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“Meeting With Pol Pot”: A Timely Reminder Of How Dictatorships Begin

In his latest film, Cambodian-born filmmaker Rithy Panh examines the Khmer Rouge regime’s manipulation of foreign opinion. A universal and highly topical lesson on how to distance oneself from ideologies and their illusions.

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Cannes Throwback: All Eyes On Alain Delon, Sophia Loren And Romy Schneider

With the current edition in full swing, we take a look back at Cannes history, with a little help from the photographic archives of INA, France’s public audiovisual institute. This 1962 episode features icons, heartthrobs and rising stars …

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That Time Hitchcock Released “The Birds” On The Cannes Red Carpet

Some 61 years ago, the Cannes Film Festival was off to a feathery start, courtesy of the Master of Suspense himself.

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Society

Who Is Maïwenn? Meet The Controversial French Director Known For Working With Toxic Men

The French director who made waves at the Cannes Film Festival with her film Jeanne du Barry is no stranger to controversy, with unorthodox views for a woman in the movie industry about sexual abuse accusations.

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This Happened

This Happened – March 27: Happy Birthday, Quentin Tarantino

Updated March 27, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor Quentin Tarantino was born on this day in 1963. Has Quentin Tarantino won any awards for his films? Quentin Tarantino has won numerous awards for his films, including two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay for Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained. His films […]

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‘The Zone Of Interest’ And Us — A German Critique Of The Provocative Oscar Nominee

Oscar-nominatedThe Zone of Interest, tells the’ story of the Auschwitz commander in surprising ways, but fails to address the true inhumanity of Nazism, says Die Welt’s film critic.

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Putin Turns Up The Dial In Donbas

Russia may allow over-40s to enlist in military as resources are needed to step up the assault in eastern Ukraine.

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On This Day – September 20

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Another Kind Of Cannes Festival

With the choir of traditional folk singing I was part of, we went to many national — and international — gatherings of groups of singers and dancers who were trying to preserve their local cultural heritage. I took this picture of these two Cannettes with my very first camera, an Exacta Varex.

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Geopolitics

Deadly Vietnam Protests, Cannes Kickoff, Hacking Kate

DONETSK SETS ULTIMATUM FOR UKRAINE FORCES Pro-Russian groups in the region of Donetsk have issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Ukrainian armed forces, threatening to take the region by force if they don’t leave, RT reports. This comes as acting President Olexandr Turchynov said the government forces had destroyed two rebel military bases, in Kramatorsk and […]

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