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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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'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13
May. 20, 2012 12:43 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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Faith vs love in Cannes entry 'Beyond the Hills'
May. 19, 2012 9:44 AM ET (AP)
Both boos and applause greeted Cristian Mungiu's latest film at Cannes _ and that's fine with him.
The Romanian director won the film festival's top prize in 2007 with abortion drama "4 Months, 3 Weeks...
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Cannes' female-free directors line-up criticized
May. 16, 2012 7:44 PM ET (AP)
At this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East _ but no women.
Not, at least,...
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Men redefining 'manly' _ and not just for laughs
May. 17, 2012 3:35 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...