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2 June 2010 6:06 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »

Cannes 2010 Coverage

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Cannes 2010. Favorite Moments: Day 3

Cannes 2010: A Devil without the Details: "Aurora" (Cristi Puiu, Romania)

Cannes 2010. Love-Hate Relationships: "Au petite bonheur" (Marcel L’Herbier, France, 1946)

Cannes 2010. Playful Protest: "Hands Up" (Romain Goupil, France)

Cannes 2010. Favorite Moments: Day 4

Cannes 2010. Today's Quiet City: "I Wish I Knew" (Jia Zhangke, »

11 May 2010 1:49 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »

One of my favorite phrases, the origin of which I can't say I rightly know, is "simple as death." The phrase came to mind quite a few times while watching this entirely extraordinary film in a beautiful DVD release from the ever-crucial U.K. label Second Run. It is the first feature from director Czech director Jan Nemec, who would achieve international fame with his subsequent film The Party and the Guests. Party is an allegory of power and oppression...but there's nothing allegorical about Diamonds of the Night. There's nothing realistic about it either. That is to say, its reality is convincing and brutal and very close—harrowingly close—to the reality of life as we may know it and historical reality and all the rest, but the film is not "realistic." While its premise is as simple as death, its execution and texture is as complicated, and knotty, »

11 May 2010 1:49 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »

One of my favorite phrases, the origin of which I can't say I rightly know, is "simple as death." The phrase came to mind quite a few times while watching this entirely extraordinary film in a beautiful DVD release from the ever-crucial U.K. label Second Run. It is the first feature from director Czech director Jan Nemec, who would achieve international fame with his subsequent film The Party and the Guests. Party is an allegory of power and oppression...but there's nothing allegorical about Diamonds of the Night. There's nothing realistic about it either. That is to say, its reality is convincing and brutal and very close—harrowingly close—to the reality of life as we may know it and historical reality and all the rest, but the film is not "realistic." While its premise is as simple as death, its execution and texture is as complicated, and knotty, »

3 items from 2010