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Festivals: Pordenone Silent Film Festival

By Maggie Hennefeld
November 22, 2012
Everything old is new again at the ambitious annual revival of silent cinema in northern Italy

Trailer: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster

By Andrew Chan
November 19, 2012
Not among the 1.1 billion people on the planet that speak Mandarin or Cantonese? Here's an English translation.

Review: Life of Pi

By Andrew Chan
November 19, 2012
Ang Lee's glitzy foray into 3D proves to be a tiger without any teeth

Festivals: Viennale

By Jonathan Rosenbaum
November 16, 2012
Chris Marker lives!

Review: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

By Meredith Slifkin
November 15, 2012
Alex Gibney's propulsive examination of clerical sexual abuse

Festivals: PIA Film Festival & Tokyo International Film Festival

By Nicholas Vroman
November 14, 2012
Getting deep into the headspace of a panoply of characters at two Japanese festivals this fall

Review: In Another Country

By Nick Schager
November 13, 2012
Hong Sang-Soo's latest offers little innovation but everything his fans love

Review: The Law in These Parts

By Jonathan Robbins
November 13, 2012
Only history can judge? A look inside the Israeli military's legal system

Review: A Royal Affair

By Jonathan Robbins
November 9, 2012
Mads Mikkelsen gets the girl queen and steals the show in this sweeping Danish costume drama

Review: Skyfall

By John Wildman
November 8, 2012
Revenge is a dish best served the 50th time: Bond, and the franchise, return to form