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WEEKLY WRAP: Closing Cannes and opening ‘Up’

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Isabelle Huppert presenting the Palme d'Or at Cannes• The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up, with Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” taking the gold, and “Antichrist” nabbing honors too. (The Ecumenical Jury was less impressed.)

• In the wake of the festival, we offered an updated survey of the Oscar landscape ahead.

• With “Up” finally hitting our screens this week, we chatted to director Pete Docter.

• And with ten features now under their belt, this week’s list ranked the best (and worst) of Pixar.

• This week’s Page to Screen also returned to childhood, reflecting on the cinematic possibilities of “Where the Wild Things Are.”

• The nostalgic vein continues with a revisiting of “Apocalypse Now,” thirty years on.

• Newly released concept art provided a faint glimpse of what’s coming in James Cameron’s “Avatar.”

• Speaking of Cameron, a look at what went wrong with “Terminator Salvation” at the box office.

• On a happier note, “Drag Me to Hell” proved an absolute blast.