Campion’s Prudish “Star” Needs More Sizzle
This might sound horribly simplistic, but Jane Campion’s “Bright Star” desperately needs a sex scene. The movie puts such prominent focus on the romantic attraction shared by two characters—early nineteenth century poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his neighbor, budding fashion designer Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish)—and yet the full culmination of their desire remains solely implied. As a result, “Bright Star” not only takes place in English during the...

CANNES: Jane Campion's "Bright Star" Premiere With Star-Studded Red Carpet (PHOTOS)
(AP Article, Huffington Post slideshow) CANNES, France - Jane Campion figured the best way to get modern audiences to love John Keats was to present the great English poet from the perspective of the woman he adored.

Jane Campion: Female directors need to be tough to make it in 'sexist' Hollywood
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'Bright Star' on path to the U.S.
CANNES -- Jane Campion's Competition title "Bright Star" is shining for Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney's as-yet-unnamed distribution venture after Pathe International made it official that the duo's new shingle has claimed U.S. rights.

Cannes winner Jane Campion: women not tough enough for films
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Jane Campion, Where Have You Been?
In broken English, an international journalist asked filmmaker Jane Campion quite simply this morning, “Why do we have to wait so long for a Jane Campion film?”

Bright Star: Campion at her best
Jane Campion puts herself in line for her second Palme d'Or with this heartfelt and beautifully photographed story of the doomed love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne

'Doctor Parnassus,' New Michel Gondry Doc, & Almodovar's 'Embraces' Top 2009 Cannes Film Festival Line-Up
After months of speculation and heated anticipation, the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, now in its 62 year has unveiled its line-up.As expected, previously predicted titles like Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces," Jane Campion's "Bright Star," Michael Haneke's "White Ribbon," Park Chan Wook's "Thirst," Ken Loach's "Looking For Eric," and Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," were all announced as part of the line-up.Already announced titles, either officially or unofficially...

Cannes: No 'Terminator Salvation'
"Terminator: Salvation,'' rumored for months as the closing-night film at the Cannes Film Festival, wasn't on the otherwise unsurprising list released today in Paris. The fest will instead close on May 23 with "Coco Chanel and Igor Stravisky'' from France. Variety has the competition lineup , which, as totally expected, includes new works by Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Ken Loach, Lars von Trier and Park chan-wook. . As previously announced,...

Jane Campion's 'Bright Star' poetry
Jane Campion has been many things, including the only woman to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and an inspiration, she only recently found out, to Quentin Tarantino, who confided that her success with "The Piano" emboldened him to feel "you could keep your own voice and find an audience." But she never thought she'd end up as a disappointment to the video split operator on her latest film, "Bright Star."

BREAKING: Quentin Tarantino and Ang Lee square off as 2009 Cannes line up is revealed
Some of the most influential directors of the past 20 years including Ang Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Jane Campion and Lars von Trier will have pictures in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes film festival winners: the good, the bad and the queasy
Peter Bradshaw: Michael Haneke deserves his Palme d'Or, Charlotte Gainsbourg is a surprise best actress, and Brillante Mendoza's best director gong for the horrible Kinatay leaves me feeling very uneasy

Cannes Line-Up: Short on Americans
The 62nd Cannes Fest line-up is official (full list on the jump). Typically, the competiton entries are heavy on an international roster of auteurs led by Quentin Tarantino, Lars von Trier, Ang Lee, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Elia Suleiman, Michael Haneke, Park Chan-Wook and Andrea Arnold. Here's Variety: Confirming prognostications, Cannes Official Selection looks relatively light on U.S. fare this year. At a packed press conference in Paris' Grand Hotel, fest program director...

Cannes crowds await jury's pick for best of fest
Cannes crowds await jury's pick for best of fest. Quentin Tarantino, Jane Campion and other past winners of the Cannes Film Festival's highest honor were competing with an international cast of up-and-comers for this year's prize Sunday.

Cannes 2009 lineup
A list of titles for the 62nd Festival de Cannes, announced Thursday : Opening film "Up" Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, U.S. Closing film "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" Jan Kounen, France In Competition "Bright Star" Jane Campion, Australia-U.K.-France "Spring Fever" Lou Ye, China-France "Antichrist" Lars von Trier, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy "Enter the Void" Gaspar Noe, France "Face" Tsai Ming-liang, France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium "Les herbes fo

Jane Campion Presents Another Resilient Heroine
Jane Campion is competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes with "Bright Star," about John Keats's doomed romance with Fanny Brawne.

Cannes 2009 Line-Up
The Cannes Film Festival has announced their line-up for this year. Here is the schedule (via Variety)OPENING NIGHT FILM"Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob PetersonCLOSING NIGHT FILM"Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan KounenFILMS IN COMPETITION"Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion"Spring Fever," China-France, Lou Ye"Antichrist," Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier"Enter the Void," France, Gaspar Noe"Face," France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang"Les Herbes...

Mummy chic: Myleene Klass goes to Cannes... and baby Ava goes too | Mail Online
Presenter Myleene Klass packed up her stuff to head to the world's most famous film festival, but there was one essential she decided she couldn't travel without - her eight month old baby Ava. Pushing a sleek black pushchair, which co-ordinated nicely with her monochrome strapless prom dress, Myleene was in Cannes with a film crew to shoot footage at the annual film festival, and despite her recent claims that she was finding it difficult to combine work and motherhood, a relaxed Myleene...

You know it's coming . . .
Doug Reinhardt and Paris all over Cannes last month TMZ claimed last week that Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt were already back together, after just a day of being broken up (which was more than enough time for Paris to fuck Ronaldo). Paris and Doug haven't been spotted since the claim so who knows what to make of it. If the rumor's true, I think I know why Paris made up with him so quickly: distribution rights. She had to convince Doug to sign over the distribution rights to the...

Is Harvey Weinstein Asking Tarantino To Cut 40 Minutes From Inglourious Basterds?
Forcing a filmmaker to submit to editorial oversight can be a good thing, but when the Big Brother hanging over your Avid is Harvey Weinstein ? Things can get ugly. We knew that Quentin Tarantino was making some cuts and changes to Inglourious Basterds in the wake of the film’s Cannes Premiere, tightening that 2 hour 27 minute cut and even adding a scene or two. But Sharon Waxman at The Wrap claims that The Weinstein Company wants Tarantino to cut a massive 40 minutes. Is this an...

'Antichrist' gets pre-Halloween date
IFC is giving Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" a pre-Halloween release in Los Angeles and New York, with the film to go out Oct. 23. IFC, the biggest buyer at this year's Cannes Film Festival, snapped up the psychological erotic-horror title during the fest. Pic, which has sexually explicit content, stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe. Meta Louise Foldager produced and Peter Aalbaek Jensen and Peter Garde exec produced. The Cannes jury presented Gainsbourg with its actress award. IFC will...

STASI WOMEN: WHAT A TRIO!
June 25, 2009 -- LIKE mother, like daughter, like niece . . . The Stasi girls set both media coasts ablaze Tuesday with double-header wins, The Post's Linda Stasi reports (or kvells). At the same time that Linda's East Coast daughter, Jessica Stasi Rovello , chairman and co- founder of Arka dium Games, was presented with the American Business Award for executive of the year, her West Coast niece, Jackie Stasi , and her team were winning the Silver Lion Award in Cannes for their...

Carrey lights up 'Phillip Morris'
Jim Carrey will star in "I Love You Phillip Morris," a dark comedy that was written and will mark the directing debut of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the writing team behind "Bad Santa." Andrew Lazar and Far Shariat will produce. Carrey will play a conman whose love for a cellmate leads him to make several prison escapes. A financing deal for the less-than-$20 million film is about to close with Luc Besson's Europacorp, which bested several rival bids when the project was shopped in Cannes....

Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt 'To Marry To Dismiss Split Reports'
Angelina and Jolie are reportedly planning to get married in a bid to end further speculation about their relationship. The couple, who met in 2006, have faced repeated split reports over recent months, despite a very public display of unity at the Cannes Film Festival in May. According to the Sunday Mirror, Jolie has now raised the subject of marriage with Pitt after an aide showed her press clippings about their romance. “Brad's face lit up, he was thrilled,” a...

Donatella Versace: Good Genes or Good Docs?
Like her designs, Donatella Versace's human beauty will always be en vogue. Here's the 35-year-old Italian blonde bombshell back in 1990 ( left ) -- and 19 years later, the 54-year-old version at an event in Cannes last month ( right ). How does she do it?