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Things are tense in the Golden Bear-winning noir, ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’

It is hard to trust a cop in a noir. This is still true in the U.K. trailer for Black Coal, Thin Ice. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival last year and is starting to make its way to both U.K. and U.S. distributions. It comes from writer/director Diao Yinan. …

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TJFF 2012: Watching ‘The Prize’ in totality is an unsavory Pyrrhic victory

The Prize Written and directed by Paula Markovitch Mexico, 2011 After winning an essay contest at her school, seven-year old Cecilia (Paula Galinelli Hertzog) is showered with praise. Her teacher has the entire class form a line, and one-by-one, she has everyone give Cecilia a congratulatory kiss on the cheek. That is, except for one. …

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