Tweet Film buffs worldwide received more Cannes 2012 programming news today as Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival‘s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, announced the section lineup this morning in Paris. According to the Popcorn Biz blog for NBCNewYork,…
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The Morning Feed: Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ Joins Cannes 2012 Lineup
Tweet Film buffs worldwide are already debating the movies chosen for the 65th Cannes Film Festival, which announced its program today via a press conference led by delegate general Thierry Fremaux at Paris’ Grand Hotel. London’s The Guardian posts a…
The Morning Feed: Lars von Trier Shocks Cannes (Again) and Receives Festival Ban
Tweet Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier first earned his reputation as the bad boy auteur of the Cannes Film Festival with divisive movies like Antichrist and his 2000 Palme d’Or winner Dancer in the dark. In recent years, Von Trier…
The Morning Feed: Restored ‘A Clockwork Orange’ To Debut at Cannes!
Tweet The 64th Cannes Film Festival continued today with Angelina Jolie’s photo call in support of the DreamWorks animated feature Kung Fu Panda 2 attracting much of the media attention. For the cinema buffs on the Croisette, the bigger news…
The Morning Feed: Weinstein Company Buys ‘The Artist’ For First Deal of Cannes 2011
Tweet The 64th Cannes Film Festival started today with a photo call for the DreamWorks animated feature Puss in Boots and The Weinstein Company made the first deal by buying U.S. rights as well as some key foreign territories for…
The Morning Feed: Filmmaker Terry Gilliam Receives Praise for Debut Opera ‘The Damnation of Faust’
Tweet Despite standout fantasy movies like Brazil, 12 Monkeys and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, filmmaker Terry Gilliam consistently struggled to secure financing for his features. So fans weren’t surprised to watch Gilliam step to the left and stage his…
The Morning Feed: Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight Announced for 64th Cannes Film Festival
Tweet Cannes Film Festival President Gilles Jacob and the festival’s head of selection Thierry Fremaux rounded out the lineup for the 64th Cannes Film Festival with the announcements of the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week programs, two sections that screen…
The Morning Feed: Andy Serkis Reveals SFX Magic Behind ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’
Tweet Andy Serkis might be the Laurence Olivier of Motion-Capture performance; an expert at wearing the bodysuit covered with markers that allow engineers to create digital characters like Kong from King Kong and the villainous Gollum from the Lord of…