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Bastards: Cannes Review

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:33:10 +0000

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CANNES – Every bit as cold and brutal as its blunt title suggests, Bastards (Les Salauds) is easier to admire than to love. Claire Denis is at the height of her powers in terms of unfaltering control, superb manipulation of mood and masterful use of music by her frequent collaborators Stuart A. Staples and British indie outfit Tindersticks. But while partisans of the director’s elliptical style will find plenty to reinforce their predisposition, others will be distanced by this grim revenge drama, which is both unrelentingly dour and unnecessarily hard to follow. Pin It Sarah Prefers to Run: Cannes Review Pin It Pin It Our Heroes Died Tonight: Cannes Review Pin It Pin It The Last Days on Mars: Cannes Review Pin It Pin It The Great Beauty: Cannes Review Pin It PHOTOS: Star-Studded Jury Lands in Cannes Leaving aside its fragmented, non-linear structure, the story, scripted by Denis with Jean-Pol Fargeau, is an almost straightforward account of a family destroyed physically, emotionally and economically by a powerful businessman with a taste for unsavory sexual entertainment. It centers on the semi-estranged figure called in to deal with the resulting crisis, who ends up another casualty, exploited from all [...]

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Sarah Prefers to Run: Cannes Review

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:32:24 +0000

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CANNES — A young woman races ahead to adulthood, but not without tripping up along the way, in Quebecois writer-director Chloe Robichaud’s debut dramedy, Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah prefere la course). Although the concept is intriguing on paper, this tragic-comic tale of a track star’s arduous sexual awakening feels too thin both narratively and cinematically, struggling with a belabored storyline as it heads towards the final lap. Still, the film dishes out a few memorably bittersweet moments, and lead Sophie Desmarais’ well-tuned performance is definitely worth catching. Fests and small-scale theatrical should follow a Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere. Pin It Me, Myself and Mum (Les Garcons et Guillaume, a Table!): Cannes Review Pin It Pin It Our Heroes Died Tonight: Cannes Review Pin It Pin It A Castle in Italy: Cannes Review Pin It Pin It As I Lay Dying: Cannes Review Pin It Pin It Death March: Cannes Review Pin It PHOTOS: Radiant ‘X-Men’ Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest “I want to run,” is what 20-year-old Sarah (Desmarais) says to everyone, including her highly doubtful mom (Helene Florent), when they ask her what she wants out of life. And so, after excelling [...]

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Cannes Crime Spree Continues With More Burglaries, Physical Attacks

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:44 +0000

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Festgoers beware: The Cannes crime spree isn’t over. Following last week’s news of the high-profile $1 million Chopard heist and the burglary of Zhang Qiang’s rented apartment, there are reports of new victims. Pin It Cannes Hit by Second High-Profile Burglary Pin It Pin It Cannes Jewel Heist: How to Protect Your Valuables Pin It Pin It Emma Watson on the Cannes Jewelry Heist: ‘I Promise It Wasn’t Me!’ Pin It Pin It Cannes Jewel Heist: Inside Job Suspected, Hotel Employees Being Questioned Pin It CIT Group managing director Kevin Khanna and Silver Pictures co-president Steve Richards returned to their five-bedroom villa behind the Majestic Hotel on Monday to find all of their valuables missing. PHOTOS: Radiant ‘X-Men’ Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest “In the span of an hour they had gotten into the house through the roof and gone through all of our rooms,” said Khanna. “They only took cash, laptops, iPads and women’s jewelry but left our passports and credit cards. They were very professional.” Khanna’s group reported the incident to the police, who said “nothing could be done and that these robberies happen all the time,” said Khanna. “They told us we were [...]

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Stalking Horse Bidder Agrees to Settlement With Rhythm & Hues

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:22 +0000

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Pin It South Korea’s JS Communications — once the stalking horse bidder to acquire Rhythm & Hues — has agreed to accept a $300,000 break-up fee, closing another chapter on the rollercoaster bankruptcy and sale of the embattled visual effects company. The settlement is contingent upon court approval. Pin It Prana Studios’ Winning Bid for Rhythm & Hues Valued at About $17.8 Million Pin It Pin It Court Approves Prana’s Acquisition of Rhythm & Hues Pin It Pin It Court Approves ‘Stalking Horse’ Bid For Rhythm & Hues Pin It R&H, which handled the majority of the Oscar-winning effects on Life of Pi, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Feb. 13 and had been working toward a quick sale of the company. During the late March auction, JS Communications filed a conditional objection—which came down to whether the winning bid, submitted by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prana Studios, met the requirements to trigger the payment of a breakup fee to JS. During the auction, the company argued that the R&H has “invited bids that improperly violate this court’s procedures order so as to deny JS its court-approved breakup fee.” Specifically, it cited the court [...]

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Cannes: Director Amit Kumar on the State of Indian Cinema and His Next Project (Q&A)

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:23 +0000

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Amit Kumar graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India after participating in the Femis Film School workshop in Paris. His student film, Judgment Day, brought him a Chicago Artists International Program grant. Pin It Cannes: ‘Nymphomaniac’ Producer Reveals Graphics Are Used in ‘Groundbreaking’ Sex Scenes Pin It Pin It Cannes: Fox Star Studios India Boards Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Bombay Velvet’ Pin It •Cannes Film Festival 2013 Pin It Kumar worked with BAFTA-winning British director Asif Kapadia (Senna) as associate director on his 2001 feature The Warrior, starring Irrfan Khan. Kumar collaborated again with Kapadia in 2007 on the Michelle Yeoh-starrer Far North. In between, Kumar also worked on Oscar-winning German director Florian Gallenberger‘s 2004 feature Shadows of Time, which was set in India. Kumar debuted with his acclaimed 2003 short The Bypass, which picked up various awards, including a BAFTA for best short film. His feature debut Monsoon Shootout took almost a decade to get off the ground as the script did the rounds until it caught the eye of acclaimed director Anurag Kashyap. Support also came from various quarters – from his family to Kapadia (who is a co-producer). The project finally came to light as an [...]

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Luke Skywalker’s ‘Star Wars’ Levi’s Up for Auction (Photo)

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:21:06 +0000

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Pin It Star Wars collectors, now is your chance to own a piece of Jedi history. And, for that matter, a piece of Levi history. A pair of “cotton drill” pants made by famed jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss and Co. and worn by Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in George Lucas‘ 1977 space epic are being sold at auction. Hamill donnede the sandy-colored, distressed pants for much of the iconic film. They measure a 29-inch waist and 37 inches in length with two six-inch slits up each side. Customized by the famous London costumier Bermans & Nathans, they bear an original tag sewn to the inseam reading: ”Bermans & Nathans / 40 Camden St., / London N.W. 1.” ”Mark Hamill / 10490 Luke / Star Wars” is printed in type beneath it. The pair have been sold at least twice before, and went up for bidding online two weeks ago. Bidding ends on Tuesday at 5 p.m. PT. The current high bid stands at $29,834. Nate D. Sanders Auctions estimates their value at somewhere between $70,000 and $100,000. About More Posts

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Listen: ‘Star Trek’ Writer Roberto Orci Talks About Sharing ‘Into Darkness,’ Teases ‘Ender’s Game’ and ‘Spider-Man 2′

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:55 +0000

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Pin It Parents have been anxious to share Star Trek with their kids. But where, in the Trek canon, should they start? We sat down with screenwriter Roberto Orci to pick his brain of all things Trek (with a mix of Ender’s Game and The Amazing Spider-Man 2). More About More Posts

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First Look: Idris Elba is Nelson Mandela in ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ Poster

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:42 +0000

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David Macaray: America’s Smartest Teenager

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:06 +0000

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What would you call a guy who loves smoking marijuana, loves animals but doesn’t like kid, loves girls and sex but never wants to get married, loves talking dirty, and loves shocking people with wisecracks about organized religion and hillbillies? You might call him a teenage boy. But what if this guy is a bright, well-read 57-year-old man? Then you might call him Bill Maher. For the record, I agree with about 98 percent of the political opinions Maher regularly presents on his HBO television show Real Time With Bill Maher, a program I never fail to watch. The man can be both hilariously funny and dead-on brilliant. And he’s got no shortage of raw courage; he’ll make comments that other performers wouldn’t dream of making. But there are three things about him that drive me up the wall. First, because he’s a professional comedian, he’s constantly seeking laughs, no matter what the context. Even when he’s interviewing a serious guest about a sobering topic, he can’t help himself; he feels compelled to interject with joke after joke. You want to scream, “For crying out loud, let your guest talk!” Second, he’s too needy. He’s an applause hound. The man [...]

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GWEN STEFANI Looking Stylish While Doing The School Pick-Up

moviestarnewswire — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:57 +0000

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I don’t think we’ve ever seen a bad picture of Gwen Stefani. Everywhere she goes, she always looks SO stylish, even when she’s just picking up her kids from school. The chart topper was once again spotted looking drop-dead gorgeous … Continue reading »

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