Cannes: Vanessa Redgrave and director James Ivory look back on 'Howard's End'

CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival does more than anoint the triumphs of the present, it also celebrates what’s transcendent in the past.

Which is why a crowd of admirers waited patiently in line a few nights ago, a few with autograph books and posters they hoped would be signed, to both...