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David Greene talks with Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the movies at this year's Cannes Film Festival in France.

The Dark Knight Rises actor Joseph Gordon Levitt will take on a role like nobody has ever seen before in his upcoming directorial debut Don Jon .

There's one key truth that separates the tank-topped gearheads of the Fast and Furious movies from the rest of us.

There's a school of writing that holds that even the most ordinary lives, deeply and thoughtfully observed, can be rendered into art.

The new Ryan Gosling film booed at Cannes Film Festival. Apparently the film's title, " Only God Forgives ", was taken to heart by the Cannes screening audience.

He doesn't have much choice. A man-versus-nature tale about a lone sailor adrift on the Indian Ocean, J.C. Chandor's movie has no dialogue, just a few lines of voiceover at the start and a couple of heartfelt expletives.

The 35-year-old American has already played poets Allen Ginsberg and Hart Crane .

"That's how he got me to do the film," Scott Thomas said in a beachside interview Wednesday.

At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own garbage to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language feature "Blood Ties." "Every day," the director laughed during an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, where his movie is screening out of competition.

In Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. , Benicio Del Toro - freed at last from the tyranny of playing bit-part heavies in American thrillers and action movies - is James Picard, a Blackfoot Indian who has lost his way in post-World War II America.

Keanu Reeves has revealed he made Man Of Tai Chi because "it was a story he wanted to tell", but admitted directing wasn't easy.

Alex and the entire Pritchett clan heads to Florida after Phil's mom dies on 'Modern Family.' The last day of the broadcast season also brings the last new episodes of two of TV's best comedies, starting with The Middle .

Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich Village, demanded the elusive combination of someone who could both carry a movie and perform the songs central to the film.

The Queer Palm Jury this year at the Cannes Film Festival, organized in 2011 by French journalist Franck Finance-Madureira, is headed by the cult Portuguese director Joao Pedro Rodrigues.

Michael Douglas has spoken of his pride in wife Catherine Zeta Jones, as she returns home after a stint in rehab.

Aishwarya Rai is stylin' at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in an Elie Saab dress on May 19, 2013 Lebanese designers made a fashion statement on the red carpet at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in France over the past week.

Stars of the "Hunger Games" sequel, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Clafin, arrived at the Cannes Film Festival.

Actress Jane Fonda showcased her sleek, ageless physique at the premiere of "Inside Llewyn Davis" at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on May 19.

Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in 2010, and the charismatic survivor he's playing couldn't be happier.

Here's a synopsis: In the 2014 sequel, Peter Parker finds life is busy - between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen , high school graduation can't come quickly enough.