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Polanski laments leveling of sexes as 'idiotic'

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:55:24 -0400

CANNES, France - Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic"

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:28:16 -0400

CANNES, France - For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies. Winners have ranged from classic American films (Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation") to European classics (Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita").

At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:35:36 -0400

CANNES, France - The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's cinephiles with feverish excitement.

Toback, Baldwin eye Cannes movie-making underbelly

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:34:47 -0400

CANNES, France - A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: "Let me run the numbers."

Amalric plays a Frenchman in America in 'Jimmy P'

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:40:22 -0400

CANNES, France - Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy.

Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:18 -0400

CANNES, France - The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician.