Balkan romp brings happy ending to dark Cannes
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Two-time Cannes winner Emir  Kusturica brought a happy ending to the film festival on  Saturday with a boisterous Balkan romp, breaking the mould for  a competition full of dark tales.
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The witty and colourful film was a big favourite at Toronto.
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If cinema is the mirror of the  world, then the films at this year&#039;s Cannes festival suggest  the world is in a sorry state.
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Film director Luc Besson left the limelight at Cannes and held screenings instead in Paris's gritty banlieues, where Europe's immigration problems are most acute.
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A culture-clash drama, a quirky portrait of strong women, a harrowing imprisonment story, an unnerving fairy tale and a saga of unheralded World War II heroes are contending for top honors at the Cannes Film Festival.
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A documentary about the murder of Alexander Litvinenko is added to the Cannes line-up at the last minute.
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A Kazakh-financed film has been nominated for best foreign film at this year's Oscars, a welcome creative boost to this central Asian country that was so heavily lampooned by the hit "Borat" movie.
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One film that caught the fancy of just about everyone at the recently
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One film has an oblique ending that's left some viewers dissatisfied and others floored by its profundity. The other features a slowly developing plot and a brutal, operatically violent finale.
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James Bond fans in the Balkans seem as pleased as any by the darkness and edge of their hero in Daniel Craig's new 'Casino Royale' portrayal, but some cannot suspend their disbelief when the plot gets him to Montenegro.
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Movies by a favored Spanish veteran and three rising Latin American directors were among key contenders for prizes as the Cannes Film Festival prepared to wrap up Sunday.
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A CHANCE to drink vodka with some old friends from Moscow and a victory which has all but mathematically guaranteed Chelseaâs place in the Champions League
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The ongoing celebration in the Ukrainian capital is beginning to take on a tinge of nostalgia.
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Movies about violence in Rwanda and North Ireland, vampires in Montreal and a DJ in Spain were among the prize winners yesterday at the close of the 29th Toronto International Film Festival.
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The Cannes Film Festival pulled  it off in its 60th year, picking a popular winner from an  eclectic competition lineup that had many more hits than  misses.
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It is the world&#39;s greatest film  festival and everybody in movies wants to be there. But that  doesn&#39;t mean they all have fun at Cannes.
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Critics are struggling to pick a  winner ahead of Sunday&#39;s award ceremony at the Cannes Film  Festival, but several are tipping a hard-hitting Romanian  picture to walk away with the coveted Palme d&#39;Or.