The Cannes Film Festival Blog

Today, the official Cannes Film Festival 2013 poster was revealed. Continuing what has become somewhat of a tradition - using classic movie stills - the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Poster shows Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing in a carefully arranged pose in a shot taken in 1963 on the movie set of "A New Kind of Love". Check out the video introducing the poster below Festival de Cannes 2013 : l'affiche, version... par Telerama_BA The official Cannes Film Festival 2013 program is expected for April 18.

The 2013 Cannes Film Festival will be opened glamorously and in style by Leonardo di Caprio and his latest movie, "The Great Gatsby". This is the second Cannes Film Festival opening film for "Great Gatsby" director Baz Luhrmann after "Moulin Rouge" in 2001. Cannes opening films are generally more "crowd pleasers" than the standard Cannes fair of art house flicks. The author of the book that the movie is based on - Scott Fitzgerald - has a deep relationship with the French Riviera - he pretty much put the region "on the map" with America's 1920's young-and-in crowd (in particular Juan-les-Pins, a few miles away from Cannes). Prepare yourself for this year's Cannes Film Festival opening film and check out the "Great Gatsby" trailer below.

So "one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world" (according to the Internet Movie Database) has been named Jury President of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival - an event not exactly known for its focus on commercial success. We'll let the experts speculate on whether this means "the return of Hollywood glamour" to the Cannes Film Festival, or "sellout of world cinema to US majors". Instead, let's have a look at the top 10 of Spielberg's long list of movies: 10. The Sugarland Express This was not only Spielberg's first theatrical film, but was also in competition at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, and won the Award for Best Screenplay that year. 9. Saving Private Ryan 8. Lincoln This years Spielberg movie that didn't win an Oscar. 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind You can even catch the full movie below 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 5. The Color Purple Another Cannes Film Festival entry of Steven Spielber...