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Review: Ichiro Kataoka, Benshi

Source: The Phoenix, Nov 12 2012, 5:48pm CST

During their 2004 centennial celebration of Yasujiro Ozu, the Harvard Film Archive hosted Midori Sawato, one of a handful of silent-film narrators, or benshi, still active in Japan. It made little differe ...

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Do voice-overs ruin films?

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 24 2013, 9:06am CDT

The most irritating thing about The Great Gatsby (which I mostly enjoyed) was Tobey Maguire's voice-over. "He had the kind of smile that seemed to believe you, and understand you as you wanted to be believed and ...

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Cannes 2013 live blog day 10: The Immigrant, Only Lovers Left Alive

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 24 2013, 4:50am CDT

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off All the news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette on day ten of the Cannes film festival Your IP address will be logged If you need help using the si ...

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Cannes 2013 Review: ‘All Is Lost’ Finds Robert Redford’s Best Performance in Decades

Source: Film School Rejects   |   May 23 2013, 10:31am CDT

J.C. Chandor follows up his sturdy 2011 debut Margin Call with a staggeringly ambitious if niche project that will appeal most to fans of its star – and, in fact, its only actor – Robert Redford. If the actor is better known for his ...

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Cannes 2013: All Is Lost, review

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 23 2013, 4:21am CDT

In All Is Lost, the second film from the young American director JC Chandor, worse and worse things happen at sea. Chandor’s debut feature was Margin Call, a lean and thrilling anatomisation of the collapse of a Wall Str ...

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Peter Cushing: a Life in Film, by David Miller, review

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 23 2013, 1:41am CDT

On May 26 this year, it’ll be the 100th anniversary of Peter Cushing’s birth, and an occasion to celebrate one of the best-loved film stars this country has ever produced. Fondness towards Cushing’s trademark performances – above all in the Hammer and Am ...

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Cannes Film Review: ‘All Is Lost’

Source: Variety  |   May 22 2013, 9:30am CDT

As close to pure existential cinema as American filmmaking is likely to get these days, “All Is Lost” finds writer-director J.C. Chandor decisively avoiding the sophomore slump with a picture that could scarcel ...

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4 days ago

Cannes Film Review: ‘The Lunchbox’

Source: Variety  |   May 19 2013, 12:59pm CDT

A feel-good movie that touches the heart while steering clear of expectation, “The Lunchbox” signals a notable debut from tyro helmer-scripter Ritesh Batra. The ingredients on their own are nearly fail-proof, yet it’s the way ...

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6 days ago

Cannes Review of Like Father Like Son

Source: Irish Times  |   May 17 2013, 4:10pm CDT

The latest film from the director of After Life and I Wish is triumphantly moving. The bookies probably still have Asghar Fahadi’s The Past ahead in the race for the Palme d’Or. But the warm audience response given ...

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