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Best Movie Moments of 2012 (part one)
I don’t’ share the popular opinion that 2012 has been a terrible year in film. It hasn’t been as strong as previous years but 2012 gave us such gems as Holy Motors, The Master, Berberian Sound Studio, Tabu, Skyfall and Moonrise Kingdom, to name a few. As with every year, I thought it appropriate to […] More
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2012′s Great Movie Moments: March
At the end of each month, the Sound On Sight staff will band together to write an article about their favourite scenes in films released. Here are our favourite scenes from the month of February. **** Once Upon A Time In Anatolia – Opening Scene Nuri Bilge Ceylan is without a doubt one of the […] More
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2011 Cannes Winners ‘Polisse’ and ‘The Kid with a Bike’
Do you know where your kids are? This week we take a look at two French-language flicks that offer up kids in peril, albeit in considerably different levels of peril. First up in Polisse, the French policier about a squad of specialized officers whose job is to protect the young and innocent of Paris. We’ll […] More
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‘Polisse’ an astonishing display of writing, direction and acting
Polisse Directed by Maïwenn Written by Maïwenn & Emmanuelle Bercot France, 2011 The daily routine for the officers of the Police Department’s Juvenile Protection Unit in Paris is interrupted with the arrival of a photographer assigned to document the squad. That’s the bare-bones setup for Polisse, a French drama film written, directed by, and starring […] More