Film Festivals

Cannes 2013: Ryan Gosling, Croisette superstar?

2013-05-21 06:30:00

CANNES, France -- One of the biggest stars on the Croisette this year isn't even on the Croisette. The question is: Will he be? Ryan Gosling is to premiere his new movie, the Nicolas Refn Thai revenge drama "Only God Forgives," at the Cannes Film...

Cannes 2013: Jia Zhangke's 'Touch of Sin' gets U.S. distribution

2013-05-21 11:46:00

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin," which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival last week, will be coming to U.S. screens in late fall or early winter. The New York-based company Kino Lorber announced Tuesday that it had picked up the U.S....

Cannes 2013: 'The Last Days on Mars' leaves impression

2013-05-20 14:44:00

CANNES, France --�“The Last Days on Mars,” one of the most commercial films up for grabs in Cannes’ official sections, made a strong impression when it screened as part of the Quinzaine des Realisateurs, or Directors Fortnight, on Monday...

Cannes 2013: Festival robberies echo past heists, real and on film

2013-05-20 13:00:00

Two high-profile robberies at this year's Cannes Film Festival have attracted a lot of attention, but they're the hardly the first such heists (on screen, or off). First, a stash of Chopard jewelry reportedly valued at more than $1 million was taken...

Cannes 2013: The musical side of the Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

2013-05-19 13:53:00

CANNES, France -- In close to three decades of filmmaking, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have shared a lot of looks. But with "Inside Llewyn Davis," which had its� premiere in Festival de Cannes competition Sunday, one particular glance said it all. "At...

Cannes 2013: Is 'Borgman' this year's 'Holy Motors'?

2013-05-20 10:11:00

CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival can reliably be counted on to offer at least one envelope-pushing genre-tinged exercise, the kind that makes festgoers marvel and shake their head in equal measure. Last year it was ”Holy Motors,&...

Did Cannes premiere pay off for 'Gatsby' at foreign box office?

2013-05-20 09:46:00

With its glitzy opening night premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last week, "The Great Gatsby" arrived overseas with a splash. Or at least that's what Warner Bros. was hoping for as the movie played for the festival crowd days before it debuted in...

Review: 'Valentino's Ghost' hits media's portrayal of Arabs, Muslims

2013-05-16 17:55:00

Writer-director Michael Singh's documentary "Valentino's Ghost" connects the United States' Middle East foreign policy agenda to the American media's often negative portrayals of Arabs and Muslims. It's a provocative, absorbing — and at times...

Cannes 2013: Weinstein Co. to make 'Crouching Tiger' sequel

2013-05-16 16:19:00

Harvey Weinstein says he loved the martial arts blockbuster “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” So now he’s making its sequel — albeit without original director Ang Lee. CHEAT SHEET: Cannes Film Festival 2013 The Weinstein Co....

Gunshot scare at Cannes involves 'Django' actor Christoph Waltz

2013-05-17 14:50:00

CANNES -- An incident apparently involving a gun briefly interrupted a French television interview with actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday and sent nearby pedestrians scurrying for safety. According to...

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

Cannes 2013: 'Salinger,' 'Osage County' among Weinstein hopefuls

2013-05-18 06:00:00

Cannes, France--With award-season hits such as “The Silver Linings Playbook” and “Django Unchained,” the Weinstein Co. had a small but potent slate in the latter half of 2012. On Friday evening at the Cannes Film Festival, the...

At the 2000 Academy Awards, Angelina shocked fans by giving her brother a very un-sisterly kiss, and later declaring, "I'm so in love with my brother right now."

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Miley Cyrus at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California February 24th, 2008.

2013-05-10 09:16:00

The only narrative feature among the Maryland Film Festival's gay-themed offerings, "Pit Stop" follows two men in a small Texas town. At the movie's start, both characters are still living with their exes (awkward!), recovering from their break-ups while their former partners do the same.

2013-05-01 00:00:00