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Cannes ditches austerity with Great Gatsby film launch

May 15, 2013 15:32
By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival gets underway on Wednesday with Australian director Baz Luhrmann's 3D extravaganza "The Great Gatsby", a lavish production eclipsing more modest launches in recent years that reflected global economic gloom. Already showing in theatres in Canada and the United States, the adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is a rare case when Cannes, the year's most important cinema gathering, has not kicked off with a world premiere.

A Minute With: Zachary Quinto on 'Star Trek,' Spock and coming out

May 15, 2013 15:31
By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Zachary Quinto has transitioned swiftly from a television villain into an unlikely action film star in J.J Abrams' rebooted "Star Trek" franchise, playing the series' most recognizable half-Vulcan, Spock. The 35-year-old actor, who gained fame as super-villain Sylar in sci-fi television series "Heroes," will reprise his role as the pointy-eared first officer of the starship Enterprise in "Star Trek Into Darkness," which will be released in theaters on Friday.

Leonardo DiCaprio opens 66th Cannes film fest

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 14:26
"Gatsby" star Leonardo DiCaprio on Wednesday opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival at a star-studded ceremony in the French Riviera resort. Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Carey Mulligan and a troupe of 1920s flapper dancers were among those who braved driving rain and plunging temperatures on the red carpet. har/dlc/gk

'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Lee sues her agent over copyright

May 15, 2013 13:03
By Erin Geiger Smith NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," Harper Lee, on Friday sued her literary agent, claiming he tricked her into assigning the copyright on her book to him. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan against Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee's long-time agent, Eugene Winick, who had represented her for more than 40 years. When Winick became ill in 2002, Pinkus diverted several of Winick's clients to his own company, the lawsuit said.

Box office trumps critics, says 'Gatsby' director

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 11:45
Director Baz Luhrmann dismissed critics' howls over his exuberant take on "The Great Gatsby" as it opened the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday, saying the box office bonanza it was enjoying mattered more to him. The Australian filmmaker told reporters after rough initial reviews and a muted reception at its first Cannes screening that he was used to challenging the tastemakers with his iconoclastic pictures.

Box office trumps critics, says 'Gatsby' director

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 10:00
Director Baz Luhrmann dismissed critics' howls over his exuberant take on "The Great Gatsby" as it opened the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday, saying the box office bonanza it was enjoying mattered more to him. The Australian filmmaker told reporters after the film's muted reception at its first Cannes screening and rough reviews that he was used to challenging the tastemakers with his iconoclastic pictures.

Cannes 2013 trailer: Robin Wright goes animated in Ari Folman's 'The Congress'

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 08:16
Ari Folman immortalizes Robin Wright -- and her digital likeness -- in a sci-fi mix of animation and live action, slated to open the 45th Directors' Fortnight sidebar on Thursday, May 16. The teaser trailer to "The Congress" has been released in the runup to the film's premiere at Cannes. Internationally acclaimed for his animated documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman has switched to fiction with this loose adaptation of the black-humor sci-fi novel "The Futurological Congress" by Polish writer Stanislaw Lew.

Behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 08:15
Behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins its annual 12-day extravaganza on Wednesday: MUSHY PEAS? Steven Spielberg's career in movies was celebrated in food on Tuesday night as the Riviera resort's top restaurant hosted the head of the festival jury and his colleagues. At the Palme d'Or restaurant in the Hotel Martinez -- where for normal mortals a steak for two costs 280 euros ($361) -- the jury's three-course dinner referenced key moments in Spielberg's 40 years behind the camera.

Cannes 2013 trailer: Robin Wright goes animated in Ari Folman's 'The Congress'

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 08:00
Ari Folman immortalizes Robin Wright -- and her digital likeness -- in a sci-fi mix of animation and live action, slated to open the 45th Directors' Fortnight sidebar on Thursday, May 16. The teaser trailer to "The Congress" has been released in the runup to the film's premiere at Cannes. Internationally acclaimed for his animated documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman has switched to fiction with this loose adaptation of the black-humor sci-fi novel "The Futurological Congress" by Polish writer Stanislaw Lew.

Cannes 2013 trailer: Robin Wright goes animated in Ari Folman's 'The Congress'

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 08:00
Ari Folman immortalizes Robin Wright -- and her digital likeness -- in a sci-fi mix of animation and live action, slated to open the 45th Directors' Fortnight sidebar on Thursday, May 16. The teaser trailer to "The Congress" has been released in the runup to the film's premiere at Cannes. Internationally acclaimed for his animated documentary "Waltz with Bashir," Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman has switched to fiction with this loose adaptation of the black-humor sci-fi novel "The Futurological Congress" by Polish writer Stanislaw Lew.
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