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Mexico's Reygadas brings surrealism to Cannes
May. 24, 2012 11:06 AM ET (AP)
As the credits rolled on the first Cannes Film Festival screening of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas' new film, someone in the audience shouted out "Viva Bunuel!"
The reference to surrealist cinema...
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'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13
May. 20, 2012 1:43 PM ET (AP)
Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents...
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Men redefining 'manly' _ and not just for laughs
May. 17, 2012 4:35 PM ET (AP)
May, it turns out, is a manly month, and a funny one at that.
The Mother's Day flowers are barely wilted and already there's a heavy male energy in the air _ of the wry, ironical, comedy variety _ in...
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Riot-hit London neighborhood turns to film
May. 3, 2012 10:18 AM ET (AP)
Isaac Densu lives in Broadwater Farm, a large, concrete public housing project in Tottenham, the gritty district where last year's British riots began. Unemployment is high and young people face many...
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Review: 'First Position' stays elegantly on point
May. 1, 2012 6:26 PM ET (AP)
"First Position" is a welcome antidote to tawdry reality shows like "Dance Moms" and breathless competitions like "So You Think You Can Dance."
Director Bess Kargman's documentary follows a half-dozen...