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Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes
May. 27, 2012 4:02 PM ET (AP)
The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."
The Austrian director's...
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Mexico's Michel Franco wins Cannes sidebar prize
May. 26, 2012 1:25 PM ET (AP)
"After Lucia" by Mexican director Michel Franco has won the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival's sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard.
It was chosen Saturday from a slate of 20 films by a jury...
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Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far
May. 22, 2012 8:32 AM ET (AP)
The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age.
The latter came...
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Alain Resnais back in Cannes competition at 89
May. 21, 2012 9:23 AM ET (AP)
The Cannes Film Festival received a dose of theater Monday in the form of French director Alain Resnais' new film.
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is a love letter to the acting profession that shows a...
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Feminist group protest at Cannes premiere
May. 20, 2012 3:08 PM ET (AP)
A French feminist group upset about the lack of female directors at this year's Cannes Film Festival staged a hairy protest on the red carpet Sunday.
Five women from La Barbe donned fake, different...