Another Year

CANNES, France (AP) — The Mediterranean sun shone for most of the Cannes Film Festival, but the mood at the world's premier cinema showcase was somber, with this edition's lineup dominated by movies about death and loss.There were fewer household names than usual at the 63rd edition of the festival — which wrapped up Sunday — and reviews of most of the 19 films in competition were lackluster.The top prize, the Palme d'Or, went to a trance-like film about the last days of a man suffering from kidney failure who is tended to by the ghost of his dead wife."Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives," by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, is short on plot but full of dreamy, sumptuous and sometimes surreal images.Jury president Tim Burton said it was the film's unique vision that won over the nine-member jury, which also included Kate Beckinsale and Shekhar Kapur."I felt it was a beautiful, strange dream you don't see very often," Burton said at a news conference Sunday. "It's the t...

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