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    The Taste of Money (Do-Nui Mat): Cannes Review

    The Taste of Money (Do-Nui Mat): Cannes Review

    11:28 pm PDT 5/26/2012
    • Deborah Young
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    The Korean film from writer-director Im Sang-soo is a stylized tale of two employees of the filthy rich on the brink of upper class rot. Read More

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    Mud: Cannes Review

    Mud: Cannes Review

    6:26 pm PDT 5/26/2012
    • Todd McCarthy
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    Matthew McConaughey stars in director Jeff Nichols' film about two Mississippi boys who forge a bond with a sympathetic fugitive. Read More

  3. Review
    Maniac: Cannes Review

    Maniac: Cannes Review

    3:00 pm PDT 5/26/2012
    • Megan Lehmann
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    Franck Khalfoun presents a slasher film with a twist by shooting the entire movie from the killer's point of view. Read More

  4. Review
    Thérèse Desqueyroux: Cannes Review

    Thérèse Desqueyroux: Cannes Review

    7:56 pm PDT 5/25/2012
    • Stephen Dalton
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    Audrey Tautou stars in the period adaptation of the French classic helmed by the late Claude Miller. Read More

  5. Sightseers: Cannes Review

    7:25 pm PDT 5/25/2012
    • Neil Young
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    Directed by Ben Wheatley, the pitch-black British comedy tells the story of a nerdish couple who semi-inadvertently embark on a killing spree. Read More

  6. Review
    Gimme the Loot: Cannes Review

    Gimme the Loot: Cannes Review

    12:10 pm PDT 5/25/2012
    • David Rooney
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    A grand jury prize winner at SXSW earlier this year, Adam Leon's debut feature about teenage Bronx graffiti artists gets its international premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Read More

  7. Review
    Miss Lovely: Cannes Review

    Miss Lovely: Cannes Review

    7:59 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Stephen Dalton
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    Ashim Ahluwalia's stylized drama follows two brothers working in the grubby, low-rent, semi-criminal fringes of the Bombay film business. Read More

  8. Review
    Three Worlds: Cannes Review

    Three Worlds: Cannes Review

    6:31 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • David Rooney
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    French director Catherine Corsini, who made 2009's "Leaving," weighs the impact of tragedy on three disparate lives in her new drama. Read More

  9. Review
    Watch Video Cosmopolis: Cannes Review

    Cosmopolis: Cannes Review

    4:59 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Todd McCarthy
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    David Cronenberg's drama stars Robert Pattinson as a billionaire on an odyssey across Manhattan in a limousine. Read More See All Videos

  10. Review
    Cannes Review: In the Fog

    Cannes Review: In the Fog

    12:17 am PDT 5/25/2012
    • Stephen Dalton
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    Heavyweight historical suspense drama eventually delivers. Read More

  11. Review
    The Central Park Five: Cannes Review

    The Central Park Five: Cannes Review

    11:07 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • David Rooney
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    Filmmakers Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns dig deep into the wrongful convictions in the infamous 1989 Central Park Jogger case that scarred New York. Read More

  12. Review
    3: Cannes Review

    3: Cannes Review

    7:46 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Deborah Young
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    Pablo Stoll Ward's film about the usual dysfunctional middle-class family rarely hits the outrageous notes to which it aspires. Read More

  13. Review
    The Dream and the Silence: Cannes Review

    The Dream and the Silence: Cannes Review

    7:27 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Deborah Young
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    Spanish director Jaime Rosales' black and white film explores the loss of a child and its devastating effect on a young mother. Read More

  14. Review
    The Paperboy: Cannes Review

    The Paperboy: Cannes Review

    5:22 am PDT 5/24/2012
    • Todd McCarthy
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    Lee Daniels' Florida-based melodrama, based on Pete Dexter's novel, stars Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Read More

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    On the Road: Cannes Review

    On the Road: Cannes Review

    8:10 am PDT 5/23/2012
    • Todd McCarthy
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    Walter Salles's adaptation of Jack Kerouac's generation-defining novel is vibrantly visualized and features a "perfect" Kristen Stewart. Read More

  16. Review
    Ernest and Celestine: Cannes Review

    Ernest and Celestine: Cannes Review

    1:20 am PDT 5/23/2012
    • Jordan Mintzer
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    Screenwriter Daniel Pennac brings the popular children's book of the same name about two unlikely friends to the big screen. Read More

  17. Review
    Holy Motors: Cannes Review

    Holy Motors: Cannes Review

    6:00 pm PDT 5/22/2012
    • Megan Lehmann
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    French auteur Leos Carax returns with a film that's "exhilarating," "heartbreaking" and "completely bonkers." Read More

  18. Review
    Me and You: Cannes Review

    Me and You: Cannes Review

    11:52 am PDT 5/22/2012
    • David Rooney
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    Bernardo Bertolucci's first film since "The Dreamers" in 2003 takes the veteran director back once again to the turbulence of youth. Read More

  19. Review
    Villegas: Cannes Review

    Villegas: Cannes Review

    9:47 am PDT 5/22/2012
    • Neil Young
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    Argentine writer-director Gonzalo Tobal's first feature is a music-driven road pic. Read More

  20. Review
    Our Children: Cannes Review

    Our Children: Cannes Review

    8:42 am PDT 5/22/2012
    • Jordan Mintzer
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    Family tragedy intermingles with gender politics in a strong showing from Belgian auteur Joachim Lafosse Read More

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