Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night has taken the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival, trumping favourites such as Boyhood and Locke, as well as Australian features The Rover and Ruin. Marion Cotillard stars in the picture as a woman who has a weekend to convince her colleagues to turn down a bonus and save her from being made redundant. The […]
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Brotherly love – The Kid with a Bike review
July 20, 2012 
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The Kid with a Bike – Starring Thomas Doret and Cecile de France. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Rated M. Originally published July 28, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. The Kid with a Bike is now available on DVD in Australia. It’s easy to watch a movie in which very little ostensibly happens, and to overlook the Earth-shattering revelations and heartbreaking truths hidden under the […]
Continue readingDujardin, Spencer, Malick, and McConaughey now Oscar voters
July 2, 2012 0 Comments
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invites to 176 individuals, granting them voting rights in future Oscar ceremonies. Deadline has the full list of new members, including 2012 winners Jean Dujardin and Octavia Spencer, as well as recent nominees Jonah Hill, Melissa McCarthy, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, and Bérénice Bejo. Industry stalwarts […]
Continue readingFamily feud – Elena review
June 19, 2012 0 Comments
Elena – Starring Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, and Elena Lyadova. Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev. Rated M. Originally published April 9, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Over the past few months we have seen compassion-fests like Buck, The Kid with a Bike, and Le Havre, where the good-hearted were cosmically rewarded for their patience and kindness during difficult times. Now comes Andrei Zvyagintsev‘s Elena, which suggests compassion isn’t all it’s cracked up […]
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March 16, 2012 0 Comments
The Kid with a Bike – Starring Thomas Doret and Cecile de France. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Rated M. Originally published July 28, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s easy to watch a movie in which very little ostensibly happens, and to overlook the Earth-shattering revelations and heartbreaking truths hidden under the surface. The Dardenne brothers’ The Kid with a Bike is one such movie. The […]
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