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Filmmakers take Paris challenge
May 18 2006 2:35PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Assignment: Write a love story, set it in Paris, and shoot a five-minute movie about it. And because love and Paris are irresistible, 19 filmmakers took on the task.
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Chinese director says he'd bow to censors
May 18 2006 1:47PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Chinese director Lou Ye flew to Cannes for the black-tie premiere of his love story set amid the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, but his movie's producers stayed home. Someone had to deal with the censors.
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Success finds French star Audrey Tautou
May 18 2006 1:36PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Audrey Tautou knew she was getting into the biggest film of her career. She did not know she was getting into one of the biggest _ and most debated _ of her generation.
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Rebel director takes on Irish cause
May 18 2006 12:19PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Ken Loach, Britain's cinematic patron saint of the downtrodden, is taking on a piece of history he believes has been played down in his native land _ the country's history of imperialism in Ireland and elsewhere.
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Manila bans, India clears 'Da Vinci Code'
May 18 2006 10:25AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - China's official Catholic Church urged its followers to boycott "The Da Vinci Code" on Thursday, and the City Council in the Philippine capital banned the movie as viewers across Asia got a first glimpse of the film that suggests Jesus married and fathered a child.
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India clears 'Da Vinci Code'
May 18 2006 9:41AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian censor board on Thursday cleared the film "The Da Vinci Code" without any cuts, but limited it to adult viewing following objections from some Catholic groups, a government minister said.
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France gives Sidney Poitier top arts honor
May 18 2006 9:30AM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - France gave Sidney Poitier its highest arts honor Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the culture minister praised the Oscar winner for tearing down barriers for black actors in Hollywood.
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