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Exclusive: Clip For César Award Nominated Drama 'Augustine'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 13, 2013 11:04 AM
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News

It would appear that "female troubles" are inspiring some intriguing projects at the art house. In the last couple of years we saw the subject taken on both comically ("Hysteria") and dramatically ("A Dangerous Method"), with the lines between health, sexuality and social mores all blurring, along with the doctor/patient relationship in movies that capture a tricky time for women's medicine. And now another movie is coming soon with another unique look at a case where not everything is as it seems.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 17, 2013 10:59 AM
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Making her feature directorial debut "Augustine," Alice Wintour wisely enlisted the talents of Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni, two excellent veterean French actors, to take on supporting roles in the film. But in the lead, she went with a rising newcomer, singer/actress Soko and added to that the challenge of making a period based film. The results? Two César award nominations for her efforts for Best First Film and Best Costume Design. And now, the picture is headed stateside.

By Joe Cunningham
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March 14, 2013 12:28 PM
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Claire Denis’ last two features, “35 Shots of Rum” and “White Material” were both critically adored and ended up on a lot of Best Of lists when they debuted between 2008 and 2009. Her back catalogue is equally impressive, so it’s no wonder then that her follow-up that we’ve been waiting four years for is highly anticipated.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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July 19, 2012 7:13 PM
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When the members of The Playlist like to get our foreign film art house mojo working, there are few filmmakers as consistently rewarding as Claire Denis. As we outlined in our retrospective a couple years back, her body of work is impressive, with a number of distinct, individual films that are unlike anything anyone else is doing. And moreover, she's directed some of our favorite films -- arthouse or otherwise -- of the past few years with 2008's "35 Shots Of Rum" and 2009's "White Material." But she's since gone very quiet, but we're happy that a new film is on the horizon.