Sight & Sound articles

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  BAFICI 2012 – on the turn?

  Despite accusations of bloat, rivalry from alternative theatre and the exit of its illustrious director, Argentina’s foremost showcase of independent cinema still captures the national mood, says Maria Delgado.

  Maria Delgado
  Monday 18 June 2012

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  Cannes 2012: A history of violence – After Lucia

  Demetrios Matheou on this year’s Un Certain Regard winner, a powerful study of grief and abuse.

  Demetrios Matheou
  Tuesday 29 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Muddy waters run deep

  Geoff Andrew sees Take Shelter director Jeff Nichols close out this year’s Competition with an impressive Southern river adventure that owes a debt to Mark Twain.

  Geoff Andrew
  Saturday 26 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Slow war cinema and Bollysploitation

  Jonathan Romney hails the Tolstoy-esque simplicity of Sergei Loznitsa’s possibly bleak, certainly slow In the Fog – and the meta-Troma invention of Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely.

  Jonathan Romney
  Friday 25 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Still dreaming wild things – Bernard Bertolucci goes underground

  Geoff Andrew sees the veteran master make his long-awaited return with a modest, subterranean two-hander.

  Geoff Andrew
  Wednesday 23 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Cinema-chewing: Leos Carax’s Holy Motors

  Demetrios Matheou wonders at the French former wunderkind’s madly eclectic meta-movie – and, less happily, at a directorial feature debut from actress Sandrine Bonnaire.

  Demetrios Matheou
  Wednesday 23 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Last works and wakes – Alain Resnais in the underworld

  Amy Taubin hopes death succeeds patriarchy as the flavour of this year’s festival.

  Amy Taubin
  Tuesday 22 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Mortal mischief – Raúl Ruiz’s La Noche de Enfrente

  Jonathan Romney on the late Chilean master’s fond farewell to a life of artistic delinquency.

  Jonathan Romney
  Monday 21 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Love by Michael Haneke

  Nick James checks his notes: the festival’s most tender as well as telling film so far comes from the Austrian disciplinarian.

  Nick James
  Monday 21 May 2012

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  Cannes 2012: Nuns on the verge of a nervous breakdown – Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills

  Geoff Andrew on the Palme d’Or alumnus’s return to the Competition.

  Geoff Andrew
  Sunday 20 May 2012

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