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Cannes pits Hollywood against obscure arthouse

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Clint Eastwood is in the main competition with "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie.

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.

'Blindness' to open Cannes Film Festival

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal co-star in the movie.

A new movie by Brazilian director Fernando Mereilles starring American actress Julianne Moore will open this year's Cannes Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday.

Cannes Film Festival announces official lineup

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

American films include Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling,' Steven Soderbergh's two Che Guevara films.

Eleventh-hour additions of Clint Eastwood's thriller "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie, and Steven Soderbergh's double Che Guevara biopics, "The Argentine" and "Guerrilla," were among the big news delivered by festival general manager Thierry Fremaux during Wednesday's news conference to unveil the official lineup for the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival.

Tribeca Film Festival undergoes a bit of refurbishing

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The event, created to spur renewal after 9/11, faces a period of transition as it looks to the long term.

TRIBECA Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal was in her Greenwich Street office last week, trying to talk over the loud buzz of refurbishing work, when dust and debris came spraying into the room through a wall-mounted air conditioning unit. Alarmed, Rosenthal leaped out of her seat and rushed to remove her suede jacket from harm's way.

'What Just Happened?' may get a second chance at Cannes

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Barry Levinson helmed film starring Robert DeNiro had a lukewarm reception at Sundance.

After its underwhelming debut at the Sundance Film Festival, the Hollywood satire "What Just Happened?" will get a second chance at Cannes next month.

Film fest seeks new chairman after death of Anthony Minghella

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Shanghai film festival to stage retrospective of the Oscar-winning director's works.

Organizers of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival are looking for a new jury chairman following the death of Anthony Minghella.

'South Central Farm' documentary screens at Palisades Film Festival

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The doc chronicles the fight to save a Los Angeles community farm from being sold to developers.

A 24-minute documentary about the 2006 fight to save a South Central Los Angeles community farm from being sold to developers is being screened in the shorts program at the Palisades Film Festival on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

SNL invades Tribeca Film Festival

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's "Baby Mama" will open Tribeca.

The Tribeca Film Festival is turning to the local talent of "Saturday Night Live" to open this year's event.

The Coen brothers in the garden of good and evil

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

A turn to gravitas results in their most tragic, heartfelt work -- it's no country for the easy wisecrack.

A famous dead white male, Horace Walpole, once observed, "Life is a comedy for those who think . . . and a tragedy for those who feel."

The Oscars: A dark view on dark times

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

'No Country for Old Men' and other recent violent films reflect a post-9/11 world beset by war and fear.

IT used to be that violence, even more than comedy, was the kiss of death for Oscar movies. Then came blood-saturated films like "Crash" and "The Departed," which overturned some of those rules.