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Volume 15, Issue 58 Published June 11th, 2008 The Duchess Of Langeais Re-imagines Honore De Balzac The rapier thrusts pierce hearts, but not flesh in The Duchess of Langeais , nouvelle vague mainstay Jacques Rivette’s trenchant, exceedingly ...

Adam Sandler and Lainie Kazan in "Don't Mess with the Zohan."...Director Christopher Bell and his body-building brothers are featured in this documentary on sports performance-enhancing drugs. (105 min.) Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving ...

France— "The Class," a simple, brilliantly told chronicle of a year in the life of a middle school teacher and his contentious pupils, won the Palme d’Or at Sunday’s closing ceremonies honoring the best of the 61st Cannes Film Festival. ...

Europe's greatest old-school filmmaking nations can cancel the annual bitching and moaning. At the closing ceremony of the Festival de Cannes on Sunday night, the Palme d'Or went to a French film for the first time in 21 years. Laurent Cantet's "The ...

Penn, who won an Oscar for best actor in 2004 for his performance in Clint Eastwood's drama "Mystic River," said it had been a very good year for films at Cannes. He only regretted that "there weren't a few more comedies in competition"-a wry ...

US film star Sharon Stone raised 10 million dollars (6.4 million euros) at a star-studded event on the fringes of the Cannes film festival -- with a little help from pop icon Madonna. Madonna joined Stone who hosted the event at Mougins, near Cannes,...

Right now, most of the Hollywood machine is in France, partying it up old-school style. No, it's not a massive wave of defection--the filmmaking elite are making deals and copping feels at the Cannes Film Festival, where celebrities rain down from ...

Sean Penn shows his `unorthodox` behaviour at Cannes Cannes, May 15: Sean Penn may be president of the Cannes Film Festival jury � but don't expect any buttoned-up presidential behavior from the Hollywood rebel. During a news conference on ...

Before the festival opened, critics were joking that Blindness was the "must-see" film at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, but now, even its director isn't sure it was the right choice to open the event. "It's a big honour and a big pressure, but, to ...

May 15, 2008 Defying France’s strict new antismoking laws, Sean Penn , right, president of the jury at the 61st Cannes Film Festival , lighted a cigarette at a news conference yesterday, Agence France-Presse reported....