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indiewire.com - 11/11/2008

REVIEW | You Can Go Home Again: Arnaud Desplechin's "A Christmas Tale"

— indiewire.com — by Leo Goldsmith (November 11, 2008) [An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot .] Though it often seems the nadir of schmaltz and sentimentality, the Hollywood Christmas movie has always been a bit bipolar. From " A Christmas Story " to " Gremlins ," " National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation " ... (more) REVIEW | You Can Go Home Again: Arnaud Desplechin's "A ...

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theeveningclass.blogspot.com - 11/8/2008

A CHRISTMAS TALE—The Evening Class Interview With Arnaud Desplechin

— theeveningclass.blogspot.com — Like a bottle of champagne, Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale christened the launch of the San Francisco Film Society's French Cinema Now series early last month. Desplechin flew in from France to take part in the festivities and earlier in the ... (more) A CHRISTMAS TALE—The Evening Class Interview With Arnaud ...

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youtube.com - 11/3/2008

iW: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, "A Christmas Tale" (video)

— youtube.com — iW VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Deneuve and Emmanuelle Devos in a scene from Arnaud Desplechin's upcoming film, "A Christmas Tale" (Un Conte de Noel)... (more) iW: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, "A ...

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A Christmas Tale Trailer
Reel Suave — This trailer really looks awesome. So I just couldn’t help missing this one. It stars Catherine Deneuve, two Suave Favorites Mathieu Amalric and Melvin Paupaud and Emmanuelle Devos. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was released in France on 21 st May 2008. The film tells the story of a family with strained relationships. Here is the trailer. Don’t miss out on this one. Related Headlines Quantum of Solace to Premiere for Charity The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ...

Arnaud Desplechin Talks About Influences And Origins Of "A Christmas Tale"
:: The Playlist :: — French director Arnaud Desplechin's latest film, "Un Conte de Noel" ("A Christmas Tale") on the surface looks to be a formulaic family Holiday drama, but is actually something else entirely. Desplechin talked with the New York Times about the films that influenced this unique work and why he decided to turn the Holiday day genre on its head. In reference to Ingmar Bergman's autobiographical "Fanny and Alexander," which contains one of the most memorable Christmas gatherings in film, Desplechin said, "Its a film I know ...

Desplechin: French Auteur of A Christmas Tale
Thompson On Hollywood — France's Arnaud Desplechin is one of the most exciting directors working today. I went to hear the writer-director speak at the LA County Museum recently before a screening of Kings and Queen, a movie that makes a lot of sense as a ramp-up to his current A Christmas Tale, which played Cannes, Toronto, New York and AFI. IFC is releasing it in NY and ...

2008 in Review: Phil Nugent's Top Ten
The Screengrab — BEFORE I FORGET: Writer-director-star's Jacques Nolot's measured, surprisingly affecting portrait of an aging gay hustler whose friends are dying off (as he himself enters his twenty-fourth year of being HIV-positive) and who lives in fear of losing the very memories that he's become mired in. A dry-eyed yet very moving experience, this French film arrived in theaters here in late summer and attracted about as much attention as most films do when they're not in English and include plenty of footage of men in their fifties and sixties with their clothes off. CHOP SHOP ...

Screengrab Presents: The Top Ten Movies Of 2008
The Screengrab — The Screengrab has spoken...well, at least five of us (Phil Nugent, Andrew Osborne, Scott Von Doviak, Leonard Pierce & Paul Clark, to be prezact) in a cluster of "Best Of" lists posted over the past few days... ...and now, using state-of-the-art bloggage technology, we have calculated the results of all those individual lists to bring you our official collective ranking of THE TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2008! 10. (TIE) HAPPY-GO-LUCKY/SILENT LIGHT/WENDY AND LUCY ...