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Review: 'Simon Killer' Loses That Lovin' Feeling On The Streets Of Paris
- By William Goss
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- April 5, 2013 9:02 AM
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Simon (Brady Corbet) is lost. After being dumped by his high school sweetheart after a relationship that ran the length of their college years, the newly graduated, newly single American flees to Paris to get away from it all and find himself. Of course, the problem with undertaking such a journey of self-discovery is assuming that one will like what they find…
Sundance: Director Antonio Campos & Stars Of 'Simon Killer' Talk Sociopaths, Sex & Soundtrack To The Film
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- January 26, 2012 2:56 PM
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This time last year, "Martha Marcy May Marlene" was the toast of Sundance, an impossibly tense drama that, even by the end of 2011, still stood tall as one of the year's best films. Last January, "Afterschool" helmer Antonio Campos was in Park City in his capacity as a producer (he's one third of Borderline Films along with 'Martha Marcy' director Sean Durkin and Josh Mond), but twelve months later, he's back as director, with another intense character study, "Simon Killer."
Sundance Review: 'Simon Killer' Loses That Lovin' Feeling On The Streets Of Paris
- By William Goss
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- January 23, 2012 7:32 AM
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Simon (Brady Corbet) is lost. After being dumped by his high school sweetheart after a relationship that ran the length of their college years, the newly graduated, newly single American flees to Paris to get away from it all and find himself. Of course, the problem with undertaking such a journey of self-discovery is assuming that one will like what they find…
Antonio Campos Readies Projects 'Simon Killer' With Brady Corbet And 'Momma'
- By Christopher Bell
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- January 1, 2011 6:05 AM
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After being relatively quiet following the icy Haneke-inspired "Afterschool," New York director Antonio Campos returns with not one, but two directing projects.
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