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DVD Review: ‘Lorna’s Silence’ Casts Quietly Hypnotic Spell
CHICAGO– Silence speaks volumes in the cinema of Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Their characters are often young people living on society’s fringes, who keep their thoughts internalized...
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Film Review: ‘The Kid with a Bike’ Marks Another Home Run by the Dardenne...
CHICAGO– The sullen little boy is always on the run. His red shirt and jacket cause him to resemble a crimson blur against the green and gray landscape of his Belgian town. He believes that there must...
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Blu-ray Review: The Dardennes’ ‘La Promesse,’ ‘Rosetta’ Arrive on Criterion
CHICAGO– When a film has gotten viewers so invested in a character’s plight that it prompts them to shout at the screen, it’s clear that they are in the hands of a master filmmaker. Consider the...
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Blu-ray Review: Dardenne Brothers Triumph Again in ‘The Kid with a Bike’
CHICAGO– All this fuss about Ben Affleck not getting nominated by the Academy after directing three decent flicks is even more inane in light of the fact that Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, arguably the...
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