2014 Cannes Film Festival Lineup AnnouncedRyan Gosling’s movie to screen, and films from Bennett Miller, Tommy Lee Jones, Jean-Luc Godard, Michel Hazanavicius, and David Cronenberg to compete.
Russell Crowe: Tea-Bagger, No, Press-Basher, Yes.Even though Robin Hood’s no-taxation stance is similar to that of a certain emerging political party, Crowe would like you to know that his Hood is no tea-bagger.
ByLane Brown
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Weinsteins’ Miramax Deal to Be Announced at Cannes?According to Deadline’s Nikki Finke and Mike Fleming, the Weinstein brothers’ Ron Burkle–backed deal to retake the Miramax name and library back from Disney is complete.
Robin Hood to Open CannesRidley Scott’s Russel Crowe–starring ‘Robin Hood’ will have the prestigious-ish honor of serving as opening-night curtain raiser.
Inglourious Basterds: Boring?“He should perhaps go back to making cheerfully inventive outrageous films like ‘Kill Bill.’ Because Kill Adolf hasn’t worked out.â€
ByLane Brown
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Antichrist Coming to a Theater Near YouIFC Films has bravely paid money for the American distribution, and they promise the version screened here will be the same one seen at Cannes on Sunday.
Oprah Now 7 Percent Less OmnipotentPlus: Rooster McConaughey finally gets his own reality show, and Quentin Tarantino announces plans to make the fastest movie ever.
Lost: Locke, This Is Your LifeAs soon as we understood this episode was a Locke backstory, we felt preemptively distressed. After all, the man’s history is all retro humiliations and “Don’t tell me what to do.â€