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CANNES 2013: James Gray's THE IMMIGRANT

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Few films have captured the level of complex pragmatism it must take for a desperate person to survive in a completely new place with no support or ideological context. James Gray’s arresting period-piece melodrama "The Immigrant" achieves this feat.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 24, 2013 10:36 PM
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CANNES 2013: Nicholas Winding Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES

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In Nicolas Winding Refn’s "Only God Forgives," to witness God is to experience the devil.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 22, 2013 4:02 PM
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CANNES 2013: Images: Part 2

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After nearly four straight days of rain, sunshine has finally graced the Croissette. It’s glorious. Wardrobes have gotten significantly skimpier and smiles have broadened greatly, and everyone at Cannes seems to be settling in.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 21, 2013 1:44 PM
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CANNES 2013: Joel and Ethan Coen's INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

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Plenty of films exist about struggling young artists trying to be great and failing in the process. But Joel and Ethan Coen’s "Inside Llewyn Davis" is unique in focusing on a great struggling young artist resigned to the idea of his own impending failure.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 19, 2013 3:20 PM
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CANNES 2013: Images, Part 1

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Thick grey clouds paint the coastal horizon, and rain keeps falling. Massive yachts bob up and down in the choppy water while scattering festival attendees take cover under umbrella canopies.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 18, 2013 7:39 PM
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CANNES 2013: Jia Zhang-ke's A TOUCH OF SIN

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Jia Zhang-ke sees modern day China as an expansive minefield of potential narratives, each one ready to trigger its own perspective on the countless institutional and societal issues that ultimately impact identity, gender roles, and economic expansion.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 17, 2013 12:04 PM
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The Technology, the Art, and the Ethics of Watching: Talking With Brian De Palma at Toronto

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"I suffer from the fact that people have so many preconceptions about the kinds of movies I make," Brian De Palma lamented, "that they don't really look at what's on the screen."
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • September 13, 2012 9:46 AM
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VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Brian De Palma's PASSION

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If it weren’t for 2007’s "Redacted," "Passion" would be a neat, coherent follow-up to both "Femme Fatale" and "The Black Dahlia" in Brian De Palma’s filmography, in addition to being a rehashing of many of the director’s themes and trademarks.
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  • By Tommaso Tocci
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  • September 7, 2012 11:58 AM
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The Venice International Film Festival reviews are in. Viva Italia!

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Writer Tommaso Tocci is covering the Venice International Film Festival for Press Play this year and so we have created this landing page which collects all of those links together. Here they are.
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  • By Tommaso Tocci
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  • September 7, 2012 10:36 AM
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VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Robert Redford's THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

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The title of Robert Redford’s "The Company You Keep," adapted from Neil Gordon‘s 2003 novel of the same name, echoes the title and sentiment of Sarah Polley’s excellent documentary "Stories We Tell," also shown here in Venice a few days ago.
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  • By Tommaso Tocci
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  • September 6, 2012 12:09 PM
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