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AP Photos: 'Star Wars' celebrates 35th anniversary
May. 26, 2012 7:16 AM ET (AP)
It was 35 years ago Friday that moviegoers were first transported to a galaxy far, far away.
"Star Wars" launched in theaters May 25, 1977, introducing the world to The Force, Luke Skywalker, Darth...
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Mexico's Reygadas brings surrealism to Cannes
May. 24, 2012 10:06 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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Kylie Minogue at Cannes in bizarre 'Holy Motors'
May. 23, 2012 8:01 AM ET (AP)
Holy cow. The most rapturous audience reception at the Cannes Film Festival has gone to "Holy Motors," a disorienting, whirling dream of a movie by French director Leos Carax.
Starring Denis Lavant as...
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Iran's Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film
May. 21, 2012 11:37 AM ET (AP)
Abbas Kiarostami has found inspiration far from home.
The Iranian director's films are routinely banned in his home country, whose Islamist government has arrested or barred several younger filmmakers...
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Promoter: 'Dragon' stage adaption was a 'beast'
May. 10, 2012 11:38 AM ET (AP)
Besides trying to translate a cartoon movie into a theatrical production, promoter Michael Cohl had other concerns about bringing "How To Train Your Dragon" to the stage _ like keeping the audience...