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A Royale With Cheese: ‘Pulp Fiction' Turns 25
A quarter of a century after its release, Quentin Tarantino’s non-linear crime mash-up remains as fresh as ever. “Royale with cheese,” anyone?
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Spanish Cinema Great Almodóvar Plans His 1st Film in America
Pedro Almodóvar is a master of cinema who has found international acclaim with 21 films he’s shot in his native Spain. Now he’s setting his sights on making his first film in North America. Almodóvar said the film is set in Texas and would be mostly in English, with some bilingual scenes shot in Mexico. The director said he has...
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‘Jojo Rabbit' Wins Toronto's Sought-After Audience Award
Taika Waititi’s Nazi Germany-set satire “Jojo Rabbit” won the People’s Choice award Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, a prize that has historically been one of the most ironclad predicators of Academy Awards chances. Because so many of the top fall movies play in Toronto, the festival’s audience award has often been almost prophetic. For more than a decade,...
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Antonio Banderas Drew on His Heart Attack for Emotions in New Film
Antonio Banderas says his emotional state from having a heart attack a few years ago influenced his award-winning performance in the Pedro Almodóvar film, “Pain and Glory.” Banderas won the best actor trophy earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. In an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, Banderas told The Associated Press that drawing on personal experience...
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Fanning Says She's Been Transformed by Cannes Experience
Elle Fanning, the youngest juror ever at the Cannes Film Festival, said she’s been transformed by her experience at the French festival. The 21-year-old actresses’ jury service came to an end Saturday with the Cannes closing ceremony. She wanted the festival to keep going. “I didn’t know how I would come out of this experience. I do feel like I...
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Bong d'Or: Korean Director Wins Cannes' Top Prize
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s raucous social satire “Parasite,” about a poor family of hustlers who find jobs with a wealthy family, won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or, on Saturday. The win for “Parasite” marks the first Korean film to ever win the Palme. In the festival’s closing ceremony, jury president Alejandro Inarritu said the choice...
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Richard Madden Shrugs Off Bond Rumors at Cannes
Richard Madden donned a James Bond-esque white tuxedo at the Cannes Film Festival, but the actor shrugged off any 007 rumors.
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Elton John and ‘Rocketman' Touch Down in Cannes
Elton John and his biopic “Rocketman” has landed at the Cannes Film Festival where star Taron Egerton was moved to tears after the premiere.
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Julianne Moore on Gender Parity: ‘I Believe in Quotas'
Julianne Moore says that for the movie industry to reach gender parity, it’s necessary to implement quotas.
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Alongside Cannes Mainstays, Fresh Faces Try to Stand Out
Mati Diop only realized long after her Dakar-set “Atlantics” had been selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival that she had made history. Diop, the 36-year-old French-born filmmaker of Senegalese heritage, is the first black woman in competition for Cannes’ top honor, the Palme d’Or. The 72nd Cannes Film Festival, which opens Tuesday will feature a lot of familiar...
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Tarantino's ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Heads to Cannes
Quentin Tarantino is going back to Cannes, after all. The director’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was announced as a late addition to the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. It will premiere in competition at the upcoming French festival, adding one of the summer’s starriest, most anticipated films to the Cannes’ red carpet. When Cannes’ artistic director Thierry Fremaux...
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Happening Today: Trump Subpoenas, Akihito, Measles, John Singleton, Sports Illustrated
Here’s what to know for Monday, April 30.
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Agnes Varda, French New Wave Pioneer, Dies at 90
Agnes Varda, the French New Wave pioneer who for decades beguiled, challenged and charmed moviegoers in films that inspired generations of filmmakers, has died. She was 90. Varda’s production company, Cine-Tamaris, said Varda died early morning Friday at her home in Paris from cancer.
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Oscar-Winning ‘Umbrellas of Cherbourg' Composer Legrand Dies
Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for the ’60s romance “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” and who worked with some of biggest singers of the 20th century, has died at age 86. Legrand last performed on stage just last month, and was still composing and practicing piano an...
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Asia Argento, Weinstein Accuser, Vows at Cannes That Justice Will Come
Asia Argento, the Italian actress and director who accused disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, delivered a blistering speech at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival Saturday, vowing that justice will be served for all sexual predators.
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Cannes Doc: Whitney Houston Was Molested by Family Member
Friends of Whitney Houston allege the singer was molested as a child by her cousin Dee Dee Warwick in a documentary that premiered Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival.
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In Da Club: Travolta Dances His Way Through Cannes With 50 Cent
John Travolta first came to Cannes 40 years ago while promoting ‘Grease,’ and he’s still dancing along the Croisette.
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Happening Today: Michael Cohen, Prostate Screening, Jay-Z, ‘Bill and Ted'
Here’s what to know for Wednesday, May 9.
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Most Excellent News: ‘Bill and Ted' Reuniting for Sequel
Party on dudes: Almost three decades later, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” is getting a new sequel. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will reprise their roles as Ted “Theodore” Logan and Bill S. Preston Esq. in a third “Bill & Ted” adventure and the first in 27 years. The project was announced Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, with MGM’s...
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Cannes Announces Changes to Boost Female Representation
The head of the Cannes Film Festival has held an unscheduled press conference to address the many issues roiling this year’s festival, from Cannes’ feud with Netflix to the #MeToo movement to the banning of selfies on the red carpet. Thierry Fremaux said Monday that the festival would improve the male-to-female ratios of its selection committees, name more women as...