Cannes 2013: Bloody, Nasty Revenge in Refn's 'Only God Forgives' (Yesterday, May 22, 2013) - Tarantino is out, Refn is in. At the start of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, it opens with the Klingon Proverb, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Back in the 90s, Tarantino was leading the genre game in Cannes, winning the Palme d'Or for Pulp Fiction. While he's still making great flicks... read more
The Weinsteins Scoop Up Two Keanu Movies (Yesterday, May 22, 2013) - The Weinstein Company and its spinoff Radius-TWC have been very busy scooping things up at the Cannes Film Festival and their latest acquisitions are two Keanu Reeves showcase films, as The Weinstein Company bought the rights to the long-in-development sci-fi flick Passengers , co-starring Reese Witherspoon, while Radius-TWC will distribute... read more
The Weinsteins Scoop Up Keanu's Two Movies (Yesterday, May 22, 2013) - The Weinstein Company and its spinoff Radius-TWC have been very busy scooping things up at the Cannes Film Festival and their latest acquisitions are two Keanu Reeves showcase films, as The Weinstein Company bought the rights to the long-in-development sci-fi flick Passengers , co-starring Reese Witherspoon, while Radius-TWC will distribute... read more
Cannes: Fleming Q&A With Steven Soderbergh: Retirement, Liberace, Legacy (2 days ago, May 21, 2013) - Steven Soderbergh tonight unveils what he says is his final feature flick Behind The Candelabra. The flick explores the secret father/son/lover relationship between Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his valet Scott Thorson. It’s playing in competition here at Cannes, even though HBO will premiere it in the U.S. on Sunday before it gets... read more
Cannes: Deadline Crashes Palais Forum With Costa Gavras, Michel Hazanavicius And Harvey Weinstein (3 days ago, May 20, 2013) - An esteemed party, led by Costa Gavras, Michel Hazanavicius and TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, crashed a parlay at the Palais on Strengthening The Cultural Exception In Tomorrow’s Europe where MPAA head Chris Dodd was among the policy-maker panelists today. Weinstein spoke on the issue that currently has European filmmakers fighting to... read more
Cannes Film Festival 2013 - The Weekend In Photos (3 days ago, May 20, 2013) - The latest from the Festival's red carpet events For all those of us not rattling our jewellery at the Cannes Film Festival over the last few days, here's a quick round-up of the sort of glamour that's been happening. The weather may have continued rotten, but it hasn't stopped the A-list from... read more