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The Kingdom: Jennifer Garner Opens a Can of Whup-Ass
Aside from the occasional murmured reference to Iraq and the so-called War on Terror, Peter Berg’s The Kingdom…
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Angels in the Dust: Again With Miserable Africa
Nineteen years ago, Marion and Con Cloete walked away from a privileged life in Johannesburg and poured their…
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Outsourced: SIFF Prize Winner Finally Reaches Theaters
Locally produced and the top prize winner at SIFF this year, Outsourced has all the charm and color…
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December Boys: Harry Potter Fans Wont Hold It Against Daniel Radcliffe
If Daniel Radcliffe is hoping for an acting life after Harry Potter, he might want to be choosier…
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Apart From That: Like Cassavetes in Skagit County
Like Cassavetes in the sticks, this Mount Vernon indie was self-financed and shot by Jennifer Shainin and Randy…
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Manda Bala: The Most Scenic Kidnapping Locale on Earth
Young gun director Jason Kohn taps into the evil-genius ecosystem of supply and demand run amok in Manda…
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In Search of Mozart: Stick to Your LPs Instead
Wolfgang Amadeus gets lionized—and somewhat embalmed—in this solemn Festschrift by British filmmaker Phil Grabsky. At two hours plus,…
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Feast of Love: Greg Kinnear Is the Sexiest Man in Portland!
Based on a 2000 novel by then–University of Michigan prof Charles Baxter, Feast of Love transposes the setting…
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Into the Wild: Sean Penn Does Right by Jon Krakauer
To some, the story of Christopher Johnson McCandless, the 24-year-old Emory University graduate who starved to death in…
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Hannah Takes the Stairs: Greta Gerwig Takes Our Hearts
First, the 16 mm New Wave; then the Super-8 No Wave; and now, an American film movement, based…
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Vanaja: Is It Just Me, or Has My Watch Stopped?
In the program guide for SIFF this spring, the official description of Vanaja was deceptive. The summary claimed…
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Trade: News FlashSexual Abuse Is Just Plain Wrong!
Based on a 2004 New York Times Magazine article about the sex-trafficking business and starring a very straight-faced…
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The King of California: Michael Douglas Has an Express Ticket to Crazytown
Michael Douglas is a mental patient on the loose, out to liberate Spanish gold buried beneath a Costco—or…
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Sydney White: Amanda Bynes Ventures Out of Tween Territoryand Falters
Just a guess here, but the majority of Amanda Bynes fans probably didn’t get most of the Shakespeare…
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In the Shadow of the Moon: Astronauts Make Like Al Gore
No matter how awesome the view of Earth from space, nor how thrilling the liftoff of those thundering…
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Dedication: Mandy Moore Slums Among the Literati
Inland Empire‘s Justin Theroux pops his directorial cherry with this obnoxious Sundance throwaway, a by-the-numbers romantic comedy that…
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Fall Preview: Brad Pitt and Company Stake Their Oscar Claims
For better or for worse, the year’s true movie season now begins in September, as Hollywood studios and…
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Fierce People: Cougar Diane Lane Lost Among the Rich!
When 16-year-old Finn (Anton Yelchin) gets busted scoring drugs for his coke-snorting, alcoholic masseuse of a mother (Diane…
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Hula Girls: Yes, Very Kawaii, but Thats All
What’s a rural Japanese town do when the coal mine closes? Why, build a Hawaiian-themed tourist attraction, of…
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Deep Water: Sailing Drives Men Mad
In 1968—a year that seems surprisingly ancient when viewed through Deep Water‘s faded, sleepy shots of English coastal…