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Articles by Nicolas Rapold
The windshield view of a changing city.
Beijing Taxi: This City Portrait Leaves a Few...
By Nicolas Rapold • June 7, 2011 12:00 am

You know the place: a Neorealist set populated by the young, restless, and dazed of all ages, all living with…

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Yes, more lions, please.
The Last Lions: You Cannot Resist the Cute...
By Nicolas Rapold • March 8, 2011 12:00 am

As aficionados of Puppy Bowl can attest, attaching stories to the comings and goings of animals is surefire entertainment. Veteran…

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Elder maid Yun doesn't want to cede control.
The Housemaid: Domestic Intrigue in South Korea
By Nicolas Rapold • February 15, 2011 12:00 am

Fifty years after Kim Ki-young’s postwar hothouse original, Im Sang-soo attempts a sleek, breathless update to the tale of a…

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A denizen of Hosoda's anime menagerie.
Summer Wars: Avatars Battle in Anime Form
By Nicolas Rapold • January 25, 2011 12:00 am

An apocalyptic take on the social network comes from, of all places, Mamoru Hosoda’s childlike, yay-go-team Japanime about a hijacked…

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The skeptic meets the ice.
Cool It: A Skeptical Eye on Global Warming
By Nicolas Rapold • November 9, 2010 12:00 am

The science of global warming is tough enough to evaluate without the sort of hard-sell Ondi Timoner pushes on behalf…

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The older Rita (D'Agostino) testifies in court.
The Sicilian Girl: A Mafia Story That Deserves...
By Nicolas Rapold • September 21, 2010 12:00 am

The facts are more gripping than the filmmaking in Marco Amenta’s routine docudrama about tenacious teen informer Rita Atria. The…

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Cassel as the criminal, late in his career.
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1: Hurry Up and...
By Nicolas Rapold • August 31, 2010 12:00 am

After last week’s Part One of the crime saga of Jacques Mesrine, Killer Instinct, Part Two dives into the ’70s…

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Cassel captures the man, if not the context.
Mesrine: Killer Instinct: A True-Crime Tale From France
By Nicolas Rapold • August 24, 2010 12:00 am

French gangster/showman Jacques Mesrine’s jaw-dropping record of flamboyant crimes and repeat prison breaks would seem to guarantee an exciting portrait…

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Darin as seeker of justice.
The Secret in Their Eyes: The Underwhelming Oscar...
By Nicolas Rapold • May 4, 2010 12:00 am

Say what you will, but the lead actors in Argentine director Juan Jose Campanella’s latest film do have lovely (or…

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Song Kang-ho plays the goofball.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird: A Korean...
By Nicolas Rapold • May 4, 2010 12:00 am

The latest from popular Korean director Kim Ji-woon lands with a splat in the camp of decadent American blockbusters. Dubbed…

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Cedergren brings his problems from home.
Terribly Happy: Gloom and Crime in Denmark
By Nicolas Rapold • April 20, 2010 12:00 am

After waving a gun around at home, young Copenhagen cop Robert Hansen (Jakob Cedergren) is shipped to the South Jutland…

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Van Der Beek: Tourist with a gun.
Formosa Betrayed: James Van Der Beek Travels to...
By Nicolas Rapold • April 6, 2010 12:00 am

Like any normal former TV star with free time and a cause that’s caught his eye, James Van Der Beek…

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Director Smith follows Ruppert’s gloom and doom.
Collapse: Cranky Subject, Curious Director
By Nicolas Rapold • December 16, 2009 12:00 am

Chris Smith’s one-man doc on veteran doomsayer Michael C. Ruppert holds less interest as another sky-is-falling dispatch than as the…

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Jaa totally rules his pachyderm herd.
Ong Bak 2: Tony Jaa Is Upstaged by...
By Nicolas Rapold • October 20, 2009 12:00 am

You’re not always entirely sure what is happening in Tony Jaa’s new movie, but there certainly is a lot of…

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Chung’s drama reflects its location.
PICK Munyurangabo: Drama in Rwanda, Made on Location
By Nicolas Rapold • June 23, 2009 12:00 am

A heaviness—call it lived-in shellshock—hangs over the green Rwandan hills in Lee Isaac Chung’s serious-minded, immersive debut. Sangwa joins fellow…

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Macdonald prays for better things.
The Merry Gentleman: Michael Keaton’s Not-Awful Try at...
By Nicolas Rapold • June 16, 2009 12:00 am

Part of the likeable routine Michael Keaton brought to his roles in the ’80s was patter—sometimes manic, sometimes balky. In…

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Yes, Caine could play this role in his sleep.
Is Anybody There? Michael Caine Deploys Masterful Cutesiness
By Nicolas Rapold • April 28, 2009 12:00 am

Director John Crowley’s lighter follow-up to the anguished Boy A features a standard teaming of reluctant oldster and troubled youngster—both…

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Abbass is so money.
Lemon Tree: Israeli Courts Address the Occupation
By Nicolas Rapold • April 28, 2009 12:00 am

The asymmetrical border dispute in Lemon Tree feels instantly familiar—and indeed Israeli director Eran Riklis’ previous drama, The Syrian Bride,…

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Sarafian gives Delnaet a closer look.
PICK Moscow, Belgium: Kitchen-Sink Romance
By Nicolas Rapold • March 31, 2009 12:00 am

We’re not talking Dardennes here, but fellow Belgian Christophe Van Rompaey gives this light May-to-December pair-up an agreeably mussed, pedestrian…

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