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Spike Lee on the collision of his two passions, the Knicks and cinema, in Cannes • May 21, 2025, 9:01 AM ET (AP)
Summer Movie Guide 2025: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming from May to August • May 20, 2025, 1:10 PM ET (AP)
Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes premiere for 'Highest 2 Lowest' • May 20, 2025, 3:39 AM ET (AP)
What's happened at the Cannes Film Festival so far — and what's still to come • May 19, 2025, 6:03 PM ET (AP)
Wes Anderson talks 'The Phoenician Scheme,' Gene Hackman and his Cannes bus • May 19, 2025, 5:45 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Festival de Cannes
Notable Honorees Steve McQueen • Jules Dassin • Jafar Panahi • Chen Kaige • Atom Egoyan • Sofia Coppola • Susan Hayward • Benicio Del Toro • Paul Thomas Anderson • Mira Nair • Wim Wenders • Pawel Pawlikowski • Im Kwon-Taek • Naomi Kawase • Jim Jarmusch • Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Luc Dardenne

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Aerial view of the "Amant Double" (L'Amant Double) film screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals, May 26, 2017, Cannes, France. (red carpet)
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)
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