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Arnaud, Chiara, and Mathieu

Following a screening of “A Christmas Tale” at the IFC Center earlier today, Charles Taylor moderated an intercontinental Q&A via video conference.  Unfortunately, technical difficulties created a problem with the sound quality, never a problem before, for IFC iChats with Lars von Trier, Hou Hsiao-hsien, etc.

Thessaloniki Recap- Best of the Fest: “The Hourglass”

In my first dispatch from the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival for indieWIRE, I mentioned a film called, “The Hourglass,” a Serbia-Hungary-Montenegro co-production, directed by Szabolcs Tolnai.  THIS IS A SPECTACULAR FILM! 

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One of the more fanciful scenes in Szabolcs Tolnai’s “The Hourglass”

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Thessaloniki Recap- Dardennes early films

Have you seen the first fiction films by the Dardennes?  No?  I have! 

It’s instructive to note that the brothers didn’t spring fully formed from Zeus’ head like Athena did.  These early films are not of the same quality as “La Promesse” (1996) and everything that followed.

“Falsch” (1986) is a campy spoof, and unrecognizable as theirs.  I found it unwatchable.  A similar short, “The World’s Racing” (1987) is kind of fun, but still, unrecognizable. 

“You’re on My Mind” (1992) follows the downward spiral of a steel worker after he’s been laid off, and the effect on his family.  It is clearly an antecedent to their later work, but a bit amateur.

Thessaloniki Recap- Market food

There’s nothing like eating in one of the tavernas in the Modiano Market, where fresh meat and produce are steps away.  And this is Sesame City.  I packed bite-sized sesame crackers and a jar of black tahini in my luggage.

Market photos:

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Movie Pick: Milk

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Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), the San Francisco city supervisor who met a tragic fate

See the film that people are talking and blogging about, by one of the best American directors, Gus Van Sant.

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