From 2008, Our Girl in Chicago (a/k/a Laura Demanski) writes about the original film version of The Band’s Visit:
I was completely won over by Eran Kolirin’s The Band’s Visit. Unassuming but quietly wise, this little movie from Israel and France appears to have come and gone from New York already, but it opened in Chicago last weekend and one can hope it is playing in other cities now as well. If you get a chance to see it, don’t miss out….
Read the whole thing here.