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Money May Not Sleep, But You Can

#10. The Dish and the Spoon - Alison Bagnall (2011 SXSW) An out of step pas de deux, The Dish and The Spoon deftly explores where you go when you reach the end. A cuckolded wife, a mysterious waif and the Delaware seashore offer a story that charms in its rueful sadness. Though you know their relationship won’t last, you can’t help wishing it would.

This year's Palme d'or winner (Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) is a glowing example of exact purpose that the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam serves: supporting national cinemas and filmmakers through various stages of production.

Fact is, while this The Social Network is not the transcendent wonder that it will be called, it is pretty fantastic. Its greatest feat is bringing us something so accessible while also dosing us with those real stories and characterizations. Whatever negatives one can cite, this is absolutely a must-see for literally everyone, and New York Film Festival should be proud to have it as its opener.

I wrote that role for Ben [Mendelsohn], and Ben is an incredibly powerful character in life. He’s very charismatic. He’s powerful and he commands attention. And so this evolved even further with my conversations with him that while other characters in the film may cover themselves in tattoos and muscles, Pope wouldn’t need any of that.