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At the movies, violence is the new sex
Sex may be a turn-off for Hollywood audiences but violence is all over the big screen, as filmmakers seek to capture the youth market, industry figures at the Cannes film festival said on Friday. With online porn readily available, sex scenes are no longer prized by producers who look to…
Cannes titillated by graphic gay, lesbian sex scenes in featured films
Explicit gay sex has hit the big screen at the Cannes film festival in movies targeting mainstream audiences that stir controversy and spare the viewer nothing. Critics described the non-simulated sex in “Blue is the Warmest Colour”, which has its premiere Thursday, as “show-stopping” and “the most explosively graphic lesbian…
Cannes Film Festival rocked as $1 million worth of red carpet ‘loaner’ jewels are stolen
Jewellery worth more than $1 million due to be loaned to stars treading the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival was stolen in a pre-dawn heist on Friday but the coveted Palme d’Or trophy was safe, officials said. In a scenario itself worthy of a movie, thieves broke into…
Amy Winehouse documentary to feature unaired footage
A documentary on the life of tragic British singer Amy Winehouse will feature unseen footage of the late star, the company handling its sale at the Cannes film festival said on Thursday. Focus Features International, a division of US entertainment giant NBCUniversal, said it would be taking the as yet…
Banned Iranian director’s film depicts crushing state oppression at Berlin festival
The 63rd Berlinale premiered Tuesday the latest film by banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, a haunting lament about crushing state oppression and a tribute to the resilience of the creative drive. “Closed Curtain”, which Panahi co-directed with longtime collaborator Kambuzia Partovi, tells the story of two people on the run…
Cannes Film Festival high-end prostitution ring trial begins in France
Two men and a woman appeared in a French court Monday in a case over a Cannes Film Festival high-end prostitution ring that had ties to a son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Seven men and a woman went on trial in the southern port city of Marseille, though…
Trial set for Cannes prostitution ring linked to Kadhafi’s dead son Mutassim
A hearing opens in a French court Monday in a case involving a high-end prostitution ring that was active during the Cannes Film Festival and possibly had ties to a son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Seven men and a woman will go on trial in the southern French…
Bullying drama scoops Cannes new talent prize
“After Lucia”, a harrowing drama about a young girl who falls prey to bullying, on Saturday won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival new talent sidebar, Un Certain Regard. The movie by Mexico’s Michel Franco tells the story of teenaged Alejandra who arrives in a new city with…
‘Cosmopolis’ brings capitalism, decay to Cannes
Money, sex, technology and stretch limos abound as David Cronenberg brought “Cosmopolis” to Cannes on Friday, with Robert Pattinson as a billionaire financier looking for a haircut as a killer looks for him. The Manhattan thriller, adapted from Don DeLillo’s novel, follows a day in the life of Eric Packer…
Cannes board brushes off sexism row
The Cannes Film Festival hit back at charges of sexism in its official line-up Saturday, saying it would continue to select pictures based solely on their merits. In response to a mounting row over the all-male selection for the competition at the world’s top cinema showcase, the event’s board said in a…
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