Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The two lovers in "The Duchess of Langeais" are often separated by walls - real ones, as well as divides of social expectations and self-imposed pride - and their passion burns more fiercely for it.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The two lovers in "The Duchess of Langeais" are often separated by walls - real ones, as well as divides of social expectations and self-imposed pride - and their unrequited passion burns more fiercely for it.
ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Our rating system uses zero to four stars. If a movie has no rating, it has not been reviewed. Signed reviews by Laura Boyes (LB), Godfrey Cheshire (GC), David Fellerath (DF), Kathy Justice (KJ), Marc Maximov (MM), Neil Morris (NM), Zack Smith (ZS), JP Trostle (JPT).Opening This WeekTHE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS—In the decadent Paris of [...]
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
The were announced this past Sunday in what turned out to be a star studded affair. Robert De Niro himself presented La Palme D'Or to the winner while the President of the Jury was actor extraordinaire Sean Penn.As for the Jury itself, here's who was doing the judging this year: Jeanne Balibar (Actress) - Rachid Bouchareb (Director) - Sergio Castellitto (Actor) - Alfonso Cuaron (Director) - Alexandra...
eugonline (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Backstage on awards night: Cannes Film Festival jurors Maria Lara (left), Sean Penn (standing, left), Rachid Bouchareb and Jeanne Balibar (center), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (white coat, right), Marjane Satrapi and Alfonso Cuaron (background, right). [photo by eugene hernandez/indieWIRE]...
X17Video.com (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Cannes, France, on Tuesday May 20, 2008 - We spotted the legendary Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeanne Balibar, Sean Penn and Natalie Portman at the 61st International Cannes Film Festival....
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Natalie Portman rocks the red carpet at the the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Sunday in Cannes, southern France. Joining Nat on the red carpet were fellow jury members French actress Jeanne Balibar, German actress Alexandra Maria Lara and Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron. The [...]
ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
‘Baby Mama’ | C+ | (PG-13: 1:36): In a social satire that turns warm and fuzzy, Tina Fey as a yuppie who yearns for a child and Amy Poehler as the trashy simpleton who’s hired as a surrogate extract some laughs from their odd-couple routine. Written and directed by a man who had never helmed [...]
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
US actor and director Sean Penn lit up and led a minor revolt at the Cannes film festival against France’s draconian new anti-smoking laws. Penn, the head of the jury that will pick the best films, pulled out a cigarette and puffed on it at a press conference with fellow jury members, in defiance of laws in place since January that ban smoking in public enclosed spaces. He only took a couple of drags...
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
US actor and director Sean Penn lit up and led a minor revolt at the Cannes film festival against France’s draconian new anti-smoking laws. Penn, the head of the jury that will pick the best films, pulled out a cigarette and puffed on it at a press conference with fellow jury members, in defiance of laws in place since January that ban smoking in public enclosed spaces. He only took a couple of drags...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Sean Penn may be president of the Cannes Film Festival jury - but don't expect any buttoned-up presidential behavior from the Hollywood rebel.
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Members of the Cannes Film Festival jury broke French law at a press conference at the annual movie spectacle on Wednesday (14May08) - by smoking. Iranian director Marjane Satrapi and French actress Jeanne Balibar lit up as they were being introduced to the media, despite protests about smoking in public. And the 2008 jury president, Sean Penn, [...]
In Case You Didn't Know (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Jurors Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Richid Bouchareb, Natalie Portman, Marjane Satrapi, Jeanne Balibar, Sean Penn, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sergio Castellitto and Alfonso Cuaron at a photocall today...
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Natalie Portman joins other jury members for the Jury Photocall during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Wedesday in Cannes, France. Portman, 26, talked a bit about American politics at the photocall. She was not endorsing anyone but “that for the first time in a while we have to chose between who we like [...]
O B L I Q U I T Y (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The curtain rises on the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2008. This year’s feature film jury members include: Sean Penn, President (American actor, director, screenwriter), Jeanne Balibar (French actress), Alexandra Maria Lara (German actress), Natalie Portman (Israeli-American actress), Marjane Satrapi (Iranian author, director), Rachid Bouchareb (French director), Sergio [...]...
