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"Elemental": Three Visions for Saving the World Elemental
, May 22, 2013
Locally based director-producers Gayatri Roshan and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee structure their environmental documentary as a triptych of profiles in... More>>
"Frances Ha": Noah Baumbach Finds Greta Gerwig's Best Side Frances Ha
, May 22, 2013
A visually pithy victory of bittersweetness over cynicism, and therefore arguably a career highlight for director Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha shows... More>>
"The Hangover Part III": Draining the Glass The Hangover Part III
, May 22, 2013
There's no actual hangover in the third installment of the blackout-themed franchise, but enduring this laugh-free sequel nonetheless does elicit... More>>
"The Painting": What Everyone on the Other Side of the Canvas is Really Doing The Painting
, May 22, 2013
Even if you watch the English-dubbed version rather than the subtitled one, there's no denying the fundamental Frenchness of Jean-François... More>>
"What Maisie Knew": Henry James Gets an Update What Maisie Knew
, May 22, 2013
If you plan to see Scott McGehee and David Siegel's What Maisie Knew, this is your homework: Watch Mark Rappaport's From the Journals of Jean... More>>
"Midnight's Children": Salman Rushdie's Magic Baby Boom "Midnight's Children"
, May 15, 2013
Deepa Metha's Midnight's Children may have been better served by the miniseries format, allowing Salman Rushdie's sprawling source novel more... More>>
"Stories We Tell": Documenting Family Secrets "Stories We Tell"
, May 15, 2013
Where fact-fiction hybrid documentaries are concerned, the game of wondering what's really "true" can too easily degenerate into mere indulgence,... More>>
"Something in the Air": Just in Time for May '68 "Something in the Air"
, May 15, 2013
World-cinema mainstay Olivier Assayas' inviting new film is about young French people and the lived legacy of May '68. Interestingly, these are... More>>
"Sun Don't Shine": Naturally Lit Killers "Sun Don't Shine"
, May 15, 2013
The foundation for Amy Seimetz's directorial debut, which she also wrote, produced, and co-edited, is boilerplate film noir: There's a dude... More>>
"The Iceman": The Cliche of the Cold-Hearted Hitman The Iceman
, May 15, 2013
Its title and the gentle stress on Chris Evans in a supporting role notwithstanding, The Iceman is in no way another comics spinoff, but maybe it... More>>
"Kiss of the Damned": Vampire Movies in the Old French Style "Kiss of the Damned"
, May 08, 2013
Xan Cassevetes's Kiss of the Damned is a loving homage to the Euro-horror genre of the 1960s and 1970s, films like Jess Franco's 1971 Vampyros... More>>
Schlock and Awe: A Festival of Flesh Piers, Ghost Cats, and Japan's First Nude Scene Schlock and Awe: A festival of flesh piers, ghost cats, and Japan’s first nude scene
, May 08, 2013
"Since last night it's been one horror after another," says a guy in Ghost Cat of Otama Pond, suggesting one possible tagline for the prolific... More>>
"Love Is All You Need": Bitter Widower Romance "Love Is All You Need"
, May 08, 2013
Dean Martin first sang his much-loved "That's Amore" as a duet with Jerry Lewis in the 1953 Martin & Lewis picture The Caddy. Unfortunately, the... More>>
"Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's": Documenting That Store You Never Got Past the Windows Of "Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's"
, May 08, 2013
There's a potentially interesting, broad-appeal documentary to be made about the high-end New York department store Bergdorf Goodman, but Matthew... More>>
"In the House": Hitchcock Gets Meta "In the House"
, May 08, 2013
Yes, the French still love Jerry Lewis, but they also still love Hitchcock -- irrepressibly, deconstructively. More an impassioned thriller-study... More>>
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