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09/09/09
While "Love Songs" and "Dans Paris" revealed prolific filmmaker Christophe Honore to be a direct descendant of the French New Wave, he heads straight into Arnaud Desplechin territory with the turbulent family drama "Making Plans for Lena." Set predominantly in a country house, and then a Parisian apartment, where the titular femme (Chiara Mastroianni) dukes it out with parents, siblings, a former spouse and ultimately herself, this rather loose-hinged version of "A Christmas Tale" is only partially held together by Honore's direction, though overall dramatic impact remains diffuse.
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Variety
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09/02/09
Several titles from the IFC Films library will be getting the full bells-and-whistles treatment on Blu-ray and DVD, thanks to a deal between IFC and top-shelf homevid distrib the Criterion Collection.
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Variety
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09/02/09
His bold choices in casting -- exclusively using non-pros -- and production design -- re-creating a jail environment, which hiked the budget to $17 million -- paid off at Cannes with rave reviews and a Jury Grand Prix.
Hengameh Panahi, topper of pic's sales company and co-producer Celluloid Dreams, says "A Prophet" nailed few pre-sales partly because of its subject matter, but truly became a must-see after its Cannes screening.
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Variety
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09/01/09
Several titles from the IFC Films library will be getting the full bells-and-whistles treatment on Blu-ray and DVD thanks to a new deal between IFC and top-shelf homevid distrib the Criterion Collection.
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Variety
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07/15/09
A down-on-his-luck philosophy professor aims for "The High Life," yet winds up turning into a first-rate lowlife, in actor-turned-filmmaker Emmanuel Salinger's uproarious but uneven debut feature.
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Variety
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06/09/09
At the ripe age of 87, and exactly half a century since dropping a cinematic atom bomb with "Hiroshima mon amour," Alain Resnais continues his career-long experiment in filmmaking with the playfully flamboyant melodrama "Wild Grass."
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Variety
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05/19/09
At the ripe age of 87, and exactly half a century since dropping a cinematic atom bomb with "Hiroshima mon amour," Alain Resnais continues his career-long experiment in filmmaking with the playfully flamboyant melodrama "Wild Grass."
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Variety
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05/16/09
French director Olivier Assayas (BOARDING GATE, IRMA VEP) subverts expectations with this empathetic drama about the fading relevance of objects as generations pass from one to the next.
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Rotten Tomatoes
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05/14/09
French director Olivier Assayas (BOARDING GATE, IRMA VEP) subverts expectations with this empathetic drama about the fading relevance of objects as generations pass from one to the next.
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Rotten Tomatoes
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05/13/09
The absence of high-profile English-language films with U.S. stars make this year's Festival de Cannes something less than an acquisitions hotbed for the bigger specialty divisions.
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The Hollywood Reporter