Cannes Report
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Carrying on With Life in the Middle of War
The artful but slow “Invisible Eye” and “Screaming Man”
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Cannes, Day 6: In the Bubble
Festivalgoers develop skewed priorities, and Mike Leigh wins best of the fest so far
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What Was Jean-Claude Van Damme Thinking?
His new “Eagle Path” had a number of programmers and buyers scratching their heads
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ContentFilm Acquires Rights to Ethan Hawke Thriller
“The Numbers Station” to be directed by Danish filmmaker Kasper Barfoed
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Walter Hill to Direct ‘St. Vincent’ in July
Crime thriller will star Pierce Brosnan, Billy Bob Thornton, Maria Bello
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Cheating, Sexual Repression and Unusual Sex Acts
Oddly, none of it is particularly joyful
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Sexy Housemaids, Selfish Parents and Children
Two of the smaller, international films playing the fest deal with the family unit in unique ways
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Cannes, Day 4: Restoration and Indignation
“The Leopard” returns looking good, and a terrorist complains that a movie’s making him look bad
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CANNES: Not a Bull Market for ‘Wall Street 2’
The verdict on Stone’s sequel — and on some smaller, international fest entries
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Gucci Helps Scorsese Restore ‘The Leopard’
$900,000 grant to Film Foundation helps with 4K digital restoration of Visconti’s 1963 Palme d’Or winner
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Cannes, Day 3: Place Your Bets
Stars are scarce and viewers are falling asleep … but it’s still Cannes
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‘Carlos’ Goes to Sundance Channel, IFC
Five-hour film about terrorist Carlos the Jackal gets multi-platform U.S. release
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Cannes Directors Offer Support to Polanski
Group of filmmakers sign letter urging Swiss authorities to deny extradition request
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Singapore Launches International Film Event
ScreenSingapore aims to serve as platform for Asian cinema, and Asian market for international films