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Throughout the years I've encountered many a varied opinion on Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr. Some hail him as a maestro of the medium, the heir apparent to Tarkovsky. Others dismiss him right off, finding little interest in the languid, long...

Before I even attempt to review The Turin Horse, I have to make clear that it is only the second Bela Tarr film I've seen, after Man from London. Since Tarr is very obviously the definition of an auteur,...

The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr, 2011). My kneejerk reaction to Béla Tarr's Berlinale winner The Turin Horse is to recite the childhood jingle, "One potato, two potato, three potato, four." Exacting but exquisite, Tarr's (allegedly) final film depicts the weight...