Jacques Tati

25 Foreign Films Even Subtitle Haters Should See

John Farr | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Yasujiro Ozu, Francois Truffaut, Abbas Kiarostami, Academy Awards, Arthouse, The Lives of Others, Gael Garcia Bernal, Leo Tolstoy, Best Movies by Farr, War and Peace, Akira Kurosawa, Alfonso Cuaron, Marcello Mastroianni, Florian Henckel Con Donnersmarck, Jean Renoir, Wong Kar Wai, Claudia Cardinale, Federico Fellini, Foreign Films, Louis Malle, Pedro Almodovar, Ingmar Bergman, Jacques Tati, Fritz Lang, Subtitles, Zhang Yimou, Satyajit Ray, Ulrich Muhe, Werner Herzog, Anna Magnani, Walter Salles, Best Movies on DVD, Jean Gabin, Best Movies, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Peter Lorre, Klaus Kinski, Entertainment News
John Farr

Reading subtitles is a lot like riding a bicycle. Practice not only makes perfect, soon enough it's second nature so you don't even notice you're doing it. This particularly holds true when you're watching something great.

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Oscars 2011: The Triumph of Porky Pig

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billy Crystal, Kirk Douglas, Academy Awards, Alice in Wonderland Movie, Hugh Jackman, Alice in Wonderland, The Oscars, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, The Illusionist, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Geoffrey Rush, Jacques Tati, Natalie Portman, The Academy Awards, Colin Firth the King's Speech, Award Season, The Social Network, Bob Hope, Black Swan, Tim Burton, Anne Hathaway, Banksy, Steve Martin, Russell Brand, Oprah Winfrey, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3, Helena Bonham Carter Oscars, Javier Bardem, Academy Awards 2011, Aaron Sorkin, Oscars, Helena Bonham Carter, Melissa Leo, Colin Firth, James Franco, Oscars 2011, Abc, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

Hello darlings, and welcome to my annual skewering of the Oscars show.

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France Restores Smoking To National History

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cigarettes, Coco Before Chanel, Tobacco Use, Smoking, CoCo Chanel, Jacques Chirac @Y:World, Tobacco, Audrey Tautou, Tobacco Smoke, Jacques Tati, World News

The French have long been synonymous with tobacco use, with national icons like fashion designer Coco Chanel and filmmaker-comedian Jacques Tati usual...

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Cinematic Enchantment via Lubitsch & Chomet: Cluny Brown Revived at Film Forum, The Illusionist Debuts in NY/LA

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Illusionist, Cluny Brown, Foreign Films, Animated Films, Jennifer Jones, Tcm, Charles Boyer, Classic Movies, Jacques Tati, Sylvain Chomet, Film Forum, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

It's natural to conflate Cluny Brown and The Illusionist : Both arrive just in time to transport us -- during a holiday season fraught with troubling domestic and international affairs -- to days gone by.

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PLAN ForYourArt: December 22-January 5

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julian Hoeber, Holidays, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Moca, Latin America, Vertigo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chris Mburu, Los Angeles, Iannis Xenakis, Bootleg Theater, Janice Gomez, Alfred Hitchcock, Jennifer Arnold, Los Angeles Arts Month, Patti Lee, L.A. County Arts, Jeffrey Soros, Hammer Museum, Arts, Harvard Law School, Jacques Tati, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Learn about how artists from Latin America explored perception and sensation in a guided tour of the exhibition Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space.

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Mediterranean Madness (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karol Beffa, Mid-August Lunch, Valeria De Franciscis, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Panagiotis Mbenekos, Christos Georgiou, Aris Servetalis, Small Crime, Medhi Ben Attia, Gianni Di Gregorio, Claudia Cardinale, Antonis Katsaris, Le Fil, Santorini, Salim Kechiouche, Jacques Tati, Mr. Hulot, Ferragosto, Thirasia, Arts News
George Heymont

With the days getting shorter and the weather getting colder, thoughts turn to warmer climates. With plenty of foreign films set along the Mediterrane...

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Toronto Film Fest Days 1 And 2: Midnight Madness

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan, Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Hilary Swank, Conviction, Tony Goldwyn, Black Swan, Sam Rockwell, Toronto International Film Festival, Movies, Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, Animation, Jacques Tati, Mila Kunis, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

DAY ONE I've just arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival -- which runs through September 19 -- and I'm already falling behind. Travel sna...

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