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Quiz: Are You Among the Cult of Miranda July?
Test your knowledge of our favorite renaissance woman and her work.
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New on DVD: Billy Wilder Invents the Media Circus. And more!
Ace in the Hole Criterion, $39.95 I’m not sure when the phrase “media circus” entered the language, but…
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Self-Medicated: A Filmmaker in Need of Filmmaking Rehab
The 24-year-old writer-director Monty Lapica makes an ill-advised stab at playing the 17-year-old version of himself in this…
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Time: Kim Ki-duks Warning About Love Gone Stale
The only way to get behind Korean helmer Kim Ki-duk, really, is to confess that his unsavory scenarios…
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The Treatment: Ian Holm Leads Patient on Couch Trip
No less than Spider-Man 3, Oren Rudavsky’s The Treatment is an urban fairy tale. It’s an Upper West…
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Mr. Beans Holiday: Rowan Atkinson Is Less Awful Than Usual
Unlike the first overbaked Bean feature, this sequel, directed by Britcom veteran Steve Bendelack, doesn’t rely on refried…
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Youre Gonna Miss Me: Music Doc Dusts Off the Myth of Roky Erickson
If you only see one gushy, poppy rock-doc about an influential singer-songwriter—renowned as much for his music as…
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Eye of the Dolphin: Carly Schroeder Discovers Next Best Thing to a Unicorn
A troubled teenage girl, addicted to eyeliner and her iPod, has been expelled from school for smoking pot…
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The Nanny Diaries: Scarlett Johansson Becomes the Che Guevara of the Upper East Side
Shortly after graduating from film school, I took a part-time job as the assistant to a successful movie…
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September Dawn: Jon Voight Is a Mormon You Dont Want to Cross
One of the American indies least likely to appear at Sundance, September Dawn recounts the grim tale of…
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Resurrecting the Champ: Josh Hartnett Pretends Journalists Have Scruples
Director Rod Lurie can always find the overwrought in the mundane; his filmography (The Last Castle, The Contender,…
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Them: Like Jaws Without the Shark, and in Romania
If you took the blood out of the Aussie horror film Wolf Creek, which also claimed to be…
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2 Days in Paris: Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg Arent Completely Annoying
Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and now…Before Sunset With a Vengeance? Whatever the label, the Richard Linklater–less Julie Delpy…
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Illegal Tender: Just Another Blaxploitation Retread
An overly serious drama/colossal hoot from the director of the dope-peddlin’ Empire (Franc. Reyes—and, yes, the period’s on…
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The 11th Hour: Leo Saves the World With His Earnestness
Leonardo DiCaprio wants you to know that we are in serious trouble. No amount of artful chin stubble,…
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Death at a Funeral: No Hugh Grant, and for Good Reason
Kill me now. Frank Oz can do funny (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), but this retreat from the debacle of…
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Belle Toujours: No, Catherine Deneuve Doesnt Cameo
Manoel de Oliveira’s poised, Parisian mood piece announces itself as an homage to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière,…
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The Boss of It All: Surprise! Lars von Trier Makes Capitalism Fun
Danish provocateur Lars von Trier took a break from his much-ballyhooed (but financially disastrous) U.S.A. Trilogy to make…
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The King of Kong: Local Engineer Becomes Arcade Game Champ
How an unemployed Eastside engineer triumphed on the video screenand now the big screen, too.
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Dr. Bronners Magic Soapbox: Be Glad He Wasnt Your Dad
Few people can claim to have read their way through the crowded text on one of Dr. Bronner’s…