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Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far

The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age.

 

At Cannes Covering the Film Festival

65th Cannes Film Festival

You had probably noticed that the site was down for a couple hours on Monday and hadn’t been updated until this morning. I was on my way to the airport for Cannes and, of course, the site had to go down. It’s not my fault though. There server crapped out because of hardware issues, and my site had to be moved to another one. That took about three hours. Well, actually, it only took about half an hour, but I didn’t know the site was down and out until two and half hours later.

 

American film to take center stage at Cannes

2012 Cannes Film Festival

American movies are taking center stage at the Cannes Film Festival, with a fistful of U.S. films and stars including Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain in the 2012 line up announced Thursday....

 

'Tree of Life' is tops at Cannes

'Tree of Life' is tops at Cannes

"The Tree of Life," an American film helmed by director Terrence Malick and starring Brad Pitt, took home to the top prize Sunday at the Cannes film festival.

 

Cannes condemns von Trier after Hitler remarks

Cannes condemns von Trier after Hitler remarks

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier has been condemned and declared "persona non grata" by the Cannes Film Festival for saying that he sympathizes with Adolf Hitler.

 

Best of Bollywood movie to screen at Cannes

Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur's montage condensing the best moments in the history of Bollywood into 81 fast-moving minutes will be screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival....

 

Heavyweight directors at 2011 Cannes festival

Cannes Film Festival organizers say new movies by superstar directors Terrence Malick and Pedro Almodovar are among 19 films in the running for this year's top prize, the Palme d'Or.

 

'Hahaha' wins Un Certain Regard

'Hahaha' wins Un Certain Regard

Film News: Comedy from South Korea gets last laugh at Cannes -- Beating out strong contenders, South Korean comedy "Hahaha," from writer-director Hong Sang-soo, took the top Un Certain Regard Prize.

 

'Biutiful' stands out in Cannes crowd

Until "Biutiful" showed up, the Competition appeared to be a rush to the bottom.

 

Ten Movies to See at the Cannes Film Festival

Ten Movies to See at the Cannes Film Festival

Despite all the news surrounding Cannes over rights issues, recent storms, and a volcano's cloud of ash, the show must go on at the Cannes Film Festival and Cinematical names ten films to look out for this year.

 

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