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Danish child abuse film shocks Cannes crowds

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Danish director Thomas Vinterberg burst on to the scene in Cannes in 1998 with the acclaimed "Festen", and critics say he is close to his best again this year with "The Hunt", a shocking take on child abuse and its impact on a small community.
May 20, 2012, 10:37 pm
BBC Films to release Simon Curtis' 'Golden Lady'

CANNES (TheWrap.com) - Simon Curtis will direct the art-world drama "The Golden Lady" for BBC Films, which announced an upcoming slate of films at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
May 21, 2012, 6:38 am
"Battleship" bomb may hit studio's profits: analysts

(Reuters) - "Battleship," Universal Picture's big budget science fiction film, is likely to dent the studio's profits after it opened with lower than forecast ticket sales, according to analysts.
May 21, 2012, 5:15 am
'Avengers' outguns 'Battleship' at box offices

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New action movie "Battleship" collided with Iron Man, The Hulk and the rest of "The Avengers" this weekend at movie theater box offices, and the super heroes came out on top.
May 21, 2012, 4:13 am
Cannes director Haneke faces death in moving "Love"

CANNES, France (Reuters) - It is a subject rarely tackled in cinema, but Austria's Michael Haneke forces us to confront the reality that will befall us all - the end of life - in "Love", his beautiful and devastating film at Cannes.
May 21, 2012, 2:53 am
'Avengers' overpowers 'Battleship' at U.S., Canadian box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Superhero movie "The Avengers" topped U.S. and Canadian box office charts for a third straight weekend with $55.1 million, sending action movie "Battleship" into second place and toppling comedy "The Dictator," according to studio estimates on Sunday.
May 21, 2012, 2:02 am
Tough times for small U.S. films despite bumper Cannes

CANNES, France (Reuters) - In a bumper year for U.S. productions in Cannes, director John Hillcoat, presenting prohibition-era drama "Lawless" at the film festival on Saturday, said the state of smaller-budget American movies was "distressing".
May 19, 2012, 9:39 pm
Mila Kunis stalker enters not guilty plea

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 27 year-old man pleaded not guilty on Friday to stalking "Black Swan" actress Mila Kunis at her gym despite a previous court order to stay away.
May 19, 2012, 8:50 am
Anthony Bourdain's novel heads to the big screen

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is already a star on the small screen.
May 19, 2012, 5:11 am
Exploitation, loneliness in sex tourism film at Cannes

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Just who exploits and who is exploited in the sex tourism industry is the question asked in director Ulrich Seidl's "Paradise Love", a powerful and unsettling exploration of female loneliness and economic imbalance in Africa.
May 19, 2012, 1:21 am