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Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival.

Maybe it was the toxic convergence of celebrity worship, hyper-materialism, shitty parenting, and Adderall: Starting in late 2008, a gang of spoiled Valley kids walked into the unlocked homes of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge, and others, pilfering over $3 million in designer clothing, jewelry, artwork, and Brian Austin Green's ... (more)

" Kiss of the Damned ", a sexy vampire film playing theatrically this weekend , tries to chomp down on the "Twilight" competition with a lurid adult piece about libidinous bloodsuckers.

On the balance of probabilities, Sofia Coppola 's fifth feature is likely to be one of her most commercial; not only is it based on true events , but the real life tale's rooting in the cult of celebrity will almost certainly ensure that it earns its fair share of fans.

Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now." "I have nice memories of Cannes," Coppola said in an interview Thursday on the roof of the Palais, the festival center.

Besides corralling 273 films from all over the globe, the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival is three and a half weeks long, which means you have almost an entire month to dive into SIFF, get sick of it and ignore it for a while, then dive back in all over again.

Think of Sofia Coppola, and an image comes to mind -- of a globe-trotting hipster whose iconic last name has propelled her to fame; who is best friends with designer Marc Jacobs, has modeled for photographer Mario Testino, guest-edited French Vogue, had her own fashion label and now is married to Thomas Mars of ultracool French rock band Phoenix.

Ginger and Rosa were born with the dawn of the bomb - on August 9, 1945, their mothers side by side in labour in some London hospital just as Hiroshima and Nagasaki were being decimated - and thus born into a dread-draped world that would thereafter seem always about to end.

The Bling Ring trailer was just released, starring Emma Watson as the latest - and, arguably, least likeable - Sofia Coppola heroine.

ZAYTOUN Hebrew title: Le'hishaer be'chaim. Directed by Eran Riklis. Written by Frederick A. Ritzenberg and Nader Rizq.

Wouldn't it be rad to see Sofia Coppola direct a movie that was about anything other than spoiled, bored white people? Yes! But apparently she never will, which is probably okay, considering not very many people make better movies about spoiled, bored white people than Sofia Coppola.

Until recently, Phoenix were the French indie band that was meant to be enjoyed in a very French way, their airy-cool soft rock aimed at Until recently, Phoenix were the French indie band that was meant to be enjoyed in a very French way, their airy-cool soft rock aimed at pastel-jeaned crowds doing a little noncommittal nod-your-head dance, ... (more)

"That's a cute dress - did you get a new dress?" A24 has unveiled a second trailer for Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring , starring Emma Watson as one of the teenage girls who robs Paris Hilton's house and lives the party girl lifestyle.