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NEWS ABOUT: Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival stories: 33 news summaries

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 Spike Lee Plans
 Jordan Documentary 

Director announces project at Cannes

May 21, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might remember Spike Lee's classic "Is it the shoes?" ads for Nike. But the director told a Cannes crowd he'll team up with Michael Jordan again for a different purpose: a documentary on the basketball legend, reports Variety. The NBA will finance the flick, which will feature... More »

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NBA • film • basketball • Cannes Film Festival • Michael Jordan • documentary • Spike Lee

 Cannes Goes 
 to the Dogs 

Brass-studded collar is 8-year-old mark of honor

May 20, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dogs will paw the red carpet at Cannes this week as the "Palm Dog" ceremony returns to the festival, the Times of London reports. Critics determine the winner of the 56-year-old award (8 in human years) for the top canine performer in the competing films. The victor receives a... More »

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film • Cannes Film Festival • awards • dog

 ScarJo Snubs
 Woody Premiere 

Johansson ditches Cannes showing after movie execs deny diva demands

May 19, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson ditched the Cannes premiere of her Woody Allen-directed film Vicky Cristina Barcelona over the weekend after movie execs refused to comply with the 23-year-old actress's over-the-top travel demands, the Daily Mail reports. ScarJo demanded a personal $8,000-a-day make-up artist and a special hotel suite 30 miles from... More »

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France • Cannes Film Festival • celebrity • movie premiere • Scarlett Johansson • Woody Allen • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

MOVIE REVIEW

Indy's Still Kicking Butt in Crystal Skull

Seeing Indiana Jones 'is like meeting an old friend,' LA Times says

May 18, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who you calling old? It may be 19 years since Indiana Jones last donned a fedora, but Harrison Ford amply kicks Russian butt in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kenneth Turan writes in the Los Angeles Times. The flick, opening in the US... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Steven Spielberg • Cannes Film Festival • George Lucas • movie review • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford

movie review

 Waltz Explodes at Cannes 

After lousy 'Blindness' opening, Bashir shakes up festival

May 16, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that's more like it. After a typically lousy opening—allegorical disaster Blindness—the Cannes Film Festival shook things up yesterday with Waltz with Bashir, a ferocious animated documentary from Israel recounting the 1982 massacre at Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It’s “stunning,” writes Manhola... More »

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film • Cannes Film Festival • animation • movie review • documentary

Penn Endorses Obama, Then Blasts Him

Cannes jury prez 'excited,' but Dem's voting record 'inhuman'

May 15, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn used his platform as president of the Cannes jury to express his excitement "by the hope that Barack Obama is inspiring," the Telegraph reports—though the firebrand actor-director also had some choice words for the Democratic candidate. Obama has much to live up to, Penn said,... More »

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Barack Obama • France • Cannes Film Festival • Sean Penn • Natalie Portman • political endorsement

 Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off  

Blockbusters and indies premiere on the Riviera

May 14, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival gets under way today with the premiere of Blindness, a new film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles that stars Julianne Moore. A jury led by Sean Penn will award the Palme d'or to one of 22 films. But as the Telegraph reports, paparazzi will... More »

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Indiana Jones • film • France • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • Sean Penn • Jack Black

 Hollywood Poised 
 to Engulf Cannes  

Big-time US films won't be competing, but sure to dominate headlines

Apr 23, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lineup at this year's Cannes Film Festival was unveiled today, and the schedule is packed with Hollywood films, Variety reports. Steven Soderbergh and Clint Eastwood both have films in contention, and the release of the new Indiana Jones movie, though not for competition, is likely to be the biggest... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • film • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 Indiana Jones' 
 New Treasure: 
 Cannes Debut   

John Hurt reveals premiere plan

Apr 7, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first new Indiana Jones movie in 18 years will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before its May 22 release in the US, according to one of the movie's stars. But British actor John Hurt, who spilled the beans on BBC TV, is sworn to secrecy about details of... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Cannes Film Festival • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford • John Hurt

Sean Penn to Head Cannes Jury

Actor-director will head prize-awarding body for May festival

Jan 3, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood's favorite bad boy Sean Penn will preside over the jury for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, AFP reports. The now twice-divorced actor and director "represents the independent American cinema as well as a vision of America which we like," said the festival's artistic director. Americans Clint Eastwood... More »

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film • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • film director • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • actor • She's So Lovely

Romanian Film About Abortion Wins Palme d'Or

Gus Van Sant wins special Cannes 60th anniversary award

May 28, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disturbing Romanian film about two college coeds trying to get an illegal abortion in the twilight days of the communist regime won this year's Palme d'Or  at the Cannes film festival yesterday. The low-budget  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was a critical favorite at the festival,... More »

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abortion • communism • film • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • awards • Gus Van Sant • movies

De Niro and Pacino Reunite

Producer: "This is an event in world history."

May 18, 07 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - They were both in Godfather II, but never on-screen together. They teamed up for Heat, but only for a few scenes. Now Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally going to tear up the screen together for a whole movie. "This is an event in world history,... More »

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film • Robert De Niro • Al Pacino • Cannes Film Festival • Righteous Kill • Nu Image • Jon Avent • actor • movies

Tarantino :
"I'm Proud
Of my Flop"

Undaunted director
will unveil new
version in Cannes

Apr 27, 07 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Grindhouse" may have flopped at box offices, but Quentin Tarantino is still cooler than you. And he's not the least bit chastened. A Telegraph profile tells us that the T-man plans to split the double-bill ode to deliciously bad fifties flicks in half, and give it another shot.   More »

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film • Grindhouse • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Robert Rodriguez • movies

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