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    Articles by Melissa Anderson
    Wiseman takes a classy view of French T&A.
    Crazy Horse: Frederick Wiseman Stares at Leggy French...
    By Melissa Anderson • February 7, 2012 12:00 am

    Recording the anthem “Les Filles du Crazy,” half a dozen women—performers at the Crazy Horse, Paris’ classy nudie cabaret—sing of…

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    Only you can save this adorable lab rat from smoking.
    Addiction Incorporated: The Evils of Big Tobacco
    By Melissa Anderson • January 31, 2012 12:00 am

    With a name that not even the PR team at Smokefree America could dream up, Victor DeNoble emerges as the…

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    This newspaper stringer (van Houten) will work for fish.
    Miss Minoes: An Adorable Dutch Cat Movie
    By Melissa Anderson • January 31, 2012 12:00 am

    More delightful than Procatinator and a greater tribute to the power of print journalism than Page One: Inside the New…

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    New ambitions are aroused for Nobbs: Close (left) with McTeer.
    Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close Gets Her Oscar Nomination
    By Melissa Anderson • January 24, 2012 12:00 am

    Fulfilling a mission that has consumed her for almost two decades, Glenn Close—as producer, co-writer, and lead—brings to the screen…

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    The small man (Podalydes, third from left) in a big political storm.
    The Conquest: The Not-Quite-True Story of Nicolas Sarkozy
    By Melissa Anderson • January 24, 2012 12:00 am

    A brisk, fascinating chronicle of a pre–Carla Bruni Nicolas Sarkozy that time-shifts from May 6, 2007—the day he was both…

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    Fehling as the failed attorney.
    Young Goethe in Love: Germany’s Sturm und Drang...
    By Melissa Anderson • January 17, 2012 12:00 am

    That this film was originally titled Goethe! should give you a sense of how much silly Sturm und Drang boosterism…

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    Oduye stands up to bullies.
    Pariah: Like a Lesbian 400 Blows
    By Melissa Anderson • January 3, 2012 12:00 am

    The first 10 minutes of Dee Rees’ funny, moving, nuanced, and impeccably acted first feature, in which coming of age…

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    Heroine Heran is a revelation.
    Tomboy: Learning the Gender Codes in a French...
    By Melissa Anderson • January 3, 2012 12:00 am

    A sensitive portrait of childhood just before pubescence, Tomboy, the second film by writer/director Céline Sciamma, astutely explores the freedom…

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    The Artist: A Celebration of Silent-Era Cinema
    The Artist: A Celebration of Silent-Era Cinema
    By Melissa Anderson • December 20, 2011 12:00 am

    An undeniably charming homage to Hollywood in the late 1920s, The Artist will probably be the most successful silent movie…

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    Browning as the dozing object of desire.
    Sleeping Beauty: Definitely Not the Children’s Fairy Tale
    By Melissa Anderson • December 6, 2011 12:00 am

    Frustratingly opaque, Julia Leigh’s debut feature opens with an unforgettable image: A young woman, earning some cash as a medical-research…

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    The animal (Mullan) after he snaps.
    Tyrannosaur: Peter Mullan as Rageaholic
    By Melissa Anderson • December 6, 2011 12:00 am

    Tyrannosaur opens with a dog being kicked to death by its master, Joseph (Peter Mullan), a Leeds widower curdled by…

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    Barkin: The drama's designated rage machine.
    Another Happy Day: Ellen Barkin Is Very, Very...
    By Melissa Anderson • November 22, 2011 12:00 am

    In his first feature, writer/director Sam Levinson (son of Barry) turns to screeching family dysfunction for inspiration; the end result…

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    Segel and two of his felt co-stars.
    The Muppets: Nostalgia Is Rewarded
    By Melissa Anderson • November 22, 2011 12:00 am

    Desperately trying to appeal to not just the Gen-Xers who grew up with Kermit but also the tykes who’ve never…

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    The speaker in her jungle.
    Public Speaking: Fran Lebowitz Talks a Blue Streak
    By Melissa Anderson • November 1, 2011 12:00 am

    A butch Dorothy Parker with flashes of Wildean rhetorical flourish, Fran Lebowitz, the subject of this tonic portrait that first…

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    From Sesame Street to the snow.
    Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey: The Hand Beneath...
    By Melissa Anderson • November 1, 2011 12:00 am

    Constance Marks’ documentary on Kevin Clash, the kind, gentle man who created the Muppet beloved by every single child in…

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    Like father like daughter? Nivola and Breslin.
    Janie Jones: Abigail Breslin as Teen Country Crooner
    By Melissa Anderson • October 25, 2011 12:00 am

    Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola), front man for a small-venue alt-rock band about to splinter thanks to his drunken tantrums, is…

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    Concerned parents Mary Steenburgen and Dwight Yoakam.
    Dirty Girl: Gay Teens Hightail It out of...
    By Melissa Anderson • October 18, 2011 12:00 am

    A feeble teenage-outcast movie set in 1987, Dirty Girl exists primarily as a vehicle for first-time writer/director Abe Sylvia’s favorite…

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    Shannon's troubled patriarch prepares for the worst.
    Take Shelter: Madness Amid an Insane Economy
    By Melissa Anderson • October 18, 2011 12:00 am

    Standing outside his small-town Ohio home, Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) looks up at the ominous, slate-gray sky. The clouds open,…

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    Quinto's banker realizes the cards are about to collapse.
    Margin Call: Kevin Spacey Confronts the Subprime Mortgage...
    By Melissa Anderson • October 18, 2011 12:00 am

    Sure to be drowned out by the drum circles at Occupy Wall Street, writer/director J.C. Chandor’s lifeless Margin Call depicts…

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    Just kill them already! Cage and Kidman.
    Trespass: Nic Cage Continues His Sensible Career Path...
    By Melissa Anderson • October 11, 2011 12:00 am

    A home-invasion movie as instantly forgettable as its title, Trespass is not without disturbing images: namely, Nicolas Cage and Nicole…

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    • Uncovering the reasons behind the rising popularity of Delta 10
    • King County’s new prosecuting attorney announces task force units
    • Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate
    • Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk
    • Police arrest Auburn man accused of trying to kidnap barista

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