Theater Review | Stony Point: A Review of ‘Class,’ at Penguin Rep Theater

A film star invades the dumpy studio of an acting coach who fails to recognize her in “Class,” a one-act play by Charles Evered at Penguin Rep Theater.    

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Cannes 2013: Roman Polanski says fight for female equality is 'a great pity'

You might not suppose Roman Polanski and the 87-year-old Jerry Lewis had a great deal in common, but today the director followed Lewis' suggestion that broad comedy is inappropriate for women actors by complaining that aiming for female equality is "a great pity". Speaking at the Cannes film festival of his latest...

guardian.co.uk (19 minutes ago)

Polanski's Venus seduces on last day of Cannes festival

CANNES (Reuters) - An avenging Venus settling the psychological and sexual score is the star of acclaimed director Roman Polanski's "La Venus a la Fourrure" ("Venus in Fur"), one of the Cannes film festival's two final movies in main competition to premiere on Saturday.

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Friday Box Office: 'Furious 6' Earns $39m, 'Hangover 3' Nabs $14.5m, 'Epic' Grabs $9m

It's looking like a huge Memorial Day weekend thus far, and the much anticipated head-to-head match up is looking like a non-starter.  Fast and Furious 6 (officially titled Furious 6 in the film's credits) opened on Friday with a massive $39 million, including $6.5 million in advance-night screenings.  That tops the...

forbes.com (56 minutes ago)

Yesterday Never Ends: Film Review

Spanish director Isabel Coixet returns with a spare two-hander on the emotional damage done by the economic crisis.

hollywoodreporter.com (1 hour ago)

Sweden unrest: Stockholm police ask for reinforcements to quell ongoing riots

Police in Sweden have appealed to residents to photograph and film people they see rioting in the streets, as they struggle to bring under control the violent unrest that has spread throughout the capital city of Stockholm for more than a week.

independent.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Venus in Fur: Cannes Review

Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric star in this French-language film from Roman Polanski, about an auditioning actress turning the tables on her director.

hollywoodreporter.com (1 hour ago)

Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes

CANNES, France - "Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and authorities' attempts to destroy the manuscript - a topic the director, Mohammad Rasoulof, knows quite a bit about. Rasoulof is also Iranian, his movies are banned in his homeland and he's been sentenced...

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David Simon, creator of The Wire, says new US drug laws help only 'white, middle-class kids'

David Simon surged into the American mainstream with a bleak vision of the devastation wrought by drugs on his home town of Baltimore – The Wire, hailed by many as the greatest television drama of all time. But what keeps him there is his apocalyptic and unrelenting heresy over the failed "war on drugs", the...

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

The House I Live In director Eugene Jarecki on America's war on drugs - video interview

Documentary film-maker Eugene Jarecki speaks to John Mulholland about his attempts to reform drug laws in the USJohn MulhollandCameron Robertson

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes

Iranian director Rasoulof, facing jail in his homeland, debuts film at Cannes

msn.com (2 hours ago)

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival

Coens, Farhadi, Sorrentino among contenders in wide-open Palme d'Or competition

msn.com (2 hours ago)

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes Film Festival

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A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) - 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...

boston.com (2 hours ago)

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

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").

miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) -- 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...

ap.org (3 hours ago)

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) -- After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or....

ap.org (3 hours ago)

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) - After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or.    

boston.com (3 hours ago)

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival

After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or.

miamiherald.com (3 hours ago)

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) - After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or.

yahoo.com (3 hours ago)

A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) - 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...

yahoo.com (3 hours ago)

Cannes 2013 round-up, week 2: Gosling for breakfast, skinflicks for lunch

At 7.30am on Cannes's main strip people wearing dinner jackets and cocktail dresses held handwritten signs that read "Only God Forgives", triple-underlined, and "Please! Only God Forgives!" They might have been members of a doomsday cult, one with an imperious dress code, but no: a Ryan Gosling film was about to...

guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)

'The Immigrant' Premiere - The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival

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General Atmosphere - The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival

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Family Viewing: 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

Stephen Whitty has the perfect film to rent for your family

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Ed Helms on Saying Goodbye to The Office and the Hangover Movies

It’s been a week of finales for actor Ed Helms. A few weeks ago was the recent series-ending episode of The Office, on which he played the insecure and volatile Andy Bernard. And this weekend sees the release of The Hangover Part III, the final film in the successful comedy trilogy that has kept moviegoers laughing...

time.com (5 hours ago)

Manchester City players film training from head cameras

Manchester City players have given fans a unique insight into their training sessions - by strapping a camera to their chests. The deposed Premier League champions are in New York.

dailymail.co.uk (5 hours ago)

Salman Khan comes out in support of Sana Khan

Salman Khan who has kept himself away from Twitter for quite a long, today came in support of her leading lady in his home production film Mental.    

indiatimes.com (6 hours ago)

The hottest French film star of 2013: Omar Sy

Intouchables (known as Untouchable in the UK) is the most successful French-language film ever made. And just as the previous title-holder, Amélie, turned Audrey Tautou into an international star, so Intouchables is having the same effect on Omar Sy. But where Tautou, gamine and Gallic, belongs to a highly bankable...

guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)

The hottest French films of 2013

Lovers of French cinema have plenty to look forward to. At the Cannes film festival we were treated to an intensely French spectacle, certain to be released in British cinemas very soon: Jeune Et Jolie, or Young And Beautiful, by François Ozon, the story of a young woman's sexual awakening. Perhaps only French...

guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)