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Day 11: Palme Dog
Day 11, May 21It's almost over! The Bangkok tin mine is waiting for me! The Palme d'Or will be announced Sunday night around 8pm (1am in Thailand). The Palme Dog, however, was already announced -- yes,...
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Day 12: The winners
Let's keep it simple here: The 64th Cannes Film Festival winnersPalme d'Or: "The Tree of Life" by Terrence Malick.Grand Prix (secon prize): "The Kid With a Bike" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and...
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In Venice, Madonna and her movie
Venice, September 1 The sun, as expected, is fierce. The movies, so far, have been lukewarm. The 68th Venice International Film Festival opened on Aug 31 with George Clooney's The Ides of March, in...
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In Venice, Jung, Freud, and Glory of Prostitutes
Venice, Sept 2A wounded physician is the best physician, said Carl Jung. And thus a madwoman makes a perfect psychiatrist -- someone who's gone over the threshold and come back, clutching the precious...
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In Venice, Mr. Neaw and Mr. Fassbender
Venice, Sept 4Briefly here. Yesterday Rirkrit Tiravanija, emiment visual artist and maestro of live museum curry-cooking, premiered 'Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours' in the Orrizonti section. The...
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Youth angst in Venice
Sept 8 Venice hosts the world’s oldest movie festival, but what has throbbed and bubbled in the past few days is young angst. It’s a grim world for youths, from the Greek meltdown in ‘Alps’ to the...
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"Faust" won Golden Lion in Venice
It rang like a false alarm: despite pre-screening expectations, hardly could you detect Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus" in the new re-reading of "Faust". I raise this particular point since it could've...
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Berlin and the Bolsheviks
Berlin, Feb 10Overthrown kingdoms mark the first two highlights of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, commonly known as the Berlinale. On Feb 9 the festival, taking place amidst the...
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