LFF’22: The Dardenne Brothers on the Life-Affirming Friendship in ‘Tori and Lokita’
The Dardenne Brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc discuss moving beyond the label of “unaccompanied immigrant” in their humanist immigration drama, Tori and Lokita.
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Director Jacques Audiard on the Dilemma in Cinema
Director Jacques Audiard talks with PopMatters about straddling the divide between art and commercial cinema with his comedy/romance, Paris, 13th District.
The Laboring Body in Dardenne’s Brothers’ ‘Two Days, One Night’
Although one might hesitate to call Two Days, One Night a propaganda film for labor, it nonetheless expresses concern for those who labor by exploring under precarious working conditions.
Transcendental Immanence in the Dardenne Brothers’ ‘The Kid with a Bike’
The Dardenne brothers’ intense concentration on objects and gestures reveals a desire to plunge so far into a reality that one can seize the ineffable, as experienced while watching The Kid with a Bike.
Dignity and Physical Drama in the Dardenne Brothers’ Films
The “mystery and meaning” in the Dardenne Brothers’ La Promesse and Rosetta are seen in how they expose routine devaluation of those at society’s margins.
The Dardenne Brothers’ ‘Le Fils’ Makes Art of Austerity
Rich with ideas and emotion though it is, the Dardenne Brothers’ Le Fils is almost perversely austere.