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Tom Cruise Won’t Address ‘Mission: Impossible’ Future During Surprise Cannes Talk: ‘I’d Rather People’ Just See ‘The Final Reckoning’ and Enjoy

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Prada Foundation Furthers Commitment to Big Screen With Fund to Support Independent Film

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Tarak Ben Ammar to Receive Variety’s International Achievement in Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival

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‘Spring Breakers 2’ Set With New Cast: Bella Thorne, ‘Stranger Things’ Star Grace Van Dien and More (EXCLUSIVE)

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Hollywood Flashback: When Cannes First Fell in Love With Juliette Binoche

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Shailene Woodley to Star in New York-Set Film ‘A Beautiful Journey’ From Anonymous Federation, Gabman (EXCLUSIVE)

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First Look: Milla Jovovich in Action Thriller ’Protector’

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Xumo Founder Launches Fairground, Startup Focused Exclusively on AI-Generated TV Series Starting With Dracula and Robin Hood Shows

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Sony Chief Hiroki Totoki Outlines Entertainment-First Strategy, Addresses Trump Tariff Concerns: ‘We Are Paying Close Attention’

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Jamie Lee Curtis Got Plastic Surgery at 25 After a Cinematographer Refused to Film Her on Set: ‘I Am Not Shooting Her Because Her Eyes Are Baggy’

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‘Sound of Falling’ Director Mascha Schilinski Calls for No Limitations

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Nadia Fall Unveils Bold Inaugural Season at London’s Young Vic

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Childhood Fears Come to Life in First Trailer for ‘Don’t Leave the Kids Alone’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Adam’s Sake’ Review: Tense Belgian Hospital Drama Positions Director Laura Wandel as Dardenne Brothers’ Heir

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Picture From Auschwitz: Why the Holocaust Memorial Is Launching a Virtual Film Location

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Cannes: What Ever Happened to Tariffs?

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Miramax Scores Thai Box Office Smash ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ for English Remake

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Brazil Comes Strong to Cannes to Bank on ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Momentum: ‘A Defining Moment For Brazilian Production’

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Knowledgeable Producers and ‘Unprecedented’ Government Incentives Turn Brazil Into a Burgeoning Co-Production Power

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Kleber Mendonça Filho on Why ‘The Secret Agent’ Is His First ‘Political’ Film, Casting ‘Classic Movie Star’ Wagner Moura

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Shah Rukh Khan Makes Surprise Visit to ‘DDLJ’ Musical Rehearsals Ahead of U.K. Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Enzo’ Review: Robin Campillo Honors the Late Laurent Cantet With a Film That Embodies the Best of Both Directors

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Lionsgate’s ‘Ballerina’ Sets Russia Release as Studios Say Cold War Thaw Is ‘Inevitable’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Fionnuala Halligan Appointed Red Sea Film Festival Director of International Programs

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Cannes Hidden Gem: Koji Fukada’s ‘Love on Trial’ Probes the Dark Heart of Japan’s Idol Industry

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Tom Cruise Hopes Splashy ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Cannes Premiere Helps Restore Franchise to Box Office Glory

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Laura Wandel Digs Into Health Care, ‘Warrior’ Nurses and Pediatric Patients With Dardennes Brothers-Backed ‘Adam’s Sake’

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Miramax to Remake Thai Blockbuster ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’

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Cannes Juror Hong Sangsoo’s ‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Lands Multiple Territory Deals Via Finecut

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Fresh Faces: Sasha Calle Rides ‘Wardriver’ Into the Cannes Market

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Cannes: Fatih Akin’s ‘Amrum’ Sells Wide Ahead of Festival Bow

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‘Ida’ and ‘Corpus Christi’ Stars Unite for ‘The Time That Never Came’ as Dystopian Melodrama Debuts First Look, Locks a Private View as Co-Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

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Jackie Chan Action Thriller ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ Racks Up Global Sales for Golden Network Asia

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‘Sangre del Toro’: Feature Documentary About ‘Modern-Day Minotaur’ Guillermo Del Toro Launching in Cannes With Brilliant Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)

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MPX Launches Sales on Michael Shannon Darts Comedy ‘Bulls’ in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

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Billy Howle to Star in WWII Survival Drama ‘Turret’ Alongside Sawyer Spielberg, Moonrise Launching Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

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Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green and Maria Pedraza Team for Thriller ‘Just Play Dead,’ Highland Film Group Selling in Cannes

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Viola Davis’ Ashé Ventures Boards Maria Farinha Filmes’ Biopic of Trailblazing Black Gymnast Daiane dos Santos (EXCLUSIVE)

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Robin Campillo on Losing Friend Laurent Cantet and Finishing His Coming of Age Drama ‘Enzo’: ‘It Was About Joyfully Continuing What He Started’

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Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa on Cannes Competitor ‘Two Prosecutors’ and Budding Trump-Putin Alliance: Totalitarian Threat ‘Looming on the Horizon’

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Cannes Rising Star: Meet Harris Dickinson’s French ‘Urchin’ Gem, Megan Northam

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Film Factory Nabs 2017 Barcelona Attacks Thriller ‘Operation Cronos’ from Nostromo, Beta, Fernando González Molina (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ukraine’s Film.UA Scores Deals on Slate Led by Live-Action Fantasy Feature ‘Mavka. The True Myth,’ Horror Film ‘The Witch. Revenge’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Buzzy Sentient AI Thriller ‘Hot Spot’ From Agnieszka Smoczynska Finds French Distribution With The Jokers (EXCLUSIVE)

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Thai Musical ‘Dream!’ Lands Distribution Deal as the Thailand Creative Cultural Agency Readies Its Cannes Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Tinsel Town,’ Starring Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson, Closes First Deals, Debuts First-Look Image (EXCLUSIVE)

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Fatih Akin’s ‘Amrum’ Sells to First Territories Ahead of World Premiere in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

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Cannes: Hong Sangsoo’s ‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Closes Key Sales

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Prada Foundation Launches Film Fund Managed by Former Directors’ Fortnight Chief Paolo Moretti (EXCLUSIVE)

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Cannes: Jackie Chan’s ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ Sells Wide

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