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Ranked: The 21st Century Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or Winners So Far

May 10, 2016 1:14 pm

‘Twas the night before cinephile Christmas… Film critics and fans from around the world, including Team Playlist, are heading to the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival, the world’s most prestigious ce...

Cesar Award Nominations Announced: ‘The Class’ And ‘Christmas Tale’ Up For Best French Film; ‘Mesrine’ & ‘Seraphine’ Score Most Nods

Rodrigo Perez

January 23, 2009 5:44 pm

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The 34 annual Cesar Award Nominations (France's Oscars) have been announced and leading the list of nominees are Jean-Francois Richet's "Mesrine" and Martin Provost's "Seraphine."Both films are up for Best Fren...

‘Gomorrah’ Snubbed By Foreign Oscar Shortlist; ‘The Class,’ & ‘Waltz With Bashir’ Make The Cut

Rodrigo Perez

January 13, 2009 7:57 pm

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It seems like every year the the foreign-language committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences piss us all off with some major snub. Despite winning the Palmed'Or in 2007, Cristian Mungiu's ama...

Free Scripts: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Synecdoche, NY,’ Jenny Lumet’s ‘Rachel Getting Married’ And More From Sony Pictures Classics

Rodrigo Perez

December 16, 2008 1:21 am

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Ah, it's that time of year again. Free script season! When studios want Oscar consideration for their screenplays, they put up all that stuff for free so voters can easily access the materials and vote.So, foll...

The Golden Globes Announce Their Best Foreign Films Nominees List

Rodrigo Perez

December 3, 2008 2:58 pm

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It's a lot of what you'd expect, but that's ok. Foreign Films nominated by the Golden Globes include Cannes-lauded fare like, "The Class" (France), "Waltz With Bashir (Israel)," "Gomorrah," "Il Divo," (both f...

‘The Class’: English-Language Trailer For This Year’s Palme d’Or Winner

Rodrigo Perez

October 30, 2008 1:39 pm

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Laurent Cantet’s “The Class” ("Entre Les Murs") won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and after much wait, the fantastically vibrant social drama finally has itself an Eng...

New York Film Festival: That’s A Wrap

Rodrigo Perez

October 13, 2008 7:32 pm

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We burned the candle at both ends in the home stretch of the 46th Annual New York Film Festival, didn't have a life and didn't get much sleep, but it was worth it. We felt like it was like being at Cannes, we s...

More International NYFF Trailers: “The Class,’ ‘Tony Manero’ & ‘Tokyo Sonata’

Rodrigo Perez

October 9, 2008 5:03 am

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While we were thinking about other New York Film Festival pictures we had seen and images for the films, we had realized we'd never really posted trailers for "The Class," "Tony Manero" or "Tokyo Sonata" three ...

Cut-Off Day Was Yesterday, Rounding Up This Years Best Foreign Language Film Submissions

Nick Plowman

October 2, 2008 2:24 pm

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Wednesday saw the foreign language film selectors taking off their thinking caps and resting on the hope that their official submissions for Best Foreign Language Film appeal to the temperamental Academy of Mot...

The New York Film Festival Starts Today

Rodrigo Perez

September 26, 2008 4:05 pm

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The 46th annual New York Film Festival starts proper today for the public and we've got to say, the line-up is stellar. It might not have gigantic names attached to it, but so what, we've some of the best films...

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