Video: Oscar contenders coming out of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Posted by · 3:56 pm · May 29th, 2013

Officially wrapping up our Cannes coverage today, it’s time to really break down the Oscar prospects coming out of the 66th annual fest.

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Video: Best and Worst of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival's second week

Posted by · 9:10 pm · May 28th, 2013

HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge of In Contention break down a few of the most-talked about movies from the second half of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Best and Worst of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Posted by · 7:41 pm · May 27th, 2013

HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge of In Contention highlight the best and worst films of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Cannes 2013 review roundup

Posted by · 9:26 am · May 27th, 2013

The 66th annual Cannes Film Festival is officially over as the winners and losers make their way home from the south of France. Will we be talking about these films during the Oscar season? Time will tell. But for now, a quick cheat sheet of our take on the festivities.

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Diverse, defiant choices from Spielberg's jury put a bow on a satisfying Cannes fest

Posted by · 12:31 am · May 27th, 2013

‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ a thrilling Palme winner, but there’s more good news.

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Cannes Review: Roman Polanski gets frisky in smart but slight 'Venus in Fur'

Posted by · 6:15 pm · May 26th, 2013

Adaptation of Broadway hit is more fun than ‘Carnage,’ but just as minor.

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Cannes and the Coens

Posted by · 5:12 pm · May 26th, 2013

With the Cannes awards announcement the filmmaker siblings entered a bit of rare air with their latest film, “Inside Llewyn Davis”: Joel Coen joined Michael Haneke and Wim Wenders as the only filmmakers to have netted a Palme d’Or, a Grand Prix and a Best Director award at the festival.

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'Blue is the Warmest Color' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes, Coens take second place

Posted by · 9:51 am · May 26th, 2013

Spielberg’s jury made history by handing top prize to the film’s director and stars.

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Early Cannes awards for 'Blue is the Warmest Color,' 'The Past,' 'Fruitvale Station'

Posted by · 5:33 pm · May 25th, 2013

Cambodian film ‘The Missing Picture’ wins Un Certain Regard section

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Cannes Review: Swinton and Hiddleston don't bite in 'Only Lovers Left Alive'

Posted by · 5:45 am · May 25th, 2013

Jim Jarmusch is on typically deadpan form in mildly amusing vampire film.

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Cannes Review: Fifty shades of James Gray on show in exquisite 'The Immigrant'

Posted by · 7:30 am · May 24th, 2013

Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix play out a bad romance in 1920s-set drama.

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Weinstein acquires Stephen Frears's 'Philomena' with Judi Dench for Fall 2013 release

Posted by · 9:46 am · May 23rd, 2013

The Weinstein Company came to Cannes ready to show off with films like “Only God Forgives” (via VOD shingle RADiUS) and “Fruitvale Station” in tow, not to mention a big presentation of material from biopics “Grace of Monaco” and “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” There were rumblings that footage from Judi Dench starrer “Philomena” at the film market had revved the distributors engines, and indeed, today TWC has announced acquisition of the title in the US, UK and Spain and positioned it in the fall of 2013, obviously aiming for an awards trajectory.

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Cannes Review: Alexander Payne goes home, but doesn't hit home, in 'Nebraska'

Posted by · 6:32 am · May 23rd, 2013

Amusing moments outweighed by sour notes in minor-key family drama.

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Cannes Review: 'Only God Forgives' is a sleek, virtually non-narrative blood ballet

Posted by · 5:05 am · May 22nd, 2013

Come for the Gosling-Refn reunion, stay for the craft and Kristin Scott Thomas.

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Video: Best and Worst of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival's first week

Posted by · 9:51 pm · May 21st, 2013

HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge of In Contention break down a few of the most-talked about movies from the first half of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Cannes Review: Brilliant 'Behind the Candelabra' deserves biggest screen possible

Posted by · 12:30 am · May 21st, 2013

Michael Douglas and Matt Damon award-worthy in Soderbergh’s witty Liberace biopic.

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Cannes Review: James Franco's 'As I Lay Dying' is a hopeless task, if not a hopeless film

Posted by · 7:35 pm · May 20th, 2013

The actor-director gets all the best close-ups in his Faulkner adaptation.

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Sony Classics looks forward to 'The Past'

Posted by · 7:42 am · May 20th, 2013

The prestige distributor also handled Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation.’

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