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What's exciting about seeing new movies at festivals before critics get to them is making up your own mind, especially about films that are fashioned outside the box of what is deemed commercial or accessible to audiences. If you don't go to the first screening, though, you are subject to buzz--often a constantly repeated meme about a film that can be dangerous to hear because it may not predict your own experience of the film at all. A case in point is Cristian Mungiu's "Beyond the Hills" (March 8), which IFC picked up sight unseen before the Cannes Film Festival based on their prior relationship with the Romanian auteur's last feature, the Palme d'Or-winning "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days." The meme? "Too long." But the Cannes jury rewarded the rare and glorious 35 mm "Beyond the Hills" with a shared Best Actress prize for its two non-pro actresses, Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur, »
- Anne Thompson
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