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Live from Panama City: 2013 Panama IFF
One of the perks of working in film journalism and being both a passionate and shrewd supporter of film festivals for a decade plus, is that sometimes you’ll receive an offer to cover a
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Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Picks 5 to 1 include Challenging Films from Seidl, Franco & Reygadas
#5. Beyond the Hills – Dir. Cristian Mungiu (Romania) Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu returns with this doozy of a film concerning two friends who grew up in an orphanage together. One has become a
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Interview: Michel Franco – After Lucia (Despues de Lucia) | Cannes 2012
With Daniel and Ana (selected for Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes 2009) Mexican helmer Michel Franco peers into an unfathomable true life crime that is an assault on the class system and an unfortunate pair
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Inside Cannes 2012 Day 6: Michel Franco’s After Lucia (Despues de Lucia)
One of the major new discoveries in the Directors’ Fortnight section back in 2009 for Daniel & Ana, Michel Franco’s second visit to the Croisette brought him to the Debussy theatre and an Un
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Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Michel Franco’s After Lucia
After Lucia – Michel Franco Buzz: I was intensely enthusiastic about the skill levels from this Mexican filmmaker way back in 2009 after having been witness to his nightmarish, gut-wrenching directorial debut in Daniel
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"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
