Cannes 2012. Cineuropa's Contenders
David HudsonThe latest from the rumor mills in France.
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Claude Miller, 1942 - 2012
David HudsonMiller won the Jury Prize at Cannes for Class Trp (1998) and the FIPRESCI Prize in Berlin for Of Woman and Magic (2000).
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Daily Viewing. David Cairns's "Pensive Crackle"
David Hudson“It starts quite funny, and slowly turns bleaker and bleaker.”
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Daily Briefing. Nicole Brenez and "Film Criticism Today"
David HudsonAlso: Into the Starship Vortex. And remembering Jamaa Fanaka.
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Whit Stillman in New York
David HudsonAs Damsels in Distress opens, Stillman crisscrosses the City for revivals and Qs&As.
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Tarkovsky @ 80
David HudsonWith the recent passing of screenwriter Tonino Guerra and all the discussion of Geoff Dyer’s Zona, he’s been on our minds lately.
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Daily Viewing. Trailer for Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love"
David HudsonMany are predicting a premiere in Cannes.
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Daily Briefing. La Furia Umana 12
David HudsonThe new issue features a walloping dossier on Jerry Lewis. Also: New books and old docs.
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John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" @ 40
David HudsonThe highly influential series screens in full at BFI Southbank in London.
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Vincente Minnelli @ BFI
David HudsonThe comprehensive retrospective runs through May 31.
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Daily Viewing. Trailer for "7 Days in Havana"
David HudsonOmnibus roll call: Laurent Cantet, Benicio Del Toro, Julio Medem, Gaspar Noé, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabío and Pablo Trapero.
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Daily Viewing. Sorkin + Iannucci on HBO
David HudsonJeff Daniels as a news anchor who snaps and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a vice president who just might at any moment.