Resonances

Cannes intro leads Penn to rock 'n' roll 'Place' by AP - 20 May 2011

CANNES, France (AP) A quick onstage chat at the closing night of the Cannes Film Festival launched Sean Penn and director Paolo Sorrentino on a trek that brought them back to the world's most prestigious showcase. Penn and Sorrentino's first collaboration, the comic drama "This Must Be... >>>

McDowell's cricket gear inspired 'Clockwork' thug by AP - 20 May 2011

CANNES, France (AP) One of cinema's most stylish psychopaths got his look because Malcolm McDowell happened to have his cricket uniform with him while talking over his "A Clockwork Orange" character with Stanley Kubrick. They had been pondering just how McDowell's gleefully brutal thug... >>>

Iranian dissident's 'This Is Not A Film' premieres at Cannes by AFP - 20 May 2011

CANNES, May 19, 2011 (AFP) by Charles Onians Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi's "This Is Not A Film" premiered at Cannes on Thursday after being smuggled out of the Islamic republic where the dissident has been sentenced to six years in jail. The film, "In Film Nist" in Farsi and... >>>

Lebanon's Nadine Labaki puts women in forefront by AP - 5 October 2011

CANNES, France (AP) Lebanese director-actress Nadine Labaki proves all those who insist there are no strong female voices in the Arab world wrong with "Where Do We Go Now," a film that fairly shouts its feminist message from the rooftops. Set in a remote village where the church and the... >>>

Cannes honours Egypt as revolt film premieres by AFP - 19 May 2011

CANNES, May 18, 2011 (AFP) The blood and teargas of Arab revolts filled the screen at Cannes on Wednesday, as the controversial film "18 Days" premiered during a day honouring Egypt and its revolution. The film, consisting of 10 shorts by different directors, covers the popular revolt that... >>>