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Horror film "Chernobyl Diaries" draws some protests
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Horror film "Chernobyl Diaries" with its ghostly tale of terror near the infamous, abandoned nuclear plant hits theaters on Friday after drawing protests from some who view it as sensationalizing a disaster that had tragic human consequences. But the film's maker, Oren Peli, best known as the creator of the "Paranormal Activity" horror franchise, defends his movie by ...
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Smuggling film and Cannes
The glitz of Cannes on the French Riviera is a world removed from the hellish conditions endured by the hundreds of illegal immigrants smuggled from Africa to Europe every year.
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African film makes splash at Cannes
The glitz of Cannes on the French Riviera is a world removed from the hellish conditions endured by the hundreds of illegal immigrants smuggled from Africa to Europe every year.
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Cannes gets happy ending with river film "Mud"
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Mud", a touching coming-of-age tale set on the Mississippi River and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, brought the Cannes film festival competition to a close on Saturday, earning warm applause at a press screening. The film, which echoes Mark Twain and his novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", centers on Ellis - played by up-and-coming actor ...
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Kim Roberts, Kate Amend and Other Female Film Editors
If there is one area where women in the film industry hold more positions and influence behind the scenes, it’s editing. But why?
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Central Park Jogger film premieres at Cannes
A wrenching documentary about five men wrongly imprisoned for the 1989 brutal rape and attempted murder of New York's Central Park Jogger premiered this week at Cannes.
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Haneke among names in frame for Cannes film awards
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival enjoyed cheers and jeers in equal measure this year, leaving its famously passionate and picky audiences with plenty to love, loathe and laugh about. With two days to go before the close of the 12-day movie marathon, it also pulled off a balancing act between championing independent films from around the world and luring enough stars to the red ...
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Kanye West debuts short film at Cannes
Kanye West premiered his much-discussed short film/art installation "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival last night.
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Can film Army hid help vets?
"The guns are quiet now," is the first line in John Huston's 1946 short film, "Let There Be Light," which focuses on World War II veterans dealing with what we'd today call post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Bin Laden film got no Special Ops help: U.S. admiral
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied on Thursday that he or his staff helped advise Hollywood film makers shooting a movie about last year's secret raid to kill the al Qaeda leader. A conservative legal group this week made public documents which it said showed how the Obama administration arranged special access to top officials for ...
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