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Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Dictator' takes his camel out in Cannes
Wednesday 16 May 2012
'The Dictator' knows how to make a scene.
Guy Ribes: The forger making a good impression in the film world
Monday 14 May 2012
Jailed for faking Renoirs, Guy Ribes returns to take key role in biopic of French master
Film agents win life of Busby
Sunday 13 May 2012
London-listed Intandem Films has been named as sales agent for a movie loosely based on the life of the late Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby.
Will there be blood on the red carpet? Twilight couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart go head to head for the Palme d'Or
Friday 20 April 2012
'On the Road' will be keenly awaited as the first film adaptation of Kerouac's classic book
Album: Air, Le Voyage dans la Lune (EMI)
Friday 03 February 2012
Having revealed their sci-fi leanings on their Moon Safari debut, Air were the natural choice to create the soundtrack for the newly restored print of Georges Méliès' 1902 silent film, Le Voyage dans la Lune.
New stars shine at Küstendorf Film and Music Festival
Friday 03 February 2012
The hamlet of Küstendorf is like a Disneyland for cinema auteurs. Built by double-Palme d'Or-winning director Emir Kusturica, the village has streets named after Federico Fellini and Jean Vigo. The cinema is called the Stanley Kubrick Theatre and the restaurant carries the moniker Visconti. It's also been home to the Küstendorf Film and Music Festival since 2008.
Steven Soderbergh: 'Three more movies and I'm out of here'
Sunday 22 January 2012
He directed some of the most memorable films of recent times, but he has had enough. He explains why to Tom Teodorczuk
Red faces on the red carpet at director's Palme d'Or no-show
Monday 23 May 2011
The Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or is a trophy any self-respecting director would want to see alongside an Academy Award on the mantlepiece.
Once upon a time in Cannes...
Sunday 22 May 2011
A rambling Turkish philosophical thriller led the field, says Jonathan Romney
First Night: Drive, Cannes Film Festival
Saturday 21 May 2011
High-octane thriller is the most stylish film in years
Philip Hensher: Is evil a no-go area for the imagination?
Saturday 21 May 2011
This is a film-maker drawn to extreme states. For him to say that he depicts them without engaging sympathetically with them would be hypocrisy
And... cut! Nazi outburst earns Von Trier a ban from Cannes
Friday 20 May 2011
The Cannes Film Festival, long-heralded for its libertarian attitude to the work and lives of its many auteurs, has finally drawn a line in the sun-scorched sand. Its organisers have banned Danish director Lars von Trier from the festival for telling the world's media he was "a Nazi" and could "understand Hitler".
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