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TIFF 2008: Preliminaries, Part 2

Entre Les Murs (Director: Laurent Cantet): Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this film was shot documentary-style in a real French classroom with nonprofessional actors. The teacher (François Bégaudeau) plays himself in a screenplay he … Continue reading

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Water Lilies (Naissance des Pieuvres)

Water Lilies (Naissance des Pieuvres) (2007, Director: Céline Sciamma): I originally wrote about this film way back in August 2007, anticipating its screening at TIFF. For some reason, I wasn’t able to see it then, so when I saw it … Continue reading

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Cinéfranco 2008

I’ve been remiss in not mentioning this sooner, especially since I’m planning to actually review a couple of films from this festival. Cinéfranco is Toronto’s festival of films in the French language. The 11th edition is running from March 28-April … Continue reading

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Army of Shadows (L’Armée des ombres)

Army of Shadows (L’Armée des ombres) (1969, Director: Jean-Pierre Melville): Incredibly, this film was not released in the United States until 2006. As a result, many critics named it among their top films that year, despite it being nearly 40 … Continue reading

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Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (The Voyage of the Red Balloon)

Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien): I have to admit that as much as I’m familiar with Hou Hsiao-hsien’s name, I hadn’t seen any of his previous films (Three Times (2005) and Café Lumiere (2003) being the most … Continue reading

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