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Berlin Fest Reviews: From Period Opener 'Farewell My Queen' to Demented Nazis on the Moon

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The Berlin Film Festival got off to a more than respectable start with “Farewell My Queen,” Benoit Jacquot’s smart, elegantly mounted costume drama about the court of Versailles as it’s about to be swept away by the French revolution.

By Matt Mueller
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February 13, 2012 4:14 PM
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San Francisco Francophile Meredith Brody reports on the city’s 2011 French Cinema Now.

French Cinema Now is my favorite of the several fall mini-festivals put on by the San Francisco Film Society, seeing as I’ve always had a soft spot for French movies. And now the Film Society has a delightful venue for its year-round programming: the New People Cinema, a comfortable, state-of-the-art 143-seat room, with excellent sightline and sound, in the chic modern New People building in Japantown. It’s just a block away from the festival home base, the Sundance Kabuki complex.