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NYFF 2008: "The Class."
Thu, Oct 2 2008 4:44 PM

"The Class," Laurent Cantet's very fine film about an academic year in a life of a teacher and his students at an inner city Parisian middle school, gets its structure and its strength from limitations. The camera doesn't wander outside of the walls of the school; it seldom leaves the classroom, the only meaningful place of intersection between... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, The Class, Laurent Cantet, Reviews, NYFF 2008

The 46th New York Film Festival lines up.
Tue, Aug 12 2008 3:16 PM

And it's Cannes-tastic! As previously announced, Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winning "The Class" is the opening night film, with Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" (a film I couldn't stand) as the starry centerpiece, and Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," post premiere at the Venice Film Festival, closing things... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Laurent Cantet, The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky, Che, Steven Soderbergh, New York Film Festival 08, Changeling, Clint Eastwood

"The Class" opens New York.
Tue, Jul 15 2008 3:11 PM

This year's New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of Laurent Cantet's "The Class" (Entre les murs), or so my inbox tells me. "The Class," the stealth late entry that managed to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, is about a year in an inner city high school, and is one of the few competition films I didn't... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Guy Debord, The Class, Laurent Cantet, NYFF 08, Nagisa Oshima