The lights in the cavernous Lumiere hall subside and, before each film in the official selection, the Cannes festival offers a short subject: a minute-or-two segment from a film by the immortal French ...

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Following Main Slate and Spotlight, the 61st New York Film Festival has unveiled its Revivals lineup, featuring new restorations of classic and overlooked films. Highlights include Manoel de ...

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The bucolic riverside scenes which make up most of the story were shot on location. The director was banking on beautiful summer sunshine, but the weather turned out terrible, with torrents of rain ...