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Nov 23: The Artist

A Gavin Brown staffer strikes out on his own.

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A (quite literally) quiet contender amid this year’s Oscar buzz is Michel Hazanavicius’s Cannes hit, The Artist (out November 23), a charming silent film about a silent-film star who suffers an existential crisis when Hollywood falls in love with the talkies.

Photo: Peter Iovino/The Weinstein Company