Resonances

PARIS, Feb 28, 2013 (AFP) - Award-winning director Steven Spielberg will head up this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, the organisers announced Thursday, just days after he missed out on his third best-director Oscar. Spielberg, 66, one of the most powerful and respected film-makers in...

VIENNA, Feb 25, 2013 (AFP) - Austrian director Michael Haneke finally got his due from Oscars voters Sunday when his "Amour" -- a searing tale of ageing, illness, death and dignity -- took home the award for best foreign film. "Amour" (Love), which won the top Palme d'Or...

LOS ANGELES, Jan 13, 2013 (AFP) - Austrian director Michael Haneke's "Amour" ("Love") won the best foreign language Golden Globe award Sunday, to add to its Cannes Palme D'Or last year. The prize was announced at Hollywood's biggest pre-Oscars awards show appropriately enough by his compatriot,...

LOS ANGELES, Oct 8, 2012 (AFP) - French blockbuster "Les Intouchables" and Austrian Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner "Love" are hot tips for best foreign language Oscar, from a long-list of candidates published Monday.Hong Kong movie master Johnnie To and China's Chen Kaige -- whose...