Nick's Flick Picks: The 2010 Chicago Film Festival

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" leftmargin="35" rightmargin="35"> <table width=680><tr><td> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=480 valign=center><Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399" Size=+3><b>Chicago Film Festival 2010</b></Font><br> <b><Font Color="#660066">Main Competition Jury:</Font></b> Denis Dercourt, John Russell Taylor, Regina Taylor, Valery Todorovsky, Lucy Virgen</TD> <TD align=right valign=center><img src=chifest10tab.jpg width=200 hspace=2></TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=3> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Golden Hugo:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=howensum.html><b>How I Ended This Summer</b></a>, Russia, dir. Aleksei Popogrebsky</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Special Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399"><i>A Somewhat Gentle Man</i></Font>, Norway, dir. Hans Petter Moland<br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>We Are What We Are</i></Font>, Mexico, dir. Jorge Michel Grau</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actress:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=trust10.html><i>Trust</i></a>, Liana Liberato</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actor:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=scremman.html><i>A Screaming Man</i></a>, Youssouf Djaoro</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Ensemble Performance:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399"><i>Brother & Sister</i></Font>, Argentina, dir. Daniel Burman</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Screenplay:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><a href=scremman.html><i>A Screaming Man</i></a>, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Gold Plaque (Jury Prize):</b></Font></TD><TD width=450>Career prize for director M&#225rta M&#233sz&#225ros (<Font Color="#003399"><i>Last Report on Anna</i></Font>)</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Silver Plaque (Jury Prize):</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399"><i>The Matchmaker</i></Font>, Israel, dir. Avi Nesher</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>DocuFest Competition*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399"><i>Beautiful Darling</i></Font>, USA, dir. James Rasin</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>New Directors Competition*:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450><Font Color="#003399"><i>Faith (Shahada)</i></Font>, Germany, dir. Burhan Qurbani</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Audience Choice Award**:</b></Font></TD><TD width=450>TBA</TD></TR> <TR><TD colspan=2><Font Size=-1>* These two awards are determined by separately constituted juries</Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD colspan=2><Font Size=-1>** Voted by the public, and announced later than the other awards</Font></TD></TR> </TABLE> <hr> <br> <img src=chifest10myjoy.jpg align=right width=200><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1 Color="#660066"><b>Films I Saw at CIFF:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>Leaving aside competition films I saw elsewhere, and usually later</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Ranked in order of preference</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><b>My Golden Hugo</b></Font><br> <a href=myjoy.html><i>My Joy</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Ukraine/Germany, dir. Sergei Loznitsa)</Font> - Like <i>Russian Ark</i> dreamscape restaged as <i>Wages of Fear</i>-style suspenser, in mordant, purgatorial key of Romanian New Wave </Font><br> <br> <a href=certcopy.html><i>Certified Copy</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Italy/Belgium, dir. Abbas Kiarostami)</Font> - Disarmingly lived-in, even warm for a study of romantic skepticism and ambivalence; concepty, yes, but rings with truth </Font><br> <br> <a href=tournee.html><i>On Tour (Tourn&#233e)</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A&#150/B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Mathieu Amalric)</Font> - Lifts Blowzy Troupe and Seedy Manager out of flat cliché. Vibrant, gangly, bristles with visual and sonic life. </Font><br> <br> <a href=howensum.html><i>How I Ended the Summer</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A&#150/B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Russia, dir. Aleksei Popogrebsky)</Font> - Beats even <i>The Return</i> for unusual but thick suspense. Strong actors and images, amazing sound design. </Font><br> <br> <a href=lovlpois.html><i>Love Like Poison</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A&#150/B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Katell Quill&#233v&#233r&#233)</Font> - Subtle, unsettling coming-of-age drama, graced by wholly plausible sense of place. One of Chicago Film Festival's best! </Font><br> <br> <a href=throbber.html><i>The Robber</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Austria/Germany, dir. Benjamin Heisenberg)</Font> - Exquisite suspense, gripping scene structures. May not "say" a lot, but oh, to be in the grip of such formal chops! </Font><br> <br> <a href=tuesxmas.html><i>Tuesday, After Christmas</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Romania, dir. Radu Muntean)</Font> - Rare infidelity drama to afford rounded viewpoints to husband, wife, and mistress. Delectably long takes. </Font><br> <br> <a href=anobisie.html><i>Leap Year</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Mexico, dir. Michael Rowe)</Font> - This year's Cam&#233ra d'or winner elevates lurid premise, vague plot hinge with well-calibrated framing, tone, color (<a href=anobisie.html>full review</a>) </Font><br> <br> <a href=thetree.html><i>The Tree</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Australia/France, dir. Julie Bertuccelli)</Font> - Survives looming, 600-ton metaphor via color, energy of frames, acute observations. Key: resist reading end as "happy." </Font><br> <br> <a href=uboonmee.html><i>Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Thailand, dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)</Font> - Offhand return of dead sister-wife a great moment, anchors swell first half, but film grows desultory, even hollow </Font><br> <br> <a href=sexmagic.html><i>Sex Magic: Manifesting Maya</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dirs. Jonathan Schell & Eric Liebman)</Font> - Second half opens but shuts unsettling subplots; all along, though, a detailed, funny, unpredictable portrait of sex guru (<a href=sexmagic.html>full review</a>) </Font><br> <br> <a href=catpillr.html><i>Caterpillar</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Japan, dir. K&#244ji Wakamatsu)</Font> - Takes huge risk on relentless, blunt repetition. Not always in great taste, dulls over time, but really gripping stuff. </Font><br> <br> <a href=amorimag.html><i>Heartbeats</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Canada, dir. Xavier Dolan)</Font> - Admittedly fine line between playful and hollow pastiche, but I found moods, colors, and sounds more engaging than not </Font><br> <br> <a href=blaksw10.html><i>Black Swan</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Darren Aronofsky)</Font> - Frazzling dread, superbly lensed, good for shabby shocks&#151and yet a thin pillowcase of clich&#233, stuffed with cheap tricks (<a href=blaksw10.html>full review</a>) </Font><br> <br> <a href=scremman.html><i>A Screaming Man</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Chad/France/Belgium, dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)</Font> - A bit blunt and lethargic, especially at outset, but gradually makes case for this approach; end has real impact </Font><br> <br> <a href=rabthole.html><i>Rabbit Hole</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. John Cameron Mitchell)</Font> - Script changes a mixed bag. Gets richer as it goes, largely thanks to smart, well-cast actors. Welcome back, Nicole. </Font><br> <br> <a href=sentfles.html><i>The Sentiment of the Flesh</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Roberto Garzelli)</Font> - "Shocking" last act surprises less than nervy, more abstract middle; solid but well short of <i>In My Skin</i> </Font><br> <br> <a href=convictn.html><i>Conviction</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Tony Goldwyn)</Font> - As single-minded as its heroine, ignoring heaps of context, but sibling bond, acting ensemble achieve humbling power </Font><br> <br> <a href=famytree.html><i>Family Tree</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dirs. Oliver Ducastel & Jacques Martineau)</Font> - Pat ending, dogged motifs (faces looking out windows, to infinity) blunt a well-acted drama among very plausible clan </Font><br> <br> <a href=blkfield.html><i>Black Field</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Greece, dir. Vardis Marinakis)</Font> - Handsome but underfed 17thC drama, like Rescue Dawn between hunky Turkish deserter and, let's say, unusual Greek nun </Font><br> <br> <a href=ifiwhist.html><i>If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Romania, dir. Florin &#350erban)</Font> - Has its moments, but adopts motifs of recent Romanian hits as dour tics. Holds viewers hostage. </Font><br> <br> <a href=housmd10.html><i>The Housemaid</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(South Korea, dir. Im Sang-soo)</Font> - Some pulpy energy and occasional smarts, but woozily over-directed, with nothing new to say. Jeon adds what she can. (<a href=housmd10.html>full review</a>) </Font><br> <br> <a href=next3day.html><i>The Next Three Days</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Paul Haggis)</Font> - Paul Haggis goes Tony Scott. Some sharply staged scenes (a broken key, a gasping passenger) but hobbled script. </Font><br> <br> <a href=manbath.html><i>Man at Bath</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Christophe Honor&#233)</Font> - Some tangible melancholy, but undisguisedly half-conceived. Honoré not gifted enough to sell drafts as ersatz films. </Font><br> <br> <a href=sasha.html><i>Sasha</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Germany, dir. Dennis Todorovi&#263)</Font> - Funny-sad coming-out drama with blankish protag, aloof hunk, Ethnic Family That Isn't Ready; amiable but so overfamiliar (<a href=sasha.html>full review</a>) </Font><br> <br> <a href=amphetam.html><i>Amphetamine</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">D+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Hong Kong, dir. Scud)</Font> - Hmmm. <i>Across the Universe</i> for suicidal Asians? <i>Lovers on the Bridge</i> as gay karaoke-booth video? Unusual, at least.</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Films from the Main Competition:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>Full lineup available <a href="http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/" target="_new">here</a></b> (opens in a new window)</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417610/"><i>Asleep in the Sun</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Argentina, dir. Alejandro Chomski)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1576382/"><i>Brother & Sister</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Argentina, dir. Daniel Berman)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020773/"><i>Certified Copy</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Italy/Belgium, dir. Abbas Kiarostami)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460778/"><i>Drunkboat</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Bob Meyer)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588875/"><i>How I Ended the Summer</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A&#150/B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Russia, dir. Aleksei Popgrebsky)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407852/"><i>The Last Report on Anna</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Hungary, dir. M&#225rta M&#233sz&#225ros)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712068/"><i>Mamas & Papas</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(the Czech Republic, dir. Alice Nellis)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655424/"><i>The Matchmaker</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Israel, dir. Avi Nesher)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646114/"><i>My Joy</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Ukraine/Germany, dir. Sergei Loznitsa)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1653911/"><i>Nannerl, Mozart's Sister</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Ren&#233 Feret)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1599975/"><i>The Princess of Montpensier</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Germany, dir. Bertrand Tavernier)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339161/"><i>The Robber</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Austria/Germany, dir. Benjamin Heisenberg)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1639901/"><i>A Screaming Man</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Chad, dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386683/"><i>A Somewhat Gentle Man</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Norway, dir. Hans Petter Moland)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606761/"><i>Sword of Desperation</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Japan, dir. Hideyuki Hirayama)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529572/"><i>Trust</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. David Schwimmer)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470024/"><i>Tuesday, After Christmas</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Romania, dir. Radu Muntean)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620604/"><i>We Are What We Are</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Mexico, dir. Jorge Michel Grau)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Films from the New Directors Competition:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1507250/"><i>All Good Children</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Ireland/Belgium, dir. Alicia Duffy)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1331297/"><i>Black Field</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Greece, dir. Vardis Marinakis)</Font><br> <a href="http://cineuropa.org/film.aspx?documentID=145706"><i>Erratum</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Poland, dir. Marek Lechki)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584729/"><i>Faith (Shahada)</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Germany, dir. Burhan Qurbani)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307926/"><i>Go for It!</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Carmen Marron)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0920459/"><i>The Happy Housewife</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(The Netherlands, dir. Antoinette Beumer)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600524/"><i>Heartbeats</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Canada, dir. Xavier Dolan)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646985/"><i>Love Like Poison</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">A&#150/B+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Katell Quill&#233v&#233r&#233)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1679646/"><i>Missing Man</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Russia, dir. Anna Fenchenko)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1174042/"><i>The Myth of the American Sleepover</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. David Robert Mitchell)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247683/"><i>Norman</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Jonathan Segal)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.yidio.com/the-sentiment-of-the-flesh--roberto-garzelli---trailer/id/36028861808068896"><i>The Sentiment of the Flesh</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Roberto Garzelli)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1425933/"><i>Skeletons</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Nick Whitfield)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1496005/"><i>The Tree</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Australia, dir. Julie Bertuccelli)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Films from Outrageous (Queer Program):</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1603789/"><i>Amphetamine</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">D+</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Hong Kong, dir. Scud)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960730/"><i>Beautiful Darling</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. James Rasin)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345444/"><i>Family Tree</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dirs. Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600383/"><i>For 80 Days</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Spain, dirs. Jon Gara&#241o & Jos&#233 Maria Goenaga)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600524/"><i>Heartbeats</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">B</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Canada, dir. Xavier Dolan)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405810/"><i>Loose Cannons</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Italy, dir. Ferzan Ozpetek)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701995/"><i>Man at Bath</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Christophe Honor&#233)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1595858/"><i>Postcard to Daddy</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Germany, dir. Michael Stock)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667691/"><i>Sasha</i></a> <Font Color="#ED0000">C</Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Germany, dir. Dennis Todorovi&#263)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>More Films I'm Most Curious to See:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>Full lineup not yet available, but sneak preview <a href="http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/news/display_news.php?article=46th_chicago_international_film_festival_sneak_preview" target="_new">here</a></b> (opens in a new window)</Font><br> <Font Size=-1 Face=Garamond><b>Listed alphabetically    Graded titles reviewed above</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1626811/"><i>Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Craig McCall)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1497874/"><i>Cold Weather</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Aaron Katz)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454910/"><i>Copacabana</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Belgium, dir. Marc Fitoussi)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592209/"><i>The Defiled</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Julian Grant)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707243/"><i>Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Simone Lain&#233)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1509636/"><i>La nostra vita (Our Life)</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Italy, dir. Daniele Luchetti)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1206479/"><i>Of Love and Other Demons</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Costa Rica/Colombia, dir. Hilda Hidalgo)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723115/"><i>The Place in Between</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Burkina Faso, dir. Sarah Bouyain)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530983/"><i>Red Hill</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Australia, dir. Patrick Hughes)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578267/"><i>Revoluci&#243n</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Mexico, dir. Miscellaneous)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1526317/"><i>Southern District</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Bolivia, dir. Juan Carlos Valdivia)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1499937/"><i>Tehroun</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Iran/France, dir. Nader T. Homayoun)</Font><br> <a href="http://tonyandjanina.wordpress.com/"><i>Tony and Janina's American Wedding</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA/Poland, dir. Ruth Leitman)</Font><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268204/"><i>Waste Land</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK/Brazil, dir. Lucy Walker)</Font><br> <br> <hr> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing films</b></Font> are <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423995/"><i>Stone</i></a> (USA, Curran), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/"><i>127 Hours</i></a> (USA/UK, Boyle), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226753/"><i>The Debt</i></a> (USA, Madden), respectively<br> <br> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Special and Gala Presentations</b></Font> include <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/"><i>Black Swan</i></a> (USA, Aronofsky), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244754/"><i>Conviction</i></a> (USA, Goldwyn), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977855/"><i>Fair Game</i></a> (USA, Liman), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266029/"><i>Hereafter</i></a> (USA, Eastwood), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1436034/"><i>Legacy</i></a> (UK/Nigeria, Ikimi), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371155/"><i>Made in Dagenham</i></a> (UK, Cole), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1458175/"><i>The Next Three Days</i></a> (Surprise Film; USA, Haggis), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0935075/"><i>Rabbit Hole</i></a> (USA, Mitchell), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/"><i>Red</i></a> (USA, Schwentke), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578267/"><i>Revoluci&#243n</i></a> (Mexico, Misc.), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486190/"><i>Tamara Drewe</i></a> (UK, Frears), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274300/"><i>The Tempest</i></a> (USA, Taymor) </td></tr></table> <hr> <Font Face=Garamond> <table cellpadding=12><tr> <td>Trackbacks:</b></td> <td><b><a href=chifest10.html target="_top">Permalink</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=chifest.html target="_top">Chicago Page</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movies10.html target="_top">2010</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com" target="_new">Blog</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></b></td> </tr></table> </Font> </center> </body>