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Love, Politics, and Cinema: Jacques Audiard on “Dheepan”
Amir Ganjalvie interviews Jacques Audiard, the director of the foreign film "Dheepan."
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“The Wonders” Accomplishes the Impossible
The good people at The Match Factory are building quite the film catalogue. Even if we were only to look at a small cross-section of recent festival acquisitions, their roster is pretty jaw-dropping with titles such as Andrew Haigh's 45 Years, Miguel Gomes' Ar...
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The Film Festival Blurb Generator
It's film festival season, and you know what that means: lots of coverage of movies you can't see yet because you can't afford to go to Venice, Telluride, or even Toronto. But we have a solution! For the 99% of us who can't attend the festivals and comb through...
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Cannes Review: “Irrational Man”
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. The guarantee that with each new year comes another mediocre Woody Allen film used to be something I would do my best to ignore. Then I continually found myself in situations on airplanes, where having theretofore avoided whate...
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A Cinephile’s Survival Guide to February
As assuredly as Punxsutawney Phil will crawl out of his hole every February 2nd and declare it spring (or six more weeks of winter), the second month of the year also brings upon all of us some of the worst box office weekends on the calendar. Known as a dumpi...
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Charlie’s Country, David Gulpilil and the Realities of Race in Australia
Katina Vangopoulos explores the depiction of contemporary Indigenous Australia, as seen in Rolf de Heer's new film Charlie's Country
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First Trailer for Cannes Jury Prize Winner, Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’
One of the most buzzed about films at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival was Xavier Dolan's Mommy. At only 25 years of age, Xavier Dolan shared one of the fest's most prestigious awards, the Jury Prize, with none other than Jean Luc-Godard. The film will be dispute...
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Warner Bros May Sell Ryan Gosling’s “Lost River” Following Critical Backlash
Following the world premiere a few days ago at Cannes, Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River was met with polarizing reactions. I'll let Sam Adams from Criticwire catch you up on the initial reactions. Now Deadline reports that Warner Bros, who had broug...
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Cannes Days 1 & 2: A Botched Grace Kelly Resurrection, Mike Leigh Mesmerizes, and “Timbuktu”‘s Disastrous Consequences of Faith
Grace of Monaco
There was no shortage of glamour and star power on the Cannes 2014 opening red carpet. Tim Roth and Nicole Kidman, the stars of long-awaited Grace of Monaco, are indeed true professionals. Their perfectly fitted tuxes, blingy gowns and ste...
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Paramount Acquires Denis Villeneuve’s “The Story of Your Life” Starring Amy Adams
Cannes has kicked off with a cannon shot on the acquisition market. After 5 studios battled each other with bids, Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has paid $20 million for the domestic distribution right for The Story of Your Life, to be directed by Pr...
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