., Trier made a storming feature debut in 2006 with "Reprise," which followed two young aspiring novelists… Full Story »
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Bana, Hall set for Focus/Working Title thriller
Zibb.com: Media/Movies & Film (Industry News & Blogs) &bull Feb 2, 2012
Bevan and Fellner are producing with Chris Clark ("The Guard"). Focus will hold worldwide rights to the feature and will start international sales at the Cannes International Film Festival in May. Bana and Hall will portray ex-lovers who find their… Full Story »
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Nicolas Winding Refn Says 'Drive' Was About The Purity Of Love With His Wife; Says Driver Was A Werewolf
:: The Playlist :: &bull Feb 1, 2012
Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive" was one of last year's great success stories that somehow few people seemed to know about. Although it built buzz to a deafening crescendo in between its first appearance at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and… Full Story »
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Turin Film Festival Sets Joseph Losey Retrospective
Hollywood Reporter - International &bull Feb 1, 2012
ROME - This year's edition of the Turin Film Festival will focus its main retrospective on Joseph Losey, the U.S.-born filmmaker who made many of Europe's best known films in the 1960s and 1970s. The 30th edition of the Turin… Full Story »
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WME Signs 'The Artist' Star Jean Dujardin
Deadline Hollywood Daily &bull Jan 31, 2012
WME has signed Jean Dujardin, who won Best Actor in Sunday's SAG Awards, as well as Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globes. Full Story »
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MIDEM Festival Wraps Up in France
Hollywood Reporter: News &bull Jan 31, 2012
The inaugural edition of a new live music component within the long-running music industry conference MIDEM debuted with a promising start the past few days, thanks to artists such as Selah Sue and The Ting Tings. The 2012 edition of Europe's most venerable annual music industry conference, MIDEM, may well be remembered for two things: the unusual lack of sun (it rained nearly the… Full Story »
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SAG Awards Fashion: Angelina Jolie Plays It Safe In a Jenny Packham Black Halter Gown
The Hollywood Reporter - Columns &bull Jan 29, 2012
No color for the writer/director of "In the Land of Blood and Honey" at the SAG Awards. Perhaps she's saving the bright stuff for the Oscars. Angelina Jolie was all smiles at the Screen Actors Red Carpet. And she was… Full Story »
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Adam Klein, President et PDG de eMusic, rejoint Innovation Factory, le programme elabore par le Midem.
Business Wire Entertainment News &bull Jan 28, 2012
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adam Klein, President et PDG d'eMusic, rejoindra le programme personnalise, elabore par le Midem et destine aux start-ups,Innovation Factory. La zone d'exposition dediee Innovation Factory, qui permet de decouvrir les toutes dernieres technologies de pointe, propose un programme d'apprentissage… Full Story »
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BBC Rejected Drive Director Nicolas Winding Refn To Helm Doctor Who Episode
Obsessed With Film &bull Jan 27, 2012
Of course we don't know if the rejection came before or after his sure to be cult classic Drive debuted at Cannes or was released in cinemas or even why they turned him down. It could even just be as… Full Story »
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Adele Haenel: Cannes can-do girl
Variety Online &bull Jan 27, 2012
Berlin Features: Berlin Film Festival: Shooting Stars 2012 Full Story »
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TRIBUTE: Bingham Ray Remembered By Oscar-Nominated 'Moneyball' Producer Rachael Horovitz
Deadline Hollywood Daily &bull Jan 26, 2012
R.I.P. Bingham Ray EXCLUSIVE: As the Sundance Film Festival ponders how it will honor indie icon Bingham Ray - word is festival director John Cooper will read a eulogy penned by some of Ray's friends during Saturday's awards ceremony -… Full Story »
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First Look At Eva Mendes & Kylie Minogue In Leos Carax's 'Holly Motors'
:: The Playlist :: &bull Jan 26, 2012
While it's probably still slightly too early to begin talking about what films will headed to Cannes in May, one film that almost seems a certainty at this point is Leos Carax's "Holly Motors." Carax has already presented a film… Full Story »
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Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies At 76
NPR Movies &bull Jan 25, 2012
Critic David Thomson listed Theo Angelopoulos among a handful of truly great living filmmakers. His movies were epic in length and addressed epic periods in Greek history and mythology. They were among the most visually stunning movies made in the… Full Story »
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80% Declaration of War
Rotten Tomatoes: Movies &bull Jan 24, 2012
The opening night film at this year's Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival, this exuberant and deeply moving film follows a new couple, Romeo (Jeremie Elkaim) and Juliette (Valerie Donzelli), who must face the ultimate test when they discover... Full Story »
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Anton Yelchin Hooking Up With 'Very Good Girls' Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning
FilmSchoolRejects.com &bull Jan 23, 2012
Sometime around Cannes last year we reported that Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning would be starring in a new movie by first time director Naomi Foner called Very Good Girls. It's a story that Foner penned about a couple of… Full Story »
