Cannes 2013

A year ago at Cannes, Dogme 95 co-founding filmmaking Thomas Vinterberg was stirring up talk with his film “The Hunt.” This year’s fest brings news for his next.

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Cannes Review: 'The Past' is an intimate but exacting breakdown of several separations

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:49 am · May 17th, 2013

Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to Oscar-winning ‘A Separation’ plays to his strengths.

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Cannes Review: Robin Wright gets animated in messy, sometimes mesmerizing 'The Congress'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:39 pm · May 16th, 2013

Ari Folman’s ‘Waltz With Bashir’ follow-up opens Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.

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Scarlett Johansson calls adapting Capote's long-lost 'Summer Crossing' a 'life dream'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:07 am · May 16th, 2013

The actress’s directorial debut goes on sale at the Cannes Film Market this week.

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Cannes Review: Sofia Coppola flips the celebrity mirror in taut, smart 'The Bling Ring'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:30 am · May 16th, 2013

Un Certain Regard opener is worthy of a Competition slot.

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Cannes Review: Emptily accomplished 'Heli' starts Cannes competition on a bleak note

Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:10 pm · May 15th, 2013

Sleek shock value but little substance in another take on the Mexican drug war.

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Beautiful but not damned: why 'Gatsby' was the right film to open Cannes 2013

Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:13 pm · May 15th, 2013

It’s not a world premiere, but Luhrmann’s latest lends the Croisette some glitter.

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Cannes Check 2013: Steven Soderbergh's 'Behind the Candelabra'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 am · May 15th, 2013

Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.

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10 most anticipated films debuting at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:50 am · May 15th, 2013

Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge run down the most anticipated films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival including “Only God Forgives,” “The Immigrant,” “Behind the Candelabra,” ‘The Bling Ring” and more.

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Al Pacino signs on for David Gordon Green's 'Manglehorn'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:26 am · May 14th, 2013

When that fake list of Cannes titles went up a few weeks back, just a day or two before the official line-up was unveiled, I was hoping one particular title was true: David Gordon Green’s “Joe.” Alas, it wasn’t. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan (hot of an amazing performance in “Mud,” directed by Green’s former North Carolina school mate Jeff Nichols) and it’s part of what I feel is a new period for Green as an artist, taking what he’s learned (and the relationships he’s built up) to date and finding more fertile creative territory. His next film sure seems to be an extension of that.

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James Franco tackles William Faulkner in the trailer for Cannes-bound 'As I Lay Dying'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:53 pm · May 13th, 2013

It’s kind of amazing that an adaptation of William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” has never happened, and it’s fascinating that Franco is the guy to do it. He’s put together a great cast including Danny McBride and Tim Blake Nelson. Franco himself also stars.

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Cannes 2013: Harvey hits the Croisette again

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:14 am · April 18th, 2013

Harvey Weinstein has been using the Cannes Film Festival to position The Weinstein Company’s awards hopefuls nicely the last few years. How are things shaping up for the 66th annual?

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