It is a dead rubber with group C already decided where Barcelona qualify
as group winners while Manchester City confirm second place.
Not exact matches
As ever, the third - placed team in the
group will automatically go into the Europa League round of 32,
while the eight
group winners and runners - up advance to the knock - out rounds of the 2014/15 Champions League.
Elsewhere Bayern Munich ensured their safe passage
as winners of
Group F by beating BATE Borisov 4 - 1,
while Valencia joined them in the knockout stages with a 1 - 0 win at Lille.
This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2
While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated,
as evidenced by the student protest
groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such
as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or
winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.
I was recently chased by Tom O'Neil's resurrected Gold Derby site for my NYFCC and LAFCA predictions, and
while I'm
as game
as anyone for a spot of light - hearted, consequence - free punting, the irony of the exercise still nagged away at me: the day I predict either
group's set of
winners accurately is the day they'll cease to matter to me.
As the lone female of the
group, Oscar
winner Brie Larson manages to hold her own, despite disappearing for a long stretch in the third act of the film
while the boys kill each other off.
Importantly, none of the states with low consistency, authority, and power are Race to the Top
winners,
while 50 % of the states in the high attribute
group (Figure 1) are,
as well
as 41 % of the moderate attribute
group.
Conclusion:
While the Doubletree KLCC is not in my favorite location and Doubletree not my favorite brand in the Hilton
Group, the great bargain
as a Hilton Honors reward redemption, the beautiful suite, great selection of amenities and restaurants and warm service make it an overall
winner and I'd stay again in a heartbeat.