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Jean Jacques Annaud's Black Gold: A Momentous Step in the Right Direction

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 01.18.2012

E. Nina Rothe

Black Gold is based on the 1957 book South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia by travel enthusiast and sometime race car driver Hans Ruesch, who was born in Naples of Swiss parents.

Movie review: A Prophet

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Some movies provide a light snack - and some provide a banquet, a feast of ideas, sensations and images that pull you into a world you never could (an...

Cannes Favorite: Jacques Audiard's "The Prophet"

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Karin Badt

"Your film has no message," I said to Jacques Audiard after the screening. "It is refreshingly free."