Articles by Erene Stergiopoulos

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  El Greco

  Jannis Smaragdis

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2008

  "Can the darkness condemn the light?” asks the poster for Iannis Smaragdis’s newest film El Greco, which tells the story of Cretan-born pai...

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  PA-RA-DA

  Marco Pontecordo

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2008

  Marco Pontecordo’s PA-RA-DA is the story of a French-Algerian man who decides to quit his middle-class Parisian surroundings for the abando...

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  Snow

  Aida Bejic

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2008

  If you’re looking for sweet and simple, Snow is not for you. Set in Bosnia two years after the war and ethnic cleansing that shook the regi...

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  Three Wise Men

  Mika Kaurismäki

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2008

  Ever wondered what would happen if you put three Finnish guys in a karaoke bar on Christmas Eve? Well, look no further, because Mika Kauris...

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  Country Wedding

  Valdís Óskarsdóttir

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2008

  Imagine a really long episode of Seinfeld fused with Little Miss Sunshine, where the characters speak in Icelandic and they’re all crammed...

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  Made of Honor

  Paul Weiland

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2008

  Those who remember the 1997 hit My Best Friend’s Wedding will be familiar with the premise of director Paul Weiland’s 2008 romantic comedy,...

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  The Forgotten Woman

  Dilip Mehta

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2008

  A newcomer to the director’s chair, Dilip Mehta makes his debut with The Forgotten Woman, a film that continues in the same vein as his sis...

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  Cloud 9

  Andreas Dresen

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2008

  German filmmaker Andreas Dresen is no stranger to the inner workings of human nature, and he proves it in his latest feature, Cloud 9. The...