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Battleship: Liam Neeson Versus the Aliens
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that’s so utterly shameless, it achieves a certain grandeur.…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Brits out of Water
The British have practically cornered the multiplex’s senior demo (think Waking Ned Devine and Calendar Girls) and look…
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Michael: Pedophilia Only Implied, Not Shown
Michael (Michael Fuith) is a 30-something unmarried insurance agent who, by necessity, meticulously keeps up domestic ritual. Michael,…
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Nobody Else but You: The Dead Girl Sasses Back
David Rousseau, a famous detective novelist, is passing through the small town of Mouthe, colloquially known as “Little…
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The Cup: Tears at the Horse Track
Because so many Americans closely follow Australian horse racing, we can assume you already know the true-life story…
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Dark Shadows: Johnny Depp in a Non-Pirate Role for Once
Dark Shadows slips the “Tim Burton treatment” to the supernaturally themed daytime soap of the same name, which…
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The Perfect Family: Whatever Happened to Kathleen Turner?
There’s a vague echo of John Waters’ Serial Mom in director Anne Renton’s The Perfect Family. But where…
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Patience (After Sebald): A Trek Through Suffolk
As suggested by a scholar in this numinous essay-doc, if the current craze for walking a pilgrim’s path…
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#ReGENERATION: Far From Wall Street, a Call to Activism
After making the festival circuit in 2010, this youth-oriented call to activism has been tweaked to include Occupy…
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The Island President: Meet the Deposed Leader of the Maldives
Blessed—or maybe cursed—with fortuitous timing, Jon Shenk’s lionizing documentary of Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected leader of…
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Death of a Superhero: The Portrait of an Angry Young Artist
Adapting his 2006 young-adult novel, Anthony McCarten doesn’t mishandle the material—the story of a 15-year-old Dublin kid hoping…
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Sound of My Voice: Filmmakers Seek to Infiltrate a Cult
Twenty-something Silver Lake couple Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) talk their way into an unnamed cult…
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Elles: Juliette Binoche Is Curious About Hookers
As she prepares for a dinner party and fields rude dismissals from her two spoiled sons, journalist Anne…
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Darling Companion: Diane Keaton’s Dog Is Missing!
“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms,” George Eliot once wrote. That’s certainly…
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Jean Gentil: Down and Out in Santo Domingo
Although it’s steeped in tragedies both personal and cultural, this contemplative, gorgeously shot documentary/fiction hybrid from husband-and-wife auteurs…
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Damsels in Distress: Whit Stillman’s Defiantly Smart/Silly Return to Cinema
Back with his first film in 14 years, Whit Stillman still operates in a world of his own.…
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We Have a Pope: But Not Much of a Story, Unfortunately
Suitable entertainment for a Knights of Columbus fundraiser, Nanni Moretti’s latest finds the Most Holy Father, wracked with…
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The Five-Year Engagement: Jason Segel and Emily Blunt Can’t Commit
The Five-Year Engagement is as comfy and cute as the bunny costume Tom (Jason Segel, who co-scripted with…
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The Fairy: Romantic Buffoonery in Le Havre
Since their irresistibly madcap 2005 debut Iceberg, Belgium-based filmmakers, actors, and former clowns Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and…
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Safe: Oh, Jason Statham, Won’t You Remove Your Shirt?
The pulpy scenarios change, but squinty action hero Jason Statham remains chiseled, coiled, and ready to hurl himself…