At Cannes, the Winner has Class!
Sean Penn, President of the nine-person Jury at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, stood before the 2,300 cinema swells in the Lumiere Theatre this evening and told them that the top prize was awarded “unanimously”: Entre les Murs, a.k.a. The Class, Laurent Cantet’s affecting portrait of a Paris junior high school teacher and his restless,
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A lack of memorable movies mean the 2008 Cannes film festival is unlikely to live long in the minds of many critics, who argue that after a solid start the main competition faded. Star power was sustained, however, with the red carpet attracting big names such as Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt,
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The myriad makeshift signs said it all: “Me, Indi Jones tickets, please” as hundreds of fans amassed at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday in hopes of securing passage to the world premiere of the fourth installment of the Steven Spielberg franchise. And if not to the movie, then at least a
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The one thing Cannes Market-goers agree on is that there are fewer people here this year. Cannes feels lighter. Even on the usually jam-packed first Saturday of the confab, the Croisette is less crowded and at almost any given time there are seats available in restaurants and bars. Execs point to the
Cannes pits Hollywood against obscure arthouse
Hollywood legends and obscure arthouse directors descend on Cannes from Wednesday for the world’s biggest film festival that combines edgy cinema with A-list celebrities, glitzy parties and frenetic deal-making. Clint Eastwood is in the main competition with “Changeling”, starring Angelina