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Jeff, Who Lives at Home: Jason Segel on a Karmic Odyssey
It’s obvious that Jason Segel has a face for comedy. He’s got a lumpy, sad-sack mug with a…
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How to Make a Book With Steidl: A Persnickety German Publisher
“Books should smell good,” says Gerhard Steidl. That they do, when made by the famed German printer of…
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Sound of Noise: Rogue Percussionists Terrorize Malmo!
“I really dislike music,” says a cop ironically named Amadeus, and this ingenious Swedish comedy soon makes it…
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Friends With Kids: Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm Debate Whether to Procreate
Best friends since college, Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) witness the misery that seems to dominate…
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House of Pleasures: Welcome to Our French Brothel!
Set in the months before and after 1900, Bertrand Bonello’s glamorously louche House of Pleasures projects nostalgia for…
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In Darkness: Yet Another Holocaust Drama
Holocaust culture has proven to be essentially infinite—almost 70 years after the end of World War II, untold…
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Rampart: Woody Harrelson as a Very Bad Cop
Directed by Oren Moverman from a script by Moverman and L.A. noir master James Ellroy, Rampart tracks the…
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Kill List: Even Hit Men Have Their Domestic Worries
Hit men have bills to pay, too, and sometimes a kid to feed and an anxious wife to…
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We Need to Talk About Kevin: Tilda Swinton Has Mommy Problems
In Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s 2003 novel, Tilda Swinton lives out an urban bohemian’s worst nightmare.…
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Better Than Something: Jay Reatard: Remembering the Late Indie Rocker
Like the longhair with the foghorn falsetto it’s titled after, this unfussy rock-doc profile is shaggy, sophisticated, and…
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On the Ice: An Eskimo Crime Tale Returns From SIFF
If I said “Eskimo hip-hop crime tale,” would that send you running to the nearest sunny beach? Shot…
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Wanderlust: Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston on the Commune
“There’s no one way to live our lives,” hopes the displaced, adrift couple at the center of Wanderlust.…
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Bullhead: ‘Roid Rage in Belgium
In Michael R. Roskam’s first feature, 30ish Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a cattle-farming hulk who keeps his mini-…
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Chico & Rita: An Oscar-Nominated Jazz Cartoon
In this Oscar nominee, the life of Cuban pianist and composer Bebo Valdés seems to have been translated…
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My Reincarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Discontents
A mellow doc that seems all set to cash in on the “spirituality” market, Jennifer Fox’s new film…
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Perfect Sense: Ewan McGregor Seeks Love as the World Is Ending
Ewan McGregor previously worked with director David Mackenzie on the 2003 Young Adam, which featured frank sex, frontal…
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This Means War: Reese Witherspoon Must Choose Between Two Hunks
Hostilities in This Means War are declared as two workmates compete for the affection of the same woman.…
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Thin Ice: Greg Kinnear Goes on a Crime Spree
Working the long con and damn near getting away with it, this kissing cousin to Fargo, Cedar Rapids,…
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The Secret World of Arrietty: The Borrowers Becomes a Japanese Anime
Although Japanese animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) serves only on the periphery as co-writer and production supervisor,…
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Declaration of War: French Parents Fight Cancer
The gorgeously scruffy Juliette (director/ co-writer Valérie Donzelli) and Roméo (co-writer Jérémie Elkaïm)—yes, the improbability is noted—move from…