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CANNES 2012: Hong Sang-soo's IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

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The screenwriting process produces a kind of sandbox cinema in Hong Sang-soo’s "In Another Country," the Korean director’s latest jazz riff on human interconnection. The film’s beach side location may be consistent with earlier films, but its unique characterizations traverse freely outside the logic of conventional storytelling.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 21, 2012 11:48 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Glenn Heath Jr., Hong Sang-soo, In Another Country, Isabelle Huppert, Yu Junsang

Welcome to the Cannes Film Festival 2012!

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Editor's Note: Press Play has two critics covering the Cannes Film Festival this year. Simon Abrams and Glenn Heath Jr. are tag-teaming their way through the most anticipated collection of screenings in the film industry. This is your ticket to Cannes. Enjoy!
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr. & Simon Abrams
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  • May 20, 2012 2:08 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Simon Abrams, Glenn Heath Jr., Sergio Leone, Michael Haneke, Matteo Garrone, Michel Gondry, Jacques Audiard, Yousry Nasrallah, Wes Anderson, Walter Salles, Andrew Dominik, Leos Carax, Kôji Wakamatsu

CANNES 2012: John Hillcoat's LAWLESS

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This is the American outback in all its bloody glory.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 19, 2012 1:58 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Glenn Heath Jr., Lawless, John Hillcoat, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Nick Cave, Tom Hardy

CANNES 2012: Matteo Garrone's REALITY

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The classic fairy tale is an artificial creation in Matteo Garrone’s "Reality," something wedding planners and television producers manipulate to create the best possible pomp and circumstance product for their Pavlovian audiences.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 18, 2012 7:37 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Matteo Garrone, Reality, Glenn Heath Jr., Aniello Arena

CANNES 2012: Jacques Audiard's RUST AND BONE

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Jacques Audiard only knows how to pummel us. The French director of "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" and "A Prophet" wouldn’t know a subtle musical cue or composition if it were staring him in the face.
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 17, 2012 9:37 AM
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More: Glenn Heath Jr., Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone, Marion Cotillard, Mathias Schoenaerts, Cannes Film Festival, The Beat That My Heart Skipped

CANNES 2012: Yousry Nasrallah's AFTER THE BATTLE

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Governments are inherently evil. Commoners are redeemable imbeciles. Academics are clueless do-gooders. These cookie-cutter generalizations about character motivation and social institutions define Yousry Nasrallah’s "After the Battle."
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  • By Glenn Heath Jr.
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  • May 16, 2012 5:39 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, After the Battle, Yousry Nasrallah, Glenn Heath Jr., Meena Chalaby, Bassem Samra

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