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Articles by Dan Kois
Best cancer buddies forever? Gordon-Levitt (left) and Rogen.
50/50: Seth Rogen Can’t Stop Being Seth Rogen
By Dan Kois • September 27, 2011 12:00 am

One scene captures the tricky tonal balance of cancer comedy 50/50. Adam, the straight-edge radio producer played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt,…

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Bakri as the brooding paladin of Suleiman's own past.
The Time That Remains: Elia Suleiman Contemplates Israeli...
By Dan Kois • March 29, 2011 12:00 am

“Where am I?” a disoriented Israeli cabdriver asks his dispatcher at the beginning of Elia Suleiman’s The Time That Remains….

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Rapunzel confronts her stalker.
Tangled: We’re Siding With the Witch
By Dan Kois • November 23, 2010 12:00 am

“Great,” sighs the wicked witch in this CG-animated spin on the Rapunzel story, “now I’m the bad guy.” Mother Gothel,…

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Grint and Watson: Can't you just feel the romantic tension?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1:...
By Dan Kois • November 16, 2010 12:00 am

Youth fled early for Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley, the trio at the center of the Harry Potter…

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The loner (Franco) meets hikers Kate Mara (center) and Amber Tamblyn.
127 Hours: The Agony and the Ecstasy of...
By Dan Kois • November 16, 2010 12:00 am

Watch what James Franco—actor/sleepy grad student/tepid writer/viral-video comedian/ conceptual artist/aficionado of gender-fuckery—can accomplish when he actually focuses for a couple…

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Would-be Fessal (Akhtar) suffers a setback.
Four Lions: The Lighter Side of Suicide Bombing
By Dan Kois • November 2, 2010 12:00 am

It would be unwise to consider Four Lions a movie that has much to say about radical Islam or the…

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Levitt has now become a celebrity microeconomist.
Freakonomics: Read the Book Instead
By Dan Kois • September 28, 2010 12:00 am

A quartet of uneven TV pilots posing as a full-length documentary, Seth Gordon’s anthology Freakonomics pulls case studies from Stephen…

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Stage pro Ryan radiates her usual integrity.
Jack Goes Boating: Philip Seymour Hoffman Proves Surprisingly...
By Dan Kois • September 21, 2010 12:00 am

Jack Goes Boating is Philip Seymour Hoffman’s movie—it’s his directorial debut; he stars as its namesake sad sack; he wears…

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Brown finds more beautiful scenes on the North Shore.
Highwater: Gorgeous Surf and Beachside Philosophizing
By Dan Kois • August 31, 2010 12:00 am

Sure to become a sacred text to surf-movie enthusiasts, but surprisingly watchable even for those who think “goofy-footing” is a…

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Birkin and Castellitto are regulars in Rivette's stock company.
Around a Small Mountain: Jacques Rivette Explores Commedia...
By Dan Kois • August 24, 2010 12:00 am

Around a Small Mountain travels with an itinerant one-ring circus of proud artisans, performing to shrinking rural crowds. “We’re the…

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Epps looks mighty pleased to be playing a man of God.
Lottery Ticket: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
By Dan Kois • August 17, 2010 12:00 am

Midway through this teen comedy–cum–wish fulfillment fantasy, the movie’s hero, Kevin Carson, goes on a spending spree. The holder of…

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Rudd doesn’t quite command our sympathy.
Dinner for Schmucks: Paul Rudd and Steve Carell...
By Dan Kois • July 27, 2010 12:00 am

In Steve Carell’s first few episodes of The Office, the series hewed closely to Ricky Gervais’ BBC template. But here,…

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Japanese baby Mari.
Babies: They’re Here. They’re Cute. They’ll Make You...
By Dan Kois • May 4, 2010 12:00 am

Did I say “Awww” at Babies? I did. Did I giggle at the adorable things babies do in Babies? Oh…

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Saldana takes off her blue Avatar paint.
The Losers: Zoe Saldana Takes Off Her Avatar...
By Dan Kois • April 20, 2010 12:00 am

Writer Andy Diggle dedicated his snappy DC comic book The Losers to ’80s screenwriting superstar Shane Black, creator of the…

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Corddry and his prey (Collette Wolfe).
Hot Tub Time Machine: John Cusack Escapes From...
By Dan Kois • March 23, 2010 12:00 am

A fundamentally lazy comedy that will probably make you laugh like an idiot, HTTM was ostensibly directed by Steve Pink….

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