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  'Persepolis' Directors Charm Once Again With Whimsical, Wonderful 'Chicken With Plums' [Tribeca Review]

  By Angie Han April 24th, 2012

  In 2007, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi made a splash with their acclaimed feature debut Persepolis, an adaptation of Satrapi's autobiographical comic. For their new follow-up Chicken With Plums, the pair have drawn upon another of Satrapi's tomes, this one the true-ish tale of Satrapi's renowned musician uncle. Superficially, the two projects seem like opposites. Where Persepolis was animated in…

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  Casting Notes: Two Films For Daniel Brühl; Hardy, Craig, McGregor And Bloom Reportedly Vying For 'The Sweeney'

  By Russ Fischer July 8th, 2010

  In the wake of Inglourious Basterds, Daniel Brühl hasn't been nearly as speedy in booking new roles as other breakouts like Christoph Waltz and Michael Fassbender. That might be in part because those two actors overshadowed him slightly, but Brühl's turn as a German sniper hero was certainly impressive, and a linchpin of the film.…

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