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Festival favorites roll into movie houses

This season offers a slate of festival favorites, from the Cannes jury winner “Persepolis” to the Cannes director prize winning, “The Diving Bell and Butterfly.”
/ Source: msnbc.com

Planning a visit to your local art-house theater? You know; the one with the sticky floors and the seats that feel like they haven’t been reupholstered since the 1970s. This season offers a slate of festival favorites, from the Cannes jury winner “Persepolis” to the Cannes director prize winning, “The Diving Bell and Butterfly.” And watch out for the little lady from “Teeth” — her bite is as bad as they say.

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Starring:
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée CrozeDirector: Julian SchnabelStory: Film tells the true story of former Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby (Amalric), who is diagnosed with “locked-in syndrome” and manages to communicate by using only his left eyelid, blinking once for “yes” and twice for “no.” He manages to dictate his memoir to his speech therapist letter by letter. Buzz: Schnabel (“Before Night Falls”) took home the best director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Critic Emmanuel Levy called this a “powerful and touching film.” L.A. Weekly critic Scott Foundras admired the film but also wrote “Schnabel’s film wants you to know that it’s art with a capital ‘A.’ It’s also disability porn with a capital ‘D.’”Web site: NARelease date: Nov. 30