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Religulous: Bill Maher Wipes Ass on Bible, Blows Nose on Koran
Bill Maher’s one-man stand-up attack on religious fundamentalism is a dog that has more bark than bite—a skeptical,…
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Sukiyaki Western Django: Quentin Tarantino Cameos in Latest Takashi Miike Gonzo-Fest
Whether it’s score-settling culture theft, a fever dream of interlinked Wild-West mythology, or simply a company casserole of…
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People: Simon Pegg Is No Cary Grant
Based on Toby Young’s tome about his spectacular fuckups and flame-out at Vanity Fair, Robert Weide’s big-screen version…
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I.O.U.S.A.: Our National Debt Is Just as Bad as the Mortgage Mess
Both a handy election primer and a bowel-rattling cry of fiscal doom, I.O.U.S.A. is an Inconvenient Truth for…
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Flash of Genius: Ford Motor Co. Declares War on Greg Kinnear
The big-screen version of inventor Robert Kearns’ legal battles with Ford and Chrysler—both of whom nicked his intermittent…
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Blindness: Somebody Get Julianne Moore Out of This Movie!
The most recent example of bleak chic, Fernando Meirelles’ mostly harrowing adaptation of José Saramago’s international bestseller Blindness…
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Allah Made Me Funny: Bomb Me if Youve Heard This One Before .
For the three Muslim-American stand-up comics showcased in this concert film, terror is something more than stage fright.…
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Nick & Norahs Infinite Playlist: We Expect Better of Michael Cera
Peter Sollett’s 2002 Raising Victor Vargas remains among the most pointed, poignant, and joyful films about teen love…
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XXY: Hold On to Your Genitals
On the remote Uruguayan seaside, Alex’s parents have sequestered their daughter, hoping to keep her secret hidden from…
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PICK The Corporals Diary: A Bellingham Soldiers Final Days in Iraq
The name Jonathan Santos has been mostly forgotten by Northwest readers, though he briefly made news in the…
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Still Life: Old China Is Made New and Strange
The world’s oldest civilization is in some respects the world’s newest. And 37-year-old filmmaker Jia Zhangke, the preeminent…
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Miracle at St. Anna: Spike Lee Goes Long in WWII
You’ve got to hand it to Spike Lee for managing to secure the financing for this big-budget, three-hour…
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Choke: For Chuck Palahniuk Fans Only
There’s a whole lotta fucking going on in Choke, Clark Gregg’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s first-person novel about…
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Nights in Rodanthe: Diane Lane, Still Cougar-Hot
Nights works so strenuously to satisfy its target audience’s every desire that it’s a minor surprise that the…
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Humboldt County: Like The Graduate on Pot
If you transplanted Weeds to far northern California’s “lost coast,” where pot growers and meth-tweaking rednecks exist in…
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Lakeview Terrace: Samuel L. Jackson Hates His Neighbors
Set in the titular suburb in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley (where Rodney King was assaulted by police…
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PICK Mister Foe: Sleeping With Your Stepmom Isnt Incest. Really
Young Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) is convinced that his stepmother (Claire Forlani) accelerated her upward trajectory from Dad’s…
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PICK The Universe of Keith Haring: Honoring the Art-World Star of 80s New York
Equally a portrait of the artist and of a decade, this celebratory documentary makes the short, accelerated life…
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Ghost Town: Ricky Gervais Sees Dead People
It takes a good while for Ricky Gervais to warm up in Ghost Town; it takes even longer…