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Deauville Festival of American Cinema 2015

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Hitchcock/Truffaut and Janis: Little Girl Blue
Altman (Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Ron Mann; Writer: Len Blum; Stars: Robin Williams, Bruce Willis, Julianne Moore, James Caan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Keith Carradine, Elliott Gould, Lily Tomlin, Robert Altman, Philip Baker Hall, Sally Kellerman, Lyle Lovett, Michael Murphy)
A look at the life and work of the US filmmaker.
Hitchcock/Truffaut (Country: France, US; Year: 2015; Director: Kent Jones; Writer: Kent Jones, Serge Toubiana; Stars: Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, François Truffaut)
Filmmakers talk about the influence of Truffaut's book Cinema According To Hitchcock.
Full Review See: Kent Jones in conversation on Hitchcock/Truffaut
Janis: Little Girl Blue (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Amy Berg; Stars: Cat Power)
Documentary following the main stages of Janis Joplin’s life.
Full Review See: Amy Berg in conversation with D.A. Pennebaker about Janis: Little Girl Blue
Steve McQueen: The Man And Le Mans (Country: US, UK; Year: 2015; Director: Gabriel Clarke, John McKenna; Stars: Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Neile Adams, John Sturges, Lee Katzin, Alan Trustman, Jonathan Williams)
The true story of how a cinema legend would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.
Full Review
This Is Orson Welles (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg; Writer: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg; Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Henry Jaglom, Joseph McBride)
A documentary about Orson Welles.
Steve McQueen: The Man And Le Mans Steve McQueen: The Man And Le Mans
Steve McQueen: The Man And Le Mans and The Wolfpack
The Wolfpack (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Crystal Moselle; Stars: Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Narayana Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo)
Story of a band of brothers who grew up in social isolation.
Full Review See: Keeping score: Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrians talk about Last Days In The Desert, Enemy and Wolfpack
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