Cannes Bans Von Trier for Nazi Zingers

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2011 If he was indeed joking, Lars Von Trier needs to work a bit on his act, not to mention the material The notoriously difficult Danish director shocked the crowd at France's Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday by proclaiming, during a panel about his new film, "Melancholia" (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clint Eastwood to Spike Lee: Shut Your Face

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2008 Clint Eastwood doesn't mince words about his opinion concerning Spike Lee's criticisms of Eastwood films like "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Bird." Lee has repeatedly called Eastwood on the carpet for his racial politics in those movies. Well, Eastwood has offered Lee quite the definitive comeback: "A guy like him should shut his face." Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sharon Stone’s Quake Comment Causes Uproar in China

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2008 Chinese moviegoers aren't going to rush to see any more Sharon Stone flicks (if they ever did), and, as execs at Christian Dior realized, they won't be in a hurry to buy products she promotes after she speculated at Cannes last week about the possibility that the devastating earthquake in China on May 12 represented a form of karmic retribution for the Chinese government's treatment of Tibetans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Che’ Goes to Cannes

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2008 One of the most hotly anticipated contenders at this year's Cannes Film Festival is "Che," Steven Soderbergh's lengthy biopic of iconic Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, featuring Benicio del Toro in the title role. However, whether the excitement surrounding the "Che" screening at the French film fest is any indication that moviegoers will flock to the (currently) 4-hour-plus production remains to be seen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sean Penn Talks Politics at Cannes

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2008 Actor Sean Penn has already made waves at the Cannes Film Festival, where he's leading this year's jury, by weighing in about the presidential race back home -- and by pointedly bucking the local smoking ban. Suffice it to say that Penn won't be joining Oprah on one of her pep rallies for Barack Obama anytime soon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clooney and Damon Are “Obama Guys”

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2007 Sen. Hillary Clinton was gearing up on Thursday for a young Hollywood campaign fund-raiser -- and not a moment too soon. Time magazine reported from the Cannes Film Festival that "Oceans 13" studs George Clooney and Matt Damon are enthusiastic about Barack Obama's  '08 presidential bid. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moore Pays Foe’s Health Bills

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2007 Michael Moore is enjoying major buzz at the Cannes Film Festival for his new film, "Sicko," about the U.S. healthcare system. Meanwhile, one of his staunchest detractors has discovered that the anonymous benefactor who paid off his sick wife's $12,000 yearly medical insurance bill was none other than the documentary filmmaker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lawrence Bender: The Truthdig Interview

Blair Golson / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Bender, the producer of every Quentin Tarantino movie, describes how he produced the Al Gore global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." Check out: Why he thought a guy nicknamed "The Robot" would a compelling documentary subject His take on Gore's inability to capitalize on global warming when he was in office Bender's recognition that climate change barely registers on most voters' minds Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Drudge Falsely Smears Gore

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2006 We usually don't like to point to mud fights, but on something as deadly serious as global warming, we thought it proper to call out conservative Internet kingpin Matt Drudge, who tried to peddle the apparently false story that Gore & Co. were hypocritically environmentally unfriendly at the Cannes Film Festival. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Da Vinci’ Secret Is Out: Most Critics Hate It

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 After all that hand-wringing by Christian leaders about the deleterious influence that the movie would have on the faithful, it turns out that the film is stillborn. Dig deeper