Reuters - Marking Woody Allen's first New York City-shot film in five years, "Whatever Works," falls somewhere between his lesser London efforts "Scoop" and "Cassandra's Dream" and his return to form with "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." -- read full article
Reuters - First-time directors will be center stage at the 48th annual International Critics Week section of the Cannes Film Festival. -- read full article
AP - Animated animals and pint-sized aliens. Museum relics that come to life at night. Magic rocks that make wishes come true. A bouquet of balloons big enough to lift a house into the sky.
Reuters - One of baseball's greatest showmen returns to the spotlight in a documentary film that infuses the drama of sport with the emotions surrounding Cuba's revolution, isolation and gradual re-opening to the United States. -- read full article
AP - Indian police said Thursday they would not charge the father of a child star in the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire," and ended their investigation into claims he tried to sell his 9-year-old girl to a reporter posing as a wealthy sheik.
AP - This year's Cannes film festival will pit a roster of festival veterans, including four former winners of the glamorous film competition's top prize, against challengers from emerging cinema hotbeds from China to the Philippines.
Reuters - Quentin Tarantino returns to Cannes as part of a group of familiar faces at the world's biggest film festival that includes Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach and New Zealand's Jane Campion. -- read full article
Reuters - British cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff, who was director of photography on "The African Queen," has died aged 94, the BBC reported on Wednesday. -- read full article
