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A Voice of Dissent on The Class

Dan Brown | Posted 04.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Foreign Film, The Academy Awards, French Cinema, The Class, Palm D'Or, Cannes Film Festival, Laurent Cantet, Marin, Entertainment News
Dan Brown

I am glad that The Class is jump-starting conversations about classrooms. I regret, however, that the actions of people as irresponsible as M. Marin and his colleagues, are the jumping-off points.

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Chicago Set to Rock this Weekend with CIMMFest

Ari Bendersky | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Schubas, The M's, Chicago Cultural Center, The Class, Bucktown, Lech Kowalski, Wilco, Music, Movies, Josh Chicoine, Chicago Movies and Music Festival, Brendan Canty, Camera War, Francois Begaudeau, Music Box Theatre, Je Suis Une Videomachine, Cimmfest Chicago, Ilko Davidov, Ashes of American Flags, East of Paaradise, Chicago News
Ari Bendersky

It's going to be a jam-packed weekend for anyone who loves movies and music. Why? Because as the name states, all the movies somehow center around music.

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Colonialist Education Laid Bare in The Class

Rick Ayers | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: France, Movie Reviews, The Class, Film, Public Education, Mali, Education, Entertainment News
Rick Ayers

Laurent Cantet's The Classis finally a school movie that gets it right. Let me try to unravel some of the magic of this piece.

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Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film Nominees (POLL)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Best Foreign Language Film, Oscars, The Oscars, Oscars 2009, Movies, Foreign Films, Revanche, Waltz With Bashir, Departures, The Baader Meinhoff Complex, The Class, Oscars Best Foreign Film Nominees 2009, Poll, Oscars Foreign Film 2009, Foreign Films 2009, World News

The biggest movie event of the year, The Oscars, is fast approaching, airing on February 22. Now is that time when movie aficionados flock to the the...

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The Class: Inside the Walls of French Education

Karin Badt | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: French Society, Social Mobility, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Sarkozy, Palme D'Or, French Schools, The Class, Cannes Film Festival, French Education System, Nicolas Sarkozy, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

The Class, despite its intentions to show dynamic pedagogy at work, reveals its the opposite: how "learning" in France consists of accumulating "facts."

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