Berlin film festival fails to reel in the critics
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You know it has not been a vintage  Berlin film festival when the leading contender for top prizes  falls somewhere between "average" and "good" in the critics'  ratings
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The Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on Thursday, has been all but overrun with films attacking President Bush or the protracted war in Iraq.
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Music comes to the movies at the Berlin  Film Festival this year, with the Rolling Stones and Madonna  expected on the red carpet and a heavy metal band from Baghdad  banging heads on the big screen.
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Quentin Tarantino is in town to present a retrospective of Italian films, but don't look for masterpieces from the likes of Federico Fellini or Luchino Visconti in the line-up
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At the Berlin International Film Festival, the subjects range from Abu Ghraib to the Rolling Stones.
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BERLIN  - As 10 days of tragic chanteuses, sex workers, cyborgs, concentration camp counterfeiters, early AIDS victims, ancient Greek warriors and Nelson Mandela draw to a close, most of those who attended the 57th Berlin International Film Festival would call the event a solid success. So the jury has its work cut out for it.
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Theatre critics appeared less than impressed by Hollywood star Kevin Spacey&#39;s debut as artistic director of London&#39;s Old Vic Theatre.
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Though KANK gets high profile treatment at the festival, don't expect too many critics to show up at its press and industry screening.
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Reflecting revitalized box offices in  home markets and a newfound confidence to stand up to  Hollywood, European films will command the spotlight at  Germany's Berlinale film festival for the first time in years.
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Festival-goers in Berlin give a rousing reception to the film Hotel Rwanda and its star Don Cheadle.
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Several critics are tipping a  hard-hitting Romanian picture to walk away with the coveted  Palme d&#39;Or at Sunday&#39;s Cannes Film Festival awards although  most say this year&#39;s race is tough to call.
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Looking at the Indian platter at the  58th Berlinale International Film Festival.
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A tragic screen portrait of Edith Piaf  kicks off the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, a fitting  opening to a competition where women, many of them in trouble,  play a central role.
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The Berlin Film Festival opened on  Thursday with a tear-jerking historical epic starring Kristin  Scott Thomas and Joseph Fiennes that drew some boos and sharp  criticism it failed to make a strong statement against racism.
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The Toronto International  Film Festival kicks off Thursday at a time when few, if any,  Oscar contenders have emerged so far.
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Edith Piaf's magical voice has cast its spell over Berlin, where the annual film festival opened on Thursday with a moving portrayal of the tiny singer whose life was tainted by tragedy.
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But the film will not draw in the audiences.