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In Venice, Maggie Cheung still playing hard to get (AFP)
September 6, 2010
AFP - Chinese megastar Maggie Cheung, in Venice for the screening of Isaac Julien's art film "Better Life", has shunned the celluloid since becoming the first Asian actress to win in Cannes in 2004.
Scorsese film defends anti-communist informer Kazan (Reuters)
September 6, 2010
Reuters - Martin Scorsese's latest film pays a personal tribute to Elia Kazan, one of Hollywood's and Broadway's most influential directors but also a controversial figure who turned anti-communist informant in the McCarthy era.
'The American' reigns at weekend box office (AFP)
September 6, 2010
AFP - Spy thriller "The American" rocketed to the top of the North American box office to beat out crime action flick "Takers," preliminary figures showed Sunday.
Deneuve tackles sexual equality in rare comedy (Reuters)
September 6, 2010Reuters - French screen legends Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu team up again in "Potiche," a light-hearted drama set in the 1970s that examines the prejudices women faced then and still do today.
Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution (AP)
September 6, 2010
AP - What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?
Maggie Cheung waits to age before return to films (AP)
September 6, 2010AP - Actress Maggie Cheung, in Venice on Saturday to promote a new film, said one reason she has pulled back from acting for now is the industry's focus on youthful beauty.
Venice film sets love story amid Chile's 1973 coup (Reuters)
September 6, 2010Reuters - "Post Mortem", a Chilean film premiering at the Venice festival on Sunday, sets a doomed love story between a morgue worker and a dancer against the backdrop of the 1973 military coup that toppled Salvador Allende.
'Meek's Cutoff' shows women's view of West (AP)
September 6, 2010
AP - Lost wandering in the Oregon desert for five weeks when the journey should have taken two, low on water, food and patience, a young emigrant played by Michelle Williams says of the group's ego-driven guide: "Is he ignorant, or just plain evil? That's my quandary."
'Post Mortem' exposes autopsy of Salvador Allende (AP)
September 6, 2010
AP - "Post Mortem," a film by Chilean director Pablo Larrain, recreates the autopsy of Chilean President Salvador Allende during the 1973 coup.
Venice: Deneuve hits the Lido to promote 'Potiche' (AP)
September 6, 2010
AP - French director Francois Ozon's says he was inspired to go ahead with his latest film, a battle-of-the-sexes comedy, after the presidential election pitting Nicolas Sarkozy against Segolene Royale.
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