Cannes: ‘Gentle Monster’ Cheered at Premiere, Catapults Léa Seydoux Into Race for Fest’s Best Actress Prize and Oscar

Cannes: ‘Gentle Monster’ Cheered at Premiere, Catapults Léa Seydoux Into Race for Fest’s Best Actress Prize and Oscar

Gentle Monster, the latest work of Austrian auteur Marie Kreutzer, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival late on Friday night. The dark and disturbing drama, which is playing in competition at the fest, was enthusiastically cheered by the audience inside the Grand Théâtre Lumière, especially when its leading lady, Léa Seydoux, was…

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Cannes: ‘Parallel Tales,’ Iranian Master Asghar Farhadi’s Competition Film, Premieres to Polite Ovation

Cannes: ‘Parallel Tales,’ Iranian Master Asghar Farhadi’s Competition Film, Premieres to Polite Ovation

Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian master whose films have twice won the best international feature Oscar (2011’s A Separation and 2016’s The Salesman) and twice won prizes at the Cannes Film Festival (The Salesman and 2021’s A Hero), premiered his latest work, Parallel Tales, at Cannes’ Grand Théâtre Lumière on Thursday night. The French-language drama, which…

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#’Liz Taylor was a klepto, Mother Teresa a tough old bitch’

#’Liz Taylor was a klepto, Mother Teresa a tough old bitch’

“#’Liz Taylor was a klepto, Mother Teresa a tough old bitch’” David Bailey was never one for decorum. The 82-year-old photographer rose to fame in 1960s London with his bold fashion shoots, boisterous working-class accent and bad-boy attitude. He cursed out editors, caroused with hooligans and bedded seemingly every pretty girl who crossed his path….

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