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Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” won the coveted Palme d’Or capping the 63rd Festival de Cannes. Mathieu Amalric won Best Director for “Tournée” ...

There is no other filmmaker like Apichatpong Weerasethakul, period. A pioneer of 21st-century slow cinema, his films conjure a twilight zone in which small-scale living coexists comfortably with the ...

Palme d'Or winner "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul has charmed buyers worldwide, with sales agent and "Uncle Boonmee" co-producer The Match ...

The top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or, was presented this year to “The Tree of Life.” Last year, the winner was a Thai ghost story called “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past ...

The acme of no-budget, Buddhist-animist, faux-naïve, avant-pop magic neorealism, Apichatpong Weera-sethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is a movie in which conversing with the ...

The critical acclaim for "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" -- which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year for Apichatpong Weerasethakul (or "Joe," as per the Thai penchant for ...

Palme d'Or winner sold to more than 40 territories By Scott Roxborough, The Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany — Strand Releasing has picked up U.S. rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Palme D’Or ...

What does a water buffalo look like at night? It’s a shadowy presence on the screen, difficult to follow, but viewers do. This opening scene of “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” is typical ...

Starring: Thanapat Saisaymar, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Matthieu Ly, Vien Pimdee, Studio/Runtime: Strand Releasing/114 min. When it comes to sheer impenetrability in film, there’s everyone else and then there ...

Uncle Boonmee is suffering from kidney failure. As an avid practitioner of Yoga, he is well aware of his body. He knows that he will die in 48 hours. Boonmee calls his distant relatives to take him ...