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Faces of Cannes: Ten performances to watch
Teen idols striving for artistic cred, a Romanian newcomer, an aging US heartthrob, Hollywood's favorite French actress, a Korean leading man, and more. Here's a sneak peek at ten of the most eagerly...
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Big names, hip casts, and hot topics outside main Cannes line-up
Big-name directors, hotshot up-and-comers, a hipster duo in period garb, and movies about terrorism, cross-dressers, and the seedy underworld of the Indian film industry....here's a peek at the...
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Festival director and feminists lock horns as Cannes prepares for take-off
Critics are drooling over screening schedules, star gazers have camped out across from the red carpet, French feminists are fighting with festival organiser Thierry Fremaux...and things haven't even...
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At Cannes, cinema without borders and an ‘Indian Brigitte Bardot’
With an Iranian film set in Japan, a Korean film starring French actress Isabelle Huppert, and the "Indian Brigitte Bardot" wheeling and dealing on the Croisette, Cannes this year suggest the...
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Brad Pitt, chocolate fountains, and lesbian vampire warriors
In twelve hours on the Croisette, a party with dancing film critics and a chocolate fountain, a blunt crime thriller starring Brad Pitt, and a look at some of the more absurd films being shopped...
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Amid Palme d'Or gossip, 'Holy Motors' steals 'On the Road' thunder
Speculation about what film could take home the top Palme d'Or prize raged at Cannes Wednesday, with Leos Carax's crazy, inspired "Holy Motors" seen as a frontrunner. Walter Salles's lovely "On the...
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Palme of reason or Palme of passion?
One day before the big prizes are handed out, Cannes has a serious case of Palme fever. Will the jury go for the Palme of reason ("Amour"), the Palme of passion ("Holy Motors"), or something...
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Palme d'Or goes to Michael Haneke's 'Amour', a portrait of love and death
The coveted Palme d’Or went to Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke’s “Amour”, a sober, gorgeously directed portrait of an elderly couple facing terrifying questions of life and death. Some of the jury's...
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Ten duos to watch at Cannes 2013
This year's competition is full of films featuring intriguing duos of actors: Michael Douglas and Matt Damon as lovers, Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix as prostitute and pimp, Kristin Scott...
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Sofia Coppola, James Franco, and Mideast films light up Cannes side sections
Some of the most interesting films at Cannes are usually found outside the main competition. This year, new works from Sofia Coppola, Claire Denis, and James Franco, as well as films from Israel and...
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As Cannes 2013 raises curtain, a question: is the selection too French?
As Cannes prepares to raise the curtain on its 2013 edition, opinions are already flying about the competition line-up. Is it too French? Too American? Just right? Various critics, as well as Cannes...
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Cannes lifts off with DiCaprio in flawed, flashy, endearing ‘Gatsby’
The 2013 Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off Wednesday with Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby", a bold, lavish 3D adaptation of the literary classic that is as endearing as it is flawed and...
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Ozon, Coppola win over Cannes with tales of teens behaving badly
While one competition film had critics racing for the exit, Sofia Coppola and François Ozon got warmer receptions on Thursday with "The Bling Ring" and "Jeune et jolie" ("Young and Beautiful"), strong...
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Asian auteurs Farhadi, Jia explore emotional and physical violence
The sun is back, but competition films from admired Asian auteurs were particularly bleak: Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin", a scorching portrait of contemporary China, and Asghar Farhadi's "The Past",...
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At Cannes, directors disappoint as chefs to the stars delight
Though Cannes had an action-packed 24 hours (a jewel heist, a man firing blanks into a crowd), competition films from Arnaud Desplechin and Kore-eda Hirokazu were sluggish. A meal prepared by a chef...
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Coens' deadpan gem 'Inside Llewyn Davis' ranks with their best
The Cannes competition screened its strongest film yet Sunday: the Coen brothers' deeply felt deadpan comedy "Inside Llewyn Davis", about a struggling folk singer in 1960s New York. The cast features...
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US, Palestinian thrillers about violence and vengeance electrify Cannes
Outside the main competition, two thrillers struck a nerve at Cannes the last two days: American Jeremy Saulnier's "Blue Ruin", about a drifter out for blood, and Palestinian Hany Abu-Assad's "Omar",...
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Michael Douglas, Matt Damon light up Cannes in gay romance
Valéria Bruni Tedeschi's "Un chateau en Italie" ("A Castle in Italy") was all but forgotten when Michael Douglas and Matt Damon stepped in the spotlight as lovers in Steven Soderbergh's entertaining...
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Ryan Gosling a no-show as Cannes jury member opens up
Ryan Gosling was a no-show for the competition entry he headlines, Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives", and Chadian crime film "Grigris" was underwhelming. Meanwhile, juror Lynne Ramsay told us...
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Abdellatif Kechiche’s lesbian romance is a masterpiece
Cannes' competition soared Thursday with French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's "La Vie d'Adèle" ("Blue is the Warmest Color"), a brilliantly acted, intensely erotic three-hour drama about a...
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