Xavier Beauvois

Beauvois and Saintliness, Houellebecq and the Devil; Van Gogh and His Actors

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

The film Des Hommes et des dieux portrays the final days of the French monks of Tibehirine, Algeria, before their assassination by Islamists in 1996. Rarely has a film been so passionately slow, and yet, made the heart beat so very fast.

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Tim Burton Announces Palme d'Or Winner at Cannes: Thai Film Uncle Boonmee

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karin Badt

Uncle Boonmee quietly took Cannes by surprise for its evocative story of a dying man who experiences his past lives, including one as a buffalo in a jungle and another as a catfish.

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