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Berlinale, 2/9.
By David Hudson on 02/09/2009
"[N]ow that I have a better sense of the festival's low-key but adventurous character, I can't help seeing it as a hopeful barometer of the year ahead in movies," writes Stephanie Zacharek in her first roundup for Salon.
Kevin Lee posts ten quick reviews in the Auteurs' Notebook, where Daniel Kasman reviews Margot Benacerraf's 1959 documentary "Araya," "a great pleasure to both see and hear," and "In the Electric Mist," "a curoisity, with a sting lurking somewhere within, but the film twists and turns so much, [Bertrand] Tavernier dodging something, I know not what, that the gun's sight never lines up exactly, and the bullet just can't seem to hit the target."
Peter Knegt has another roundup for indieWIRE.
I missed two Competition entries today, opting for other offerings. As for Oren Moverman's "The Messenger," back during Sundance, I rounded up thoughts from David Carr (New York Times), Mike Goodridge (Screen), Scott Macaulay (Filmmaker) and Michael Ryan (Hammer to Nail).
"Cardboard characters and severe problems of tone fatally flaw the awkward satirical relationship drama 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,'" writes Alissa Simon for Variety. Lee Marshall (Screen) begs to differ: "A grown-up love story that's rambling, quirky and sharp-eyed about mid-life doldrums, Rebecca Miller's cinematic adaptation of her own novel works largely because it doesn't take itself too seriously."
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