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Fragile, confusing chill of winter

Fragile, confusing chill of winter

Fifty-two-year-old Philippe Claudel taught literature in the French prison system in Nancy while writing dark, award-winning novels before beginning his career as a film Writer/Director in 2008 with I ...
Everything has a price and a limit

Everything has a price and a limit

Don’t tell Writer/Producer/Director David Ayer, or Arnold Schwarzenegger that 67-year-olds are probably not going to be leading an elite team of undercover DEA special agents in the field. John Breach ...
No family is immune to misfortune

No family is immune to misfortune

Last year was a significant one for the 29-year-old Director Anthony Chen. His first feature film, Ilo Ilo, became the only Singaporean film to win the Camera d’Or (an award for new Directors) Award a ...
Elaborate plastic scam

Elaborate plastic scam

Following in the footsteps of films like 21 and Runner, Runner that are based on true stories about student con artists who get in over their heads, Director (A Lonely Place to Die) Julian Gilbey’s Pl ...