Harvey Weinstein has been using the Cannes Film Festival to position The Weinstein Company’s awards hopefuls nicely the last few years. How are things shaping up for the 66th annual?
Cannes 2013: Harvey hits the Croisette again
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:14 am · April 18th, 2013
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US and France dominate a big-name Cannes Film Festival lineup
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:15 am · April 18th, 2013
One woman makes this year’s Competition – but not the one we were expecting.
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Cannes lineup includes Payne, Soderbergh, Polanski, Coens, Refn… and James Franco
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:12 am · April 18th, 2013
19 films are vying for the Palme d’Or.
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Sofia Coppola's 'Bling Ring' to open Un Certain Regard at Cannes, as full lineup looms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:30 pm · April 17th, 2013
Thomas Vinterberg tapped to head Un Certain Regard jury.
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Weinsteins to tease 'Grace of Monaco' at Cannes, while 'Zulu' will close festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:40 am · April 13th, 2013
Harvey’s using the Croisette as a buzz mill once more.
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Another Cannes taster in first look at Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grande Bellezza'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:11 am · April 9th, 2013
Trailer promises a new stylistic direction from the Italian virtuoso.
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Bérénice Bejo not so silent in French trailer for Cannes-bound 'The Past'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:48 am · April 8th, 2013
No subtitles needed to get excited for Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to ‘A Separation.’
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'Twelve Years a Slave' set for a December release, but likely to skip Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:58 pm · April 2nd, 2013
We’ll have to wait a bit longer than we’d hoped for Steve McQueen’s third feature.
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Jon Stewart's directorial debut 'Rosewater' to go on sale at Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:05 pm · March 27th, 2013
Scott Rudin will co-produce adaptation of journalist Maziar Bahari’s memoir.
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10 films we're most hoping to see at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:45 pm · March 25th, 2013
From Asghar Farhadi to Nicolas Winding Refn, we’re counting on a diverse slate.
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Wayne Blair and Deborah Mailman on taking 'The Sapphires' from stage to screen
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:22 pm · March 22nd, 2013
The film’s director and lead actress both have a long history with the project.
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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are the faces of this year's Cannes fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:59 am · March 22nd, 2013
The festival’s official 2013 poster features a vintage shot of the loved-up couple.
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Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' to open the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:52 am · March 12th, 2013
‘Moulin Rouge!’ did the honors in 2001.
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Haneke's 'Amour' joins exclusive club of Palme d'Or winners turned Best Picture nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:30 pm · January 11th, 2013
The film joins 15 others to have transitioned from the Croisette to Oscar’s spotlight.
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Roundup: The trouble with the artist biopic
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 am · November 27th, 2012
Also: The foreign-language Oscar boost, and holding off the ‘Les Mis’ train
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Toronto festival audiences to see a different cut of Walter Salles's 'On the Road'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:24 pm · August 28th, 2012
Despite mixed reaction at Cannes, one of the films I’ve been most looking forward to all year has been Walter Salles’s “On the Road.” It’s set to play Toronto next month, and I have heard that Tom Luddy — one of the Telluride Film Festival programmers — is high on the film, so it could pop up there (fingers crossed). But as it turns out, it won’t be the version seen on the Croisette in May.
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Lionsgate and Roadside adopt 'Mud' for 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:48 am · August 16th, 2012
After a strong Cannes debut, the long wait for a distributor is over.
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Cannes discovery 'Ernest and Celestine' deserves a US audience
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:56 pm · June 7th, 2012
Amid much heavy-duty arthouse fare, a delightful animated feature about a bear-mouse friendship was one of the standouts of the Cannes sidebars.
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