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Scorsese’s eagerly awaited ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ premieres at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," one of the most anticipated premieres of this year's Cannes Film Festival, had the red carpet abuzz on Saturday evening as its star-s...
May 20, 2023
Mexico City airport shuts down operations due to volcanic ash
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport reported early on Saturday that it had closed its operations due to ash from the Popocatepetl volcano, which has been active f...
May 20, 2023
‘Zone of Interest’ star: watching myself as Auschwitz commandant frightening
CANNES (Reuters) - German actor Christian Friedel said on Saturday that watching himself as the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp in Jonathan Glazer's film "The Zone of Interest" frightened him. ...
May 20, 2023
McQueen documentary juxtaposes Amsterdam’s Nazi-occupied past with the present
By Hanna Rantala CANNES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Steve McQueen's new documentary "Occupied City," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week, juxtaposes modern-day shots of Amsterdam against n...
May 20, 2023
No joke: China’s backlash against stand-up stirs fear of comedy clampdown
By Yew Lun Tian and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - One joke by a Chinese comedian about the nation's military has spurred online uproar, a $2 million fine, a police probe, a sweep of cancelle...
May 20, 2023
‘Four Daughters’ mixes documentary, fiction to portray Tunisian mother
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania mixes fiction and documentary to capture the story of Olfa Hamrouni, whose older daughters left to fight for Islamic State in ...
May 19, 2023
Blur’s Alex James on making new album: ‘It’s exciting and emotional’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Recording Blur's first new album in eight years has been "exciting and emotional", bassist Alex James says, as the band prepares for a series of gigs this ...
May 19, 2023
Adidas to start selling Yeezy shoes at the end of May
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Adidas will start selling some of the shoes from its defunct Yeezy partnership with rapper Kanye West at the end of May, the company said on Friday, and plans to donate the procee...
May 19, 2023
Auschwitz drama ‘Zone of Interest’ marks director Glazer’s first Cannes foray
CANNES (Reuters) - British director Jonathan Glazer will compete for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for the first time this year with his Auschwitz drama "The Zone of Interest," whose premiere o...
May 19, 2023
Soggy Cannes premiere for Turkish director Ceylan’s ‘About Dry Grasses’
CANNES (Reuters) - Turkish auteur filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan returned to the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on a particularly rainy Friday with his latest competition entry, "About Dry Grasses." C...
May 19, 2023
