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...seemed a little more worried about the runner at first getting the jump,” Walsh said. “Those hurt...
...their abandoned sons. The need for parental closure drove the characters played by Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers (which took the runner-up Grand Prix), Sam Shepard in Wim Wenders' Don't Come Knocking, and William Hurt in James Marsh's The King. A similar theme, of past sins haunting and tainting the present, was the preoccupation of several other biggies: ancient murders in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, boyhood betrayal in Michael Haneke's Hidden, slavery in the American South in Lars Von Trier's Manderlay. The Grand Palais screen was streaked with guilty...
...handicapper in me says that Hidden would be a worthy Palme winner, and Violence an honorable runner-up. These are also the critics' choices. But it's risky for the press to project its preferences onto the Jury. In 1994, most critics we knew were sure the winner would be Red, the imposing climax to Krzysztof Kieslowki's "Three Colors" trilogy. Well, the critics may have seen all three films, but the Jury members hadn't. They and their President, Clint Eastwood, shut out Red and handed the Palme to a film the press savants hadn't even considered: Pulp...
...quick singles moved a runner into scoring position, but Brunnig appeared to relieve the pressure almost as suddenly, going to third on a sacrifice bunt attempt to keep runners at first and second with...
LONO’s founders were presented with the award and their check at a dinner reception at the Bombay Club last Thursday. The runner-up company—”Fete”—was also honored and will receive free consulting services from business professionals...