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    Articles by Mark Holcomb
    The discontented teens of suburban Baltimore.
    Putty Hill: Dead-End Kids in Baltimore
    By Mark Holcomb • July 12, 2011 12:00 am

    Sharing the narrative opacity and marginal milieu of its 2006 predecessor Hamilton, this assured feature-length follow-up from Matt Porterfield surveys…

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    Bello: Alone with grief.
    Beautiful Boy: Maria Bello in a Columbine Grief-Fest
    By Mark Holcomb • June 14, 2011 12:00 am

    One of two current films dealing with the familial fallout of a teenager’s school shooting spree (Lynne Ramsay’s similarly themed…

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    Azabal amid the Middle Eastern soap opera.
    Incendies: a Middle Eastern Soap Opera
    By Mark Holcomb • May 24, 2011 12:00 am

    This latest blast of unwavering miserablism from Denis Villeneuve, Oscar-nominated and everything, reaches for something deeper than mere stroppy melodrama….

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    Hauer's hobo just wants to drink in peace.
    Hobo With a Shotgun: Great Title, No Story,...
    By Mark Holcomb • May 24, 2011 12:00 am

    Pick a reason to balk at this spot-on, garishly threadbare paean to ’80s no-budget sleaze: It apes a genre that…

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    Gordon-Levitt is a symbol of something.
    Hesher: Check Out the Tats on Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    By Mark Holcomb • May 10, 2011 12:00 am

    Spencer Susser’s initially rousing Hesher introduces an engimatic stranger into a fractured family with equivocally redemptive results. The titular tattooed…

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    Yes, Cunningham has a thing for feet.
    Bill Cunningham New York: Fashion Comes First
    By Mark Holcomb • April 26, 2011 12:00 am

    No passion for fashion is required to enjoy this absorbing portrait of legendary New York Times “On the Street” photographer…

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    Would you sponsor a movie starring this man?
    Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold:...
    By Mark Holcomb • April 26, 2011 12:00 am

    As agreeable as it is insidious, Morgan Spurlock’s latest exposé of corporate control via immersive humiliation is his best, most…

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    Ivanir's executive, at right, learns about Christian burial practices.
    The Human Resources Manager: A Mortal Errand in...
    By Mark Holcomb • March 22, 2011 12:00 am

    Tender irony and dark humor abound in Israeli director Eran Riklis’ latest account of bureaucracy colliding with burgeoning compassion. This…

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    Gugino explains the birds and the bees.
    Elektra Luxx: Carla Gugino as a Porn Star...
    By Mark Holcomb • March 8, 2011 12:00 am

    Still on track to be the George Cukor of the stroke-movie set, Sebastian Gutierrez follows up 2009’s Women in Trouble…

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