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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Blair saved the Queen

"There’s no need to disturb Freud to say that Queen Elizabeth II is part of my subconscious. In 50 years, she has penetrated the depths of all English people". These were the concise and ironic...  

02/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition

Resnais's distant hearts

Snow falls in Paris, the cold freezes hearts. Some look for a warmer, cosier apartment with their companion, others seek refuge in cafés, waiting to meet their soulmate, or drink in a hotel bar in...  

02/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition

Verhoeven tones down effects, ups questions of morality

Black Book, the new film from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, is the much-anticipated return to his native Netherlands after 20 years in Hollywood, where he was known for his effects-laden...  

02/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition

Daratt: A barren hatred

What is more necessary, in an African country, than bread? Or those who knead it artfully, cook it and sell it every day? But what if behind that generous and somewhat gruff man, who gives away...  

01/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition

Memories from Thailand via Mozart

Apichatpong Weerasethakul came to prominence two years ago at Cannes, when he won the Grand Jury Prize for Tropical Malady. Now the 36 year-old former architect from Bangkok is in Venice, where he...  

31/08/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition

10 French productions and co-productions vie for Golden Lion

With only two days before the opening of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival (August 30-September 9), French cinema is counting its chances of snapping up a Golden Lion, which it has not...  

28/08/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition/France

Venice hopefuls: Resnais, Jacquot and Ferran

One week after Marco Muller’s stay in Paris, rumours are doing the rounds on the French films to be selected for official competition at the 63rd Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9)....  

14/07/2006 | Venice 2006 | Competition/France

Roberta Torre and Enrico Pau in competition

Jimmy della collina (lit. “Jimmy of the Hills”) by Enrico Pau and Dark Sea by Roberta Torre are the two Italian films selected for international competition for the Locarno Film Festival. Dark...  

13/07/2006 | Locarno 2006 | Competition/Italy

Two films vie for Leopard

The 59th Locarno International Film Festival (August 2-12), directed for the first time by Frédéric Maire, will feature 18 German (co-)productions, including two in official competition: Prisoners...  

13/07/2006 | Locarno 2006 | Competition/Germany

Switzerland, Ça rend heureux

The participation of young Belgian director Joachim Lafosse’s Ça rend heureux (lit. "That Makes One Happy") in the official selection of the 59th Locarno International Film Festival has been...  

13/07/2006 | Locarno 2006 | Competition/Belgium

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