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PICK Adventureland: The 80s Rule!
Drawn from Superbad director Greg Mottola’s own experiences working at a ramshackle suburban amusement park in the 1980s,…
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Skills Like This: From Denver, With Love
Monty Miranda’s Skills Like This boasts the arguable distinction of being the first film produced in Colorado to…
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PICK Silent Light: Adultery and Beauty in Rural Mexico
Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas is part stuntmeister, part visionary—a post-Warhol impresario and trained diplomat who, flirting with fraudulence…
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PICK Tokyo Sonata: The Economy Sucks in Japan, Too
Like a bottled message cast from the shores of an economy whose implosion precipitated our own, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s…
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PICK 12: Russia Does Right by an American Courtroom Classic
Russian actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov’s masterful, engrossing 12 is a revamp of 12 Angry Men that takes place in…
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The Cake Eaters: An Awkward Family Homecoming
There’s no kind of wonderful in Mary Stuart Masterson’s directorial debut, yet however slight her ensemble drama—about two…
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The Great Buck Howard: John Malkovich Is Great; the Movie Is Gentle
A pleasant little ditty from SIFF last year, this affectionate view of C-list showbiz comes from the cosseted…
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The Edge of Love: Keira Knightley Gets Lost in History
No longer weighted down by the perukes she had to wear in The Duchess, Keira Knightley returns to…
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Sunshine Cleaning: Amy Adams and Emily Blunt Need Better Acting Jobs
More than a year after its first twirl at Sundance, this Amy Adams–Emily Blunt dramedy finally shrugs its…
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PICK I Love You, Man: Paul Rudd Puts the Romance Back in Bromance
Just as we’d thought the “bromantic comedy” had overstayed its welcome, the genre reaches its high point with…
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PICK Duplicity: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen Bring Their A-Game
It’s little surprise that for his second film as director, Michael Clayton director Tony Gilroy leans heavily on…
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Everlasting Moments: Ma Joad With a Nikon
Lovely to look at but too slow to get lost in, Jan Troell’s new movie is a tribute…
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Crossing Over: Harrison Ford Stars in Raiders of the Lost Immigrants
Haven’t we been here before? The inbred mutant offspring of Crash and Babel, writer-director Wayne Kramer’s Crossing Over…
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Crips & Bloods: Made in America: The Dogtown Director Doesnt Get Too Deep
Why is there so much violence in south L.A.? What are the historical roots of the Bloods and…
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Shuttle: Yet Another Blood-Soaked Argument for Public Transportation
Next time, spring for a cab. Sadly, there may not be a next time for two young women…
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PICK The Betrayal: Escaping the Misery of Laos
Some 23 years in the making, Ellen Kuras’ first film as a director is a portrait of Laotian…
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Beauty in Trouble: Melodrama From the Czech Republic
The center of Beauty in Trouble, Czech director Jan Hrebejk’s trying foray into soapy realism, is the kind…
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Watchmen: Whats With the Blue Naked Dude?
Filming the most ambitious superhero comic book ever written, director Zack Snyder has managed to address the cult…
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PICK Gomorrah: Martin Scorsese Loves It
Martin Scorsese may be presenting Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, but this corrosive, slapdash exposé of organized crime in and…
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PICK Ben X: Overpowering Teen Angst in Belgium
The best movie I’ve seen about teen angst since Donnie Darko comes…from Belgium? It’s also the best film…