Cannes Report
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Cannes: ‘Lerd’ Wins Top Award in Un Certain Regard Section
Taylor Sheridan, the only American director in the UCR competition, wins the section’s best director prize for “Wind River”
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‘Based on a True Story’ Cannes Review: Roman Polanski Thriller Is Timid and Unsure
Emmanuelle Seigner and Eva Green star in an occasionally erotic film that goes down easy but never really gets anywhere
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The 17 Tackiest Cannes PR Stunts, From Blake Lively’s Sharks to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Mankini (Photos)
The glamorous festival has seen some crazy PR stunts over the years
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‘You Were Never Really Here’ Cannes Review: Grim Joaquin Phoenix Puzzler Ends Competition
Phoenix investigates a missing girl in director Lynne Ramsay’s grimly violent and willfully oblique spin on the film noir genre
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Cannes: ‘The Rider,’ ‘A Ciambra’ Win Top Prizes in Directors’ Fortnight
“Bright Sunshine” and “Lover for a Day” tie for the Directors’ Fortnight award for the best French film in competition
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Sean Baker’s ‘Florida Project’ Acquired by A24
Cannes 2017: Acclaimed follow-up to “Tangerine” centers on a homeless family
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‘In the Fade’ Cannes Review: Diane Kruger Shines in Familiar Drama
The actress delivers her strongest performance ever in director Fatih Akin’s solidly-made film, which neither reinvents the wheel nor tries to do so,
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STX Wins Amy Schumer’s ‘I Feel Pretty’ for US Distribution
Cannes 2017: Comedy follows an insecure woman who wakes from a fall thinking she’s world’s most beautiful
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‘Amant Double’ Cannes Review: Festival Gets a Shot of Perverse Adrenaline
Francois Ozon’s film is the silliest, most sordid and least tasteful film at Cannes this year — and it’s an absolute gem
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Lars Von Trier’s Serial Killer Movie ‘The House That Jack Built’ Lands at IFC Films
Cannes 2017: Distributor takes U.S. rights to feature starring Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman
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Spike Lee on His Trump Fears: ‘I Wake Up Every Day Thinking He Has the Nuclear Football’
Cannes 2017: Filmmaker, in France promoting Netflix’s “Rodney King,” also teased an upcoming project based on recent history
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‘Rodin’ Cannes Review: It’s Got Art and Sex, But Where’s the Passion?
Jacques Doillon’s old-fashioned biopic of the French artist is honorable and handsome, but it has none of the freshness of the best Cannes titles
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Cannes, Day 7: Chic Class Photos; ‘Top of the Lake’ Holds Marathon at Palais
Home stretch approaches as Jane Campion holds a six-hour screening in France
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Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘The Little Stranger’ Acquired by Focus Features
Cannes 2017: Follow-up to “Room” stars Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Wilson
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Sundance Selects Acquires Martin Scorsese-Produced ‘A Ciambra’
Cannes 2017: Coming of age film marks Jonas Carpignano’s follow-up to “Mediterranea,” which company also distributed