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Russian Producer of Cannes Contender 'Loveless' on Kremlin Hostility, Patriotism, Piracy, Trump

By Leo Barraclough

Alexander Rodnyansky, the producer of Russian drama "Loveless," which is a frontrunner in Cannes competition, financed Andrey Zvyagintsev's film without any funds from the Russian government. He tells Variety why he made the d


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'Makala,' 'Gabriel and the Mountain' Scoop Cannes' Critics' Week Awards

By Elsa Keslassy

Emmanuel Gras' Congo-set documentary "Makala" and Brazilian director Fellipe Barbosa's drama "Gabriel and the Mountain" scooped the top two awards at Cannes' Critics' Week on Thursday evening. "Makala," Gras' second documentary film, w


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STXfilms Boards Amy Schumer Comedy 'I Feel Pretty'

By Justin Kroll

STXfilms has landed distrib rights to the Amy Schumer comedy "I Feel Pretty," the directorial debut of successful screenwriters Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. The studio will distribute the comedy in the United States. The pic is the


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Eddie Redmayne's 'Early Man' to Be Released by Lionsgate in North America

By Dave McNary

Lionsgate has acquired U.S. rights to Aardman Studios' upcoming prehistoric comedy adventure "Early Man," starring Eddie Redmayne. Directed by Nick Park from a script by Mark Burton and John O'Farrell, the stop-motion movie is co-finan


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Cannes: Fatih Akin's Drama 'In the Fade' Sold Worldwide by The Match Factory (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

Fatih Akin's highly-anticipated drama "In The Fade (Aus dem Nichts)" which is having its world premiere in competition on Thursday, has been sold worldwide by The Match Factory. A timely film, "In The Fade" stars Diane Kruger ("Inglori


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Lars von Trier Serial Killer Drama 'The House That Jack Built' Lands at IFC

By Brent Lang

IFC Films has nabbed the U.S. rights to Lars von Trier's "The House That Jack Built." The indie label made the announcement out of the Cannes Film Festival, where it has been one of the most active stateside buyers. IFC and its sister


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Cannes: Robin Campillo's '(BPM) Beats Per Minute' Enthralls Asian Buyers (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

Robin Campillo's "(BPM) Beats Per Minute," a heart-wrenching group portrait of Parisian AIDS activists in the early 1990s, has triggered a raft of deals across Asia. Sold by Films Distribution, "BPM" sold to Hong Kong (Edko), Taiwan (F


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Oscar Martinez to Star in Family Drama 'Tu Me Manques' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Dave McNary

Argentinian actor Oscar Martinez will star in the family drama "Tu Me Manques" ("I Miss You"), which will be shot this summer in New York and Bolivia. Martinez, who won the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival for "The Distingu


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Cannes: Luxbox Sells France, China on Natalia Beristain's 'The Eternal Feminine' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Elsa Keslassy

Luxbox has clinched key territory sales at Cannes Film Market on Natalia Beristáin's "The Eternal Feminine" ("Los adioses), a film charting the life of Rosario Castellanos, a feminist intellectual who was one of Mexico's most im


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Cannes: France's MPM Film Takes Carolina Jabor's 'Liquid Truth' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Emilio Mayorga and John Hopewell

CANNES -- Paris-based production-sales company MPM Film has acquired worldwide rights outside South America to Carolina Jabor's "Liquid Truth." The feature marks the second fiction feature directorial outing by producer-director Jabor,


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Cannes: Dreamcatchers Acquires Everest Documentary (EXCLUSIVE)

By Emilio Mayorga

CANNES  -- Barcelona-based sales agency Dreamcatchers has taken worldwide rights to an untitled documentary chronicling Spaniard Kilian Jornet's solo speed ascent of Mount Everest. The documentary is produced by Barcelona-bas


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Cannes: Latido Films Acquires Burning Blue, Dynamo Production 'Siete Cabezas'

By Jamie Lang

CANNES -- Latido Films has acquired international rights to into-the-woods thriller "Siete Cabezas," produced by Colombia's Dynamo, line-producers of Netflix mega-hit "Narcos," along with Burning Blue, headed by Diana Bustamante. Burni


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New York's Museum of the Moving Image Celebrates Film Movement's 15th Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell

CANNES -- Naji Abu Nowar's Academy Award-nominated "Theeb," Maysaloun Hamoud's "In Between" and Lucia Puenzo's "XXY" screen in a 15-title film series presented by New York's Museum of the Moving Image to pay tribute to New New York-bas


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Cannes: Medienboard Toasts Festival Films 'Jupiter's Moon,' 'Western'

By Leo Barraclough

This week saw the Cannes Film Festival reception held by Medienboard, the film funding agency for the Berlin-Brandenburg region of Germany, at the Grand Hotel. Medienboard chief Kirsten Niehuus gathered together friends and partners to


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REVIEWS

Cannes Film Review: 'A Gentle Creature'

By Jay Weissberg

A dense, nightmarish feature taking aim at Russia’s befouled soul, in which a nameless woman undergoes a hellish journey through a society stripped of humanity.


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Cannes Film Review: Robert Pattinson in 'Good Time'

By Guy Lodge

Those already acquainted with the young oeuvre of Benny and Josh Safdie — the multitasking fraternal auteur duo with a joint eye to the social fringes of New York City — may see the title of their third narrative feature as


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Film Review: 'Patti Cake$'

By Peter Debruge

You've never met a rapper like Patricia Dombrowski. Her best friend calls her Killa-P, while the haters call her Dumbo, but to us, she will always be "Patti Cake$," an overweight white hip-hop artist who announces her force-of-nature p


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Film Review: 'Brigsby Bear'

By Geoff Berkshire

Walking into a movie at a film festival, without knowing anything about what you're going to see, can feel like entering an entirely new world for the first time. "Brigsby Bear" is the rare festival movie where the main character is ex


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Cannes Film Review: 'West of the Jordan River'

By Pamela Pianezza

In "West of the Jordan River," controversial Israeli director Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 "Field Diary" to observe how Israelis and Palestinians could together overcome the consequen


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Robert Pattinson on Shedding His Movie Star Looks for Cannes Drama 'Good Time'

By Ramin Setoodeh

For years, Robert Pattinson has tried to make it clear that he doesn't care about being labeled as a movie star. He's followed the "Twilight" franchise with small indies where he's played aggressively unlikable men, a trend that contin


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Netflix Cancels London Premieres of 'Orange Is the New Black,' 'GLOW' in Wake of Manchester Attack

By Maane Khatchatourian

Netflix is the latest entertainment company to cancel events in London in the wake of Monday's terrorist attack in Manchester. The streaming service will no longer hold premieres for "Orange Is the New Black" Season 5 and "GLOW,"


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Cannes: Vis a Vis Program Showcases China's Arrival in Global Cinema

By Patrick Frater

A tribute to cinematographer Chris Doyle on Friday night in Cannes will bring to a close the first edition of China Vis a Vis. A new Chinese cultural outreach program, it has run the duration of the Cannes Film Festival. Doyle, an


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Cannes: Alfonso Cuaron on Guillermo del Toro, Emmanuel Lubezki and Giving It All He's Got

By Jamie Lang

In Cannes Wednesday Alfonso Cuarón gave a Masterclass spanning his life and passions: friendships and films, made in both Mexico and Hollywood. As Cuarón gave the class, he said - proving humble throughout his interview w


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Roman Polanski Joins Leading Polish Filmmakers at Cannes Celebration

By Leo Barraclough

The Polish Film Institute and the Polish Filmmakers Assn. hosted a party, titled Polish Cinema Opening Night, at the Cannes Film Festival this week to celebrate the achievements of Polish cinema. Among the guests at La Plage Du Rado we


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How Trudie Styler's Experience Being Bullied Inspired Her Directorial Debut 'Freak Show'

By Brent Lang

Trudie Styler, best known as Sting's better half, doesn't like an audience. As she sits down at the rooftop restaurant of a Cannes hotel to discuss "Freak Show," her feature film directorial debut, she gently asks if her publicist can


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Cannes: 'The Summit's' Santiago Mitre on Fiction in Politics, Politics in Fiction

By Emilio Mayorga

CANNES -- World premiering in Cannes' Un Certain Regard, the third feature from Argentine Santiago Mitre ("The Student," "Paulina") follows an Argentine President (Ricardo Darín) at a Latin American summit, who is conflicted on


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Jonas Carpignano on His 'A Ciambra' and Getting Notes From Martin Scorsese

By Nick Vivarelli

After making a splash in Cannes with 'Mediterranea,' which won the Critics Week Grand Prize in 2015, Jonas Carpignano is back, in Directors' Fortnight this year, with 'A Ciambra,' which IFC's Sundance Selects snapped up for U.S. distri


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Cannes Facetime: Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania

By Nick Vivarelli

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania is the only Arab auteur in the Cannes official selection this year. Her first full-fledged feature, "Beauty and the Dogs," which screens in Un Certain Regard, is centered around the rape of a young


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