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Un Prophète Wins Inaugural Best Film Award at London Film Fest

By Emily Riemer on 11:30 AM on October 30, 2009

French prison drama Un Propète (A Prophet) has won the first-ever Best Film Award at the 53rd Times BFI London Film Festival....  read more

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White Ribbon, A Prophet, Antichrist, Basterds Win at Cannes

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 4:30 PM on May 26, 2009

Michael Haneke and his brutal black-and-white drama The White Ribbon won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the festival's top honor....  read more

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Lars von Trier's Antichrist Picked Up by IFC at Cannes

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 11:16 AM on May 26, 2009

Lars von Trier’s Cannes scandalous Antichrist has been picked up by IFC Films for American distribution, with the hope that the breathless controversy will help sell the movie in the U.S....  read more

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Sharks in a Mall? Bait Announced at Cannes

By Joe Shearer on 10:27 AM on May 21, 2009

Some folks take themselves so seriously that they can't appreciate a good old outlandish plot. There were a lot of those people around when Buffy the Vampire Slayer was still alive and slayin'. More recently, the haters were out in droves for Snakes On a Plane....  read more

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Cannes 2009 Lineup Set, Includes New Michel Gondry Film

By Sean Gandert on 10:00 AM on April 24, 2009

Cannes, the premier worldwide film festival, has finally announced the lineup for its 2009 event. Before we begin analyzing the choices, let's take a look at this year's selections:...  read more

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Tarantino takes his Basterds to Cannes

By Joe Shearer on 9:13 AM on April 3, 2009

Question: Why is Brad Pitt smiling?Answer: He and director Quentin Tarantino are headed to the Cannes Film Festival in May to unveil their new film to the world, Inglourious Basterds....  read more

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IFC picks up rights to Steven Soderbergh's Che

By Loren Lankford on 5:09 PM on September 12, 2008

Steven Soderbergh's Che caused quite a stir when it premiered at the Cannes film festival earlier this year. Combining two separate film pieces and clocking in at over four hours, Soderbergh has apparently realized that everything the critics railed on him about at the festival was correct; four hours is too much. Of anything....  read more

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Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, NY in talks with Sony

By Valentina Tapia on 1:00 PM on July 29, 2008

More than two months after the 2008 Cannes Film Festival came to a close and Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, NY startled...  read more

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Sony nips at Mike Tyson documentary

By Nikki King on 3:03 PM on May 30, 2008

James Toback’s documentary on the career of infamous boxing legend Mike Tyson takes a sympathetic spin on the story. The film premiered at Cannes this month and has Sony Pictures Classics in talks of picking up the piece....  read more

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Charlie Kaufman to make directorial debut at Cannes

By Christina Hansen on 1:49 PM on May 21, 2008

Charlie Kaufman will make his directorial debut on Friday when his film Synecdoche, New York premieres at the Cannes Film Festival....  read more

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