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Cannes 2013: Polanski’s Venus in Fur and Katrin Gebbe’s Tore Tanzt

Venus in FurVenus in Fur

My last day in Cannes brought about a number of mixed emotions: relief that the somewhat grueling schedule of waking up for early morning press screenings was coming to an end, disappointment that my time at the festival was over…  Read more

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Cannes 2013: Prizes for Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week Announced

The Selfish GiantThe Selfish Giant

As Cannes is coming to a close, the accolades are being handed out. We still have to wait for the Competition award ceremony,which will be on Sunday, but the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week have already both bestowed honors on…  Read more

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Cannes 2013: Gray’s The Immigrant and Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty

The ImmigrantThe Immigrant

James Gray’s The Immigrant is Classic Hollywood melodrama, done incredibly well, a film that powerfully portrays the emotional journey of a Polish immigrant, Ewa (Marion Cotillard), and her pimp, Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix). It offers a powerful historical account of the…  Read more

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Cannes 2013: Payne’s Nebraska and Puenzo’s Wakolda

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Alexander Payne’s Nebraska is an impressive achievement, a fresh and innovative take on that most familiar of genres, the road movie, one that takes conventions about the American heartland and turns them on their head. It’s also a story about…  Read more

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