Reuters - The first big question about Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" involves how the filmmaker managed to complete the film when his star Heath Ledger died in the middle of shooting. The answer is with great imagination and skill. -- read full article
Mon, 25 May 2009 08:55:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Before the Judd Apatow juggernaut rolled into the megaplex, director Todd Phillips was looking to be the buddy comedy's best buddy courtesy of 2003's "Old School." -- read full article
Mon, 25 May 2009 08:56:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - No one ever said that in-your-face French director Gaspar Noe's previous film, "Irreversible" (2002), was a walk in the park. -- read full article
Mon, 25 May 2009 08:59:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - A lavish portrayal of a brief affair between Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and fashion pioneer Coco Chanel in the early 1920s brings the curtain down on the Cannes film festival on Sunday.
AP - Ben Stiller's "Night at the Museum" sequel and Christian Bale's "Terminator Salvation" are combining for a solid Memorial Day weekend at the box office.
Reuters - Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the North American weekend box office duel between their respective "Night at the Museum" and "Terminator" sequels, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. -- read full article
Sun, 24 May 2009 17:14:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - When rock band U2 played at the Grand Palais of the Cannes film festival in 2007 to trumpet their new three-dimensional concert movie, backers of modern 3-D films hailed the coming of a new era in movies. -- read full article
Sun, 24 May 2009 17:44:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - Charlotte Gainsbourg has won the best-actress honor at the Cannes Film Festival for a movie that shocked audiences with its explicit images of physical abuse and torture. -- read full article
Sun, 24 May 2009 18:29:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber drama "The White Ribbon" claimed the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, where Quentin Tarantino and Lars von Trier entries earned the acting honors.
Reuters - Austrian director Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best picture at the Cannes film festival Sunday for "The White Ribbon," an eerie, black-and-white exploration of the roots of Nazi terror.
Reuters - The Cannes film festival opened 12 days ago with the crowd-pleasing Disney animation "Up", but a string of critical duds toward the close means its ending has been decidedly downbeat.
AP - The search for new homes for two impoverished child stars from the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has intensified, as one child fell sick days after city authorities demolished the shanty where she lived, family members said.
E! Online - Heath Ledger's final performance has screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival, and the filmmakers aren't shying away from calling out the importance of the project.