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Archive | Movies

Palm d’Or: A list of winners (1969 – 1955)

<1970 – 1979 1969 – if… by Lindsay Losey 1967 – Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni 1966 – The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Gemi & A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch 1965 – The Knack …and How to Get It by Richard Lester 1964 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by […]

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Palm d’Or: A list of winners (1979 – 1970)

<1980 – 1989 1979 – Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola & The Tin Drum by Volker Schondorff 1978 – The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi 1977 – Padre Padrone by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani 1976 – Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese 1975 – Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed […]

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Palm d’Or: A list of winners (1989 – 1980)

<1990 – 1999 1989 – Sex, Lies and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh 1988 – Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August 1987 – Under the Sun of Satan by Maurice Pialat 1986 – The Mission by Roland Joffe 1985 – When Father Was Away on Business by Emir Kusturica 1984 – Paris, Texas by Win Wenders […]

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Palm d’Or: A list of winners (2012 – 2000)

  The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was first introduced in 1955. Here’s a look at all the winners over the years: 2012 – Love (Amour) by Michael Haneke 2011 – The […]

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Palm d’Or: A list of winners (1999 – 1990)

< 2012 – 2000 1999 – Rosetta by the Dardenne Brothers 1998 – Eternity and a Day by Theo Angelopoulos 1997 – The Eel by Shohei Imamura & Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami 1996 – Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh 1995 – Underground by Emir Kusturica 1994 – Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino […]

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Marvel Comics in the Movies: The Pathway to The Avengers

So far the biggest blockbuster release this year has to be the new Avengers movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, you don’t know what you’re missing! In honour of the awesomeness that is The Avengers, I decided to compile a list of the movies that led up to the current incarnation (not including Marvel […]

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End of the Road for Sookie Stackhouse: Charlaine Harris Announces the End of the Southern Vampire Mysteris Series

For those of us who prefer our vampires less sparkly, Charlaine Harris has been the ultimate vampire novel writer. Her Southern Vampire Mysteries series (better known as the Sookie Stackhouse novels) has captivated readers worldwide and spawned a TV series that has earned critical aclaim. So it is with sadness that we note that the […]

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The Cannes International Film Festival 2012 Movie Selection

The Cannes International Film Festival previews new films and documentaries of all genres from countries around the world. This year, the festival takes place from May 16 to May 27, 2012. The President of the Jury for this year’s festival is the Italian film director Nanni Moretti. Cannes Film Festival 2012 Selection: Amour (LOVE) directed […]

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Top 10 Movies for the New Existentialist

Who am I and why am I here? In our boundless and sometimes chaotic universe, the unique experiences of the individual is often what is relied upon to make sense of our lives and the significance of being. Exclusives.co.za counts down the top 10 movies for the new Existentialist. 10. Into The Wild, 2007 9. […]

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