Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:10 am, Thursday, May 23, 2013 PARIS (AP) — Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators [...]
Read More...Posts Tagged Cannes
Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival
By admin on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
Cannes documentary makers focus on Jackie Stewart, Pele and Ali
By admin on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
By Mike Davidson CANNES (Reuters) – Three years after "Senna", the hit film biography of the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, sporting documentaries about Jackie Stewart, Muhammad Ali and Pele are competing for attention at the Cannes Film Festival. In "Weekend of a Champion", the Polish-French filmmaker Roman Polanski follows Stewart, his long-time friend, [...]
Read More...Cannes: Lionsgate nabs U.S. rights to Clive Owen crime drama
By admin on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Comments Off
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Lionsgate nabbed U.S. distribution rights to the crime drama "Blood Ties" from Worldview Entertainment, the studio said Wednesday from the Cannes Film Festival. The film premiered at the French Riviera gathering this week and features Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoé Saldana, and Marion Cotillard. Lionsgate said [...]
Read More...Cannes: Scott Thomas’ glorious dip into darkness
By admin on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 | Comments Off
Cannes: Scott Thomas’ glorious dip into darkness Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:31 pm, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 CANNES, France (AP) — To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of “Only God Forgives,” director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed [...]
Read More...Danish director Refn splatters Cannes festival with violence
By admin on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 | Comments Off
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) – An ultra-violent thriller set in the Bangkok underworld of brothels and fight clubs came under attack at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday for its bloodletting which Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn defended as art. "Only God Forgives" by Refn, who won the best director award at Cannes two [...]
Read More...ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Novels and Multitasking
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
James Franco, whose Faulkner adaptation for the big-screen, “As I Lay Dying,” is playing at Cannes, discusses his love of Faulkner and his ability to handle multiple projects at once. NYT > Movies
Read More...Critic’s Notebook: Cannes Film Festival: A Sympathetic Tale of Marriage and Celebrity
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
At Cannes, an appreciative audience takes in “Behind the Candelabra,” the HBO Liberace biopic. NYT > Movies
Read More...Cannes: The Weinstein Company Circles U.S. Rights to ‘Spivet’
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
The Weinstein Company is in advanced negotiations to acquire all U.S. rights to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 3D adventure pic “The Young and Prodigious Spivet,” in what will be one of the highest-profile deals inked at Cannes. Variety
Read More...La Dolce Vita plays out with Italian films at Cannes
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
By Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) – Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty," a nostalgic, melancholic ode to the eternal city Rome, is one of several films that touch on the unraveling of contemporary Italy in official selection at the Cannes film festival this year. Also competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or award to be handed out [...]
Read More...Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:31 am, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Reeves, who showed clips from his upcoming film “Man of Tai Chi” to a select crowd on Monday, said it took him [...]
Read More...