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Film can be and invaluable tool to capture the mood of a country and an entire culture. It’s no surprise then that Greek cinema has been informed by the deep crisis that has hit Greece in the last years.

Angelina Jolie bewitched audiences around the world in this weekend’s number one hit Maleficent. The live action Sleeping Beauty re-imagining, from Avatar’s Academy Award winning art-director Robert Stromberg in his directorial debut, took home $171.

The HFPA Attends the Seattle Film Festival A delegation of the HFPA joined the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) at the celebration of its 40th anniversary. SIFF is one of the top film festivals in North America.

Now truly is the time for X-Men: Days of Future Past. After the solid performance of Rio 2 and the entirely unanticipated success of Son of God, Fox Studios can lay claim to their first true megahit of 2014 with its latest X-Men release.

The Jury, lead by Jane Campion, had a tough time choosing. After Campion’s remarks about gender inequality at the beginning of the festival and her criticism of the machismo still prevalent in the film business, they awarded the Palme d’Or to one of the last films shown – Winter Sleep.

And The Winners Are.

The Festival Sideshow Cannes wouldn’t be Cannes without masses of starlets and wannabes who have no film and no business here. Or a business that has nothing to do with art or cinema.

CANNES REPORT: The moon went for a million and that was the least of it. At the end of the night the stars had raised an unbelievable 38 million for AIDS research, more than tripling last year’s record.

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The moon went for a million and that was the least of it. At the end of the night the stars had raised an unbelievable 38 million for AIDS research, more than tripling last year’s record.