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Coen brothers' loser is winning over Cannes
CANNES, France — Whatever its commercial fortunes when it opens in the U.S. this December, "Inside Llewyn Davis" already has won the acclaim sought so ardently by the fictional folk singer of its title, the latest charismatic loser in a long,...
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Cannes Film Festival preview: Time to get off the beach
Brigitte Bardot in a bikini on a French Riviera beach in the early 1950s. Quick — name a single photograph in existence that reminds you less of "The Tree of Life," last year's top prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival. The only movie in...
Tags: Entertainment, Clint Eastwood, Midnight in Paris (movie), Arts and Culture, Lincoln Center
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'Le Grand Amour': Cinematic inspiration from a Tati associate ★★ 1/2
The more lasting achievements of French director and star Pierre Etaix arrive this month, as part of the Siskel Film Center's Nov. 4-21 retrospective titled "Pierre Etaix: The Lost Laugh." But the 1969 Etaix film "Le Grand Amour," playing this week...
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History of the movies journey worth taking
In recent weeks the nervous future of the movies, as a business and as an occasional, accidental art form, has been subjected to unusually heavy scrutiny and speculation online and in print. This comes after an Oscar-sanctified movie year in which...Tags: Entertainment, Music Box Theatre, Hugo (movie), Douglas Fairbanks, The Story of Film: An Odyssey (movie)
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'Blancanieves': Grimm tale, rendered silently, beautifully ★★★ 1/2
From Spain, here's a miracle of fairy tale repurposing: a version of the Brothers Grimm's "Snow White," set in Spanish bullfighting country in the late 1920s. Writer-director Pablo Berger's "Blancanieves" goes all the way with its concept, and then...
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3 Oscar-worthy performances
I'm pretty sure we can account for three of the best-male-actor nominees when the Academy Awards lists come out on Jan. 10. I've just seen a trio of excellent performances: Denzel Washington in "Flight," Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" and John Hawkes in...Tags: Sparrow (music group), Awards and Prizes, Moon Bloodgood, Entertainment Events, Netflix Inc.
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Oscar nominations a blast from the past
John Osborne wrote the key post-World War II British drama "Look Back in Anger," later filmed in 1959. By contrast there’s very little anger in all the look-backs among this year’s Academy Award nominations. Oscar's unofficial slogan in...Tags: Max von Sydow, Entertainment Events, Midnight in Paris (movie), Arts and Culture, War Horse (movie)
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'Footnote' mines scholarly intrigue ✭✭✭ 1/2
A terrific deadpan chronicle of father and son Talmudic scholars beset by an escalating bureaucratic screw-up, Joseph Cedar's" Footnote" sets the tone for the battles to come in its opening sequence.
The son, a well-liked backslapper by the name of Uriel...Tags: Entertainment, Drama (genre), Judaism, Comedy (genre), Lior Ashkenazi
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'The Artist' is artful in the way it wins you over -- 3 1/2 stars
Please be silent behind the screen.
Backstage at the 1927 Hollywood premiere of his latest screen triumph, film star George Valentin — played with irresistible zest by Jean Dujardin — waits for the crowd's response. Standing in front of...Tags: Entertainment, Singin' in the Rain (movie), James Cromwell, John Gilbert, Comedy (genre)
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Pretty, manipulative 'War Horse' sort of works -- 2 1/2 stars
On stage in London and New York, "War Horse" has found a wide and emotionally drained audience. How could it be otherwise? The horrors of World War I plus the horrors of war as endured by a horse, capped by a ruthlessly effective happy ending: I don't...Tags: Entertainment, London (England), Entertainment Events, Niels Arestrup, Arts and Culture
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Cannes 2012: Can any film reproduce 'The Artist' magic?
24 FramesCANNES, France -- It was exactly a year ago in this coastal town that much of the film world first heard about a quirky movie from a French director who has a peskily unpronounceable name. On the eve of the world's most prestigious cinema gathering, the... -
'The Artist' to get re-release over Mother's Day weekend
24 FramesBest picture winner "The Artist," the black-and-white love letter to silent cinema, returns to movie theaters this weekend, just in time for Mother's Day...
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