As some of you who have followed my work over the years may have noticed, not only am I not at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, but this…
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There's a perception out there that critics in general, and film critics in particular, are a herd of snooty, pinkie-in-the-air, latte and/or martini swilling elitists who enjoy nothing better than…
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Break it down: PALME D'OR: Entre Les Murs (The Class), directed by Laurent Cantet As Dave Kehr points out, the first French film to take Cannes top prize in 21…
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...because, in a switcheroo familiar to many Cannes veterans (didn't this happen with Rosetta, too?), the Palme D'or went to the last film in the Competition, Laurent Cantet's fact-based The…
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Jeff Wells is reporting on some "scuttlebutt" that Steven Soderbergh's controversial (yet terrific!) Che "may—I say 'may'—be in a favoring position to win the Palme D'Or." Way to hedge your…
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By day, Le Petit Majestic is about as unprepossessing as a corner bistro can get: By night, it's a spilling-into-the-street madhouse! The below shot was snapped on a slow night!…
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