"Flight of the Red Balloon" is in most ways a random ... in Albert Lamorisse's classic 1956 short "The Red Balloon." In the new film, Simon shows little further interest in the balloon, even ...

Flight of the Red Balloon: Drama. Starring Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu and Song Fang. Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. In French with English subtitles. (Not rated. 113 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.

The first thing to get out of the way about “The Flight of the Red Balloon” is that this is not an action movie. It’s not even an active movie. Events don’t occur in the usual cinematic ...

Lamorisse’s lovely but slender 34-minute short, about a young boy who’s followed around Paris by a red balloon, proves a mere starting point for the nearly two-hour “Flight of the Red ...

To the extent that “nothing really happens” in Hou’s film (in the conventional sense, anyway), the pleasures of “Flight of the Red Balloon” lie in attention to details both physical ...

The first thing to get out of the way about “The Flight of the Red Balloon” is that this is not an action movie. It’s not even an active movie. Events don’t occur in the usual cinematic ...

“Flight of the Red Balloon” is not about story ... In those ways, it’s like “The Red Balloon,” the delightful 1956 short film from France (recently restored and written about here ...

Writer/director Hsiao-hsien Hou ("Flowers of Shanghai," "Millennium Mambo") calls his new film, "The Flight of the Red Balloon," an "ode" to "Le Ballon Rouge," the 1956 short film by French ...

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Flight of the Red Balloon may be the most completely specialized film I’ve ever reviewed. To say that it’s hardly action-packed would be the understatement of this or any ...

Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Flight of the Red Balloon gives many ... museum where children consider a painting of, yes, a red balloon. Hou’s film has set the standard for the series.

The fete for Un Certain Regard opener "The Flight of the Red Balloon" drew attendees including ... Films Distribution and the Ile de France Film Commission. Though stomachs grumbled with no ...