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    All Around Us (Gururi No Koto)

    2009-02-09T11:08:00Z

    Dir/scr: Ryosuke Hashiguchi. Japan. 2009. 140mins.

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    Breathless wins big at Deauville Asian festival

    2009-03-16T13:11:00Z

    South Korea's Breathless was the big winner at the 11th Deauville Festival of Asian Film which wrapped on Sunday evening. Yang Ik-June's film, a feature directorial debut in which he also stars, is a brutal look into domestic violence in South Korea. The film also took the International Critics Prize.In ...

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    Berlin reviews roundup

    2009-02-05T11:11:00Z

    In CompetitionAbout Elly (Asghar Farhadi)Cheri (Stephen Frears)Deutschland 09 (various)The Dust Of Time (Theo Angelopoulous)Eden Is West (Costa-Gavras)Everyone Else (Alle Anderen) (Maren Ade)Forever Enthralled (Mei Lanfang)Germany 09 (Deutschland 09) (Various directors)Happy Tears (Mitchell Lichtenstein)In The Electric Mist (Bertrand Tavernier)Katalin Varga (Peter Strickland)Little Soldier (Annette K Olesen)London River (Rachid Bouchareb)Mammoth (Lukas Moodysson)The ...

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    Roar power: Competition preview

    2009-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Some of the titans of European film-making are presenting films in competition at the Berlinale this year. The UK's Sally Potter, Stephen Frears and Richard Loncraine, France's Bertrand Tavernier, and from Poland, Andrzej Wajda.They are joined by the latest title from China's Chen Kaige, as well as films from some ...

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    Toronto: The Buzz Films

    2008-08-29T07:19:00Z

    THE BUZZ FILMSGALA PRESENTATIONSDean Spanley (UK-NZ)Dir: Toa FraserThe story: Based on Lord Dunsany's novel My Talks With Dean Spanley, this charts the relationship between a stiff Englishman and his son.The cast: Peter O'Toole plays opposite Jeremy Northam as his son and Sam Neill as an eccentric dean.The buzz: A co-production ...

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    Buzz Films - Toronto 2008: the lowdown

    2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

    GALA PRESENTATIONSDean Spanley (UK-NZ)Dir: Toa FraserThe story: Based on Lord Dunsany's novel My Talks With Dean Spanley, this charts the relationship between a stiff Englishman and his son.The cast: Peter O'Toole plays opposite Jeremy Northam as his son and Sam Neill as an eccentric dean.The buzz: A co-production between New ...