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AFP, Published on 14/05/2018
» CANNES: Hepburn and Tracey, Bogart and Bacall, Joel Coen and Frances McDormand: movie magic often has real-life love stories behind it, but star couples at Cannes say you must tread carefully when mixing work and romance.
AFP, Published on 12/04/2018
» PARIS: The Cannes film festival made a dramatic show of support for dissident directors in Iran and Russia Thursday as it unveiled a highly political selection that mixed grit and glamour.
AFP, Published on 08/12/2016
» PARIS - The first wave of virtual reality cinemas, heralding what their creators claim will be an entertainment revolution, rolls out across the world this month.
AFP, Published on 12/09/2016
» PARIS - Acclaimed Chinese film director Jia Zhangke said Monday he had struck a deal with French arthouse producers mk2 to distribute the "best of Asian cinema" worldwide.
AFP, Published on 19/11/2015
» BEIJING - Snow-capped mountains, endless grasslands, smiling monks: Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden's latest vision of his homeland, shot in stark black and white, relegates these to the background.
AFP, Published on 01/10/2015
» BUSAN (SOUTH KOREA) - Stars from Asia and beyond gathered in South Korea's second largest city on Thursday for a Bollywood-flavoured launch of the 20th Busan International Film Festival.
AFP, Published on 18/05/2015
» CANNES (FRANCE) - A powerful lesbian love story starring Cate Blanchett and a groundbreaking Holocaust drama emerged as favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark on Monday.
AFP, Published on 14/05/2015
» CANNES (FRANCE) - One of Japan's most acclaimed directors, Hirokazu Koreeda, launches the competition at Cannes on Thursday with a manga comic adaptation he feared another filmmaker might snatch away.
AFP, Published on 22/01/2015
» BEIJING - The skies of China's notoriously smog-filled cities saw a marginal improvement last year, according to figures released by Greenpeace Thursday, but pollution remained far above national and international standards.
AFP, Published on 08/12/2014
» BEIJING - The premiere of acclaimed Chinese director Jiang Wen's latest film, "Gone with the Bullets" has been abruptly delayed due to last-minute demands by censors, its producer said Monday.