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It was a bad year for business, a so-so year for celebrities, but a good year for movies at the Cannes Film Festival.
Charlotte Gainsbourg has won the best-actress honor at the Cannes Film Festival for a movie that shocked audiences with its explicit images of physical abuse and torture.
Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber drama "The White Ribbon" claimed the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, where Quentin Tarantino and Lars von Trier entries earned the acting honors.
A film co-scripted by U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi won a prize in one of the Cannes Film Festival competitions on Saturday.
Quentin Tarantino had so much fun competing at the Cannes Film Festival two years ago that when he got home, he staged his own mini-Cannes.
Billed at the outset as a showdown between big-name auteurs such as Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee and Lars von Trier, the Cannes Film Festival is nearing its end with lesser-known filmmakers among the favorites to win the Palme d'Or, the event's top prize.
Heath Ledger's zeal roused his co-stars to up their game in his final film, and his death inspired them — and three A-list friends who completed his role — to carry on with a story the late actor had wanted to see, director Terry Gilliam said Friday.
Brangelina aside, no one is getting bigger star treatment at the Cannes Film Festival than Eric Cantona.
Two past winners of the top Cannes Film Festival prize have picked up a U.S. distributor for their latest movies.
Robert Pattinson put some bite into the celebrity sightings at the Cannes Film Festival.
Amid the economic gloom, Asian movies are lighting up the Cannes Film Festival.
Penelope Cruz has had to miss an event at the Cannes Film Festival after suffering food poisoning.
The Cannes Film Festival's latest contenders are a cinematic odd couple — British director Ken Loach and French soccer legend Eric Cantona, who stars in Loach's festival entry "Looking for Eric."
A film co-scripted by U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi premiered at the Cannes Film festival Thursday, and her partner — the film's director, Bahman Ghobadi — flew from Tehran to the French Riviera for the red-carpet premiere.
After nine hits and four Academy Awards for films including "WALL-E" and "Ratatouille," the Pixar Animation gang finally feels it has made it to the grown-ups' table with "Up," the first animated movie to open the Cannes Film Festival.
The Cannes Film Festival faced a problem this year — how to replace passionate, attention-grabbing actor Sean Penn as jury president?
The evening gowns glittered, the red carpet was unfurled — and the 3-D glasses were at hand as the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with the soaring animated adventure "Up."
This year's Cannes Film Festival will have an animated opening.
The top Cannes Film Festival prize winner and a key Golden Globe honoree are among contenders for the foreign-language prize at the Academy Awards.
Hollywood producers are — speaking generally, of course — rich, pampered, selfish, spoiled and powerful. That doesn’t mean that a talented filmmaker couldn’t make a smart, compassionate movie that would make an audience feel some sympathy for one of these guys.
Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 84.
Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.
The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
With her biggest film break yet, a lead role in a Woody Allen flick, Rebecca Hall landed on one of the most-glamorous spots on Earth: the star-packed red carpet at a Cannes Film Festival premiere.
You don't need to be a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury to have a say in what movies deserve awards. All it takes is an Internet connection and an opinion.
Kelby's France Travel BlogThere is just something about Quentin Tarantino and the Cannes Film Festival. He first hit Cannes in 1992 with Reservoir Dogs, and is back again this festival with Inglorious Basterds starring Brad Pitt.
Antichrist at Cannes Film Festival 2009Today's Cannes Film Festival features a screening of Antichrist starring Willem Dafoe and Looking for Eric, directed by Ken Loach.
British zombie movie that cost just £45 to make is set to become surprise hit at CannesIt is one of the most glamorous events on the film calendar, with a small fortune spent on parties, champagne and red carpet gowns. But a British zombie movie, which cost just £45 to make, could be a surprise success story amongst the decadence of the Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes Success Gives Italian Cinema a Boost When two Italian films won the top runner-up prizes at the Cannes Film Festival in May, the reaction at home was akin to that usually reserved for victorious national soccer teams. The news media went wild.
French film, 'The Class,' wins at CannesFrom the IHT: At the closing ceremony Sunday of the 61st Cannes film festival, the red carpet was overrun by teenagers, the young stars of the Palme d'Or winner, "The Class" ("Entre les Murs").
De Niro Sends Up Hollywood And Cannes In New Film Reuters reports: Robert De Niro plays a movie producer whose professional and personal life lurches from crisis to crisis in a new comedy on the cut-throat world of Hollywood and its relationship with the Cannes film festival.
Israeli Director Eyes Top Cannes PrizeDirector Ari Folman couldn't take his plane back to Israel as planned. He had to stay longer at the Cannes Film Festival because of the intense interest in his animated documentary, "Waltz With Bashir."
Synecdoche, New YorkVariety reports: An ambitious and gravely serious contemplation of life, love, art, human decay and death, the film bears Charlie Kaufman's scripting fingerprints in its structural trickery and multi-plane storytelling.
CANNES JOURNAL: Soderbergh and Che, ProvocateursA. O. SCOTT writes: On Wednesday morning festivalgoers — or at least the hordes of journalists who stumble into the Salle Lumière every day at 8:30 after a few hours' sleep and a hasty café au lait — were given a bit of a break.
'Hunger': An artist-turned-filmmaker's take on a coming-of-age protestFrom the IHT: Steve McQueen is a powerhouse artist, winner of the 1999 Turner Prize for his video installations.
Spielberg eyes more Indiana films Steven Spielberg has said he is happy to make another Indiana Jones movie if fans enjoy the long-awaited fourth film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The director joined stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf at the film's premiere in Cannes.
Jolie pays tribute to late mother The BBC reports: Angelina Jolie has said her role as a single mother whose son goes missing in Clint Eastwood's film Changeling let her "spend time" with her late mother. Critics have praised the 1920s period drama, which is based on a true story.
Tyson Tells All in Documentary, Debuts at CannesMike Tyson considers it a miracle that he lived to tell his tale. And he's telling it — in graphic detail — in a new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival.
Critics cheer return of Indiana Jones in new filmMike Collett-White reports for Reuters from Cannes: Indiana Jones returns 19 years after his last adventure, and early reaction suggests the Cannes film festival's notoriously picky critics are happy the whip-wielding archaeologist is back.
Cloudy skies for Cannes indie marketFrom the LAT's entertainment reporter John Horn in Cannes: "Che," an epic drama about the Cuban revolutionary, and "Baby on Board," a low-budget sex comedy, have scarcely anything in common except actors speaking lines in movies projected on a big screen.
Cannes, Sweet And Sour: Sublime, Ridiculous Come Together at Cinema's Head TableThe world's most zuper-fabulous film festival began with an apocalyptic bummer of a movie about blind people -- being brutally degraded-- and then quickly moved on to cartoon pandas and Angelina Jolie, who is heavy with twins.
Shaking Up the Crowd at Cannes The NYT's Manohla Dargis comments from Cannes: The apocalypse came early to the Cannes Film Festival this year, filling screening rooms with snarling dogs, bursting bombs, shouting men and screaming women.
Hot Russian biz conquers box office: 'Genghis Khan' reflects confidence in local filmsGenghis Khan has a new lease on life as a national role model in Russia, where the film industry is in a conquering mood and its long-running boom continues, like the infamous Mongol warrior, to scale new heights.
Cannes Film Festival kicks off: Stars get cheery welcome from fans, mediaSean Penn received the first big artistic cheer of the 61st Cannes Film Festival after he was introduced on the steps of the Palais Wednesday night.
Celeb George Clooney's Got Game - and ClassGeorge Clooney knows how to place a bet to make a positive difference.
The 11th Hour: The Climate Is Changing…When The New York Times graces the environmentally themed documentary The 11th Hour with what amounts to a rave review, you know the climate is changing, in more ways than one. (Don't get me wrong, I love the Times' Manohla Dargis' tough, smart movie reviews).
Jay-Z proposes long-term love to BeyoncéThe hip-hop star popped the question during a romantic getaway to Cannes, and the singer/actress said yes. The pair are now planning to marry in Hawaii in the autumn.
Romanian film is surprise Cannes winnerThe movie depicts the horrors a student goes through to ensure her friend can have a secret abortion.
In Cannes, a Romanian Takes Home the FrondsA comprehensive wrap-up of the winning films at the Cannes International Film festival.
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