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    Tonight (Nuit de Chien)

    2008-09-10T17:11:00Z

    Dir: Werner Schroeter. France/Germany/Portugal. 2008. 121 mins.Pascal Greggory - and the audience - stumble through a violent, decadent war-torn Eurocity in veteran German filmmaker Werner Schroeter's Tonight, trying to salvage some sort of meaning from the mess. Though it flares up occasionally with noirish atmosphere and post-apocalpytic ennui, Schroeter's first ...

  • Veteran German filmmaker Werner Schroeter dies at 65
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    Veteran German filmmaker Werner Schroeter dies at 65

    2010-04-14T15:03:00Z

    The Golden Bear winning director had been battling cancer

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    Venice Film Festival reviews

    2008-09-01T06:43:00Z

    Click to see full reviewCompetitionAchilles And The Tortoise (Takeshi Kitano)L'Autre (Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic)Birdwatchers(Marco Bechis)The Burning Plain (Guillermo Arriaga) Giovanni's Father (Pupi Avati)The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)Il Seme Della Discordia (Pappi Corsicato) Inju, The Beast In The Shadow (Barbet Scroeder)Inland (Tariq Teguia)Jerichow (Christian Petzold)A Perfect Day (Ferzan Ozpetek)Milk (Semih ...

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    Venice Film Festival: Italian squad takes on rest of world

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The Italian flag will fly high over the Lido this year. Following a strong showing at Cannes, four local titles will screen in competition at the 65th Venice film festival, with the Italian industry out in force with 20 films.Artistic director Marco Mueller reportedly had to make an official request ...

  • Aronofsky's The Wrestler takes Golden Lion in Venice
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    Aronofsky's The Wrestler takes Golden Lion in Venice

    2008-09-06T20:56:00Z

    The Venice Film Festival wrapped on Saturday with a Golden Lion award to Darren Aronofsy’s The Wrestler, a film that provided a one-two punch finale for an edition that some considered lacklustre in respect to previous years. (Click here to see Screen review)At the awards ceremony, ...

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    Venice competition includes Aronofsky, Arriaga, Kitano, Ozpetek

    2008-07-29T09:58:00Z

    The 65th Venice Film Festival has unveiled its programme this morning.CompetitionThe Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky (US)The Burning Plain, dir. Guillermo Arriaga (US)Il papa di Giovanna, dir. Pupi Avati (Italy)BirdWatchers, dir. Marco Bechis (Italy)L'Autre, dirs. Patrick Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic (France)The Hurt Locker, dir. Kathryn Bigelow (US)Il seme della discordia, ...

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    Venice 2008: Buzz films

    2008-08-27T06:58:00Z

    BUZZ VENICE FILMSCOMPETITIONAchilles And The Tortoise (Akires To Kame) (Jap)Dir: Takeshi KitanoThe story: Follows a failed painter and the long-suffering family that supports him.The cast: Kitano takes the lead, alongside Kanako Higuchi and popular actress Kumiko Aso, whose credits include Dororo.The buzz: A well-established figure on the Lido, Kitano returns ...