http://cannes.hollywood.com : Hollywood.com’s extensive coverage of Cannes 2009 including daily news, movie reviews, Cannes winners and more from the Festival De Cannes Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:17:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And so it ends again. The Cannes Film Festival wraps tonight following the awards ceremony and a screening of “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” which will put a close to the two-week marathon affair. All in all, it was a sort of middling festival. The weather was fabulous (never a certainty), ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/24/cannes-fest-wraps-50-weeks-to-recover-for-another/ There was a mix of surprise and confirmed predictions at the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival this evening. The event unfurls in a mélange of pageantry, prestige and serious art with many of the winners anticipating their honors (they are told to be present but not for what) ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/24/winners-announced-tarantino-saves-another-career/ http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/24/random-photos/ [caption id="attachment_191" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon""][/caption] The prizes are starting to roll in for the various Cannes sections while the Croisette sits on tenterhooks in anticipation of tonight's big awards. I keep getting text messages from folks with something at stake asking if I know anything about tonight's potential ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/24/palme-dor-sms-whaddya-hear/ Prizes began being announced on Friday in Cannes. Here's a round-up of who has what so far: Un Certain Regard: Main prize to "Dogtooth" by Yorgos Lanthimos Jury prize to "Police, Adjective" by Corneliu Porumboiu Special prizes to "No One Know About Persian Cats" by Bahman Ghobadi and "Father of My Children" by Mia ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/24/the-prizes-and-anti-prizes-thus-far/ The outrageously gorgeous Villa de Mai was all a twinkle last night for the joint "Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"/"Drag Me To Hell" party up in the hills above Cannes. Although, as predicted, none of the major males from Heath Ledger's last film were in attendance, director Terry Glliam and star Lily ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/23/imaginarium-fete-not-a-total-drag/ Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" screened for the press this morning to warm reactions. Heath Ledger's last film famously employed three very famous actors to replace him after his untimely death. Unfortunately, as of Friday morning in Cannes, none of the trio - Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/22/parnassus-a-law-less-red-carpet-no-depp-or-farrell-either/ The stars were out in force at last night's AmFar benefit. From jury member Robin Wright Penn (whose husband Sean Penn just withdrew his petition for separation for the second time), Sharon Stone to Eva Green, Hayden Panettiere, Robert Pattinson and Bill Clinton, folks swanked it up at the charity ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/22/vampires-kiss/ Tireless movie reviewer Lisa Nesselson is back with a mid-point look at how the competition is shaping up: There's an occupational hazard heading into the final weekend at Cannes: Radio reporters with microphones and TV reporters with cameras surge up out of nowhere demanding to know "What do you think will ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/21/prophecies-the-movies-at-the-mid-point/ [caption id="attachment_157" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="You could tell that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle..."][/caption] Few people do a red carpet quite like Quentin Tarantino. The manic director shimmied with his "Inglourious Basterds" star Melanie Laurent at the bottom of the Palais steps last night as they waited for the rest of ... http://cannes.hollywood.com/2009/05/21/brad-rescues-angie-and-the-crowd-goes-awwww/