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Oeuvre: Polanski: The Ghost Writer
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. After a brief detour with his previous two features, The Ghost Writer returns Polanski to his bread and butter
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Cold Weather Dir: Aaron Katz Rating: 3.0/5.0 IFC Films 96 Minutes Aaron Katz’ understated, passive mystery film, Cold Weather, is a story about the lonely struggles of a waffler in a world that is
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Rage Dir: Sebastián Cordero Rating: 2.0/5.0 Strand Releasing 89 Minutes Rage is kind of a baffling film. You can feel the drive that led to its creation pulsing behind its every moment, the film
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Johnny Mad Dog Dir: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Rating: 4.3/5.0 Anthology Film Archives 98 Minutes “If you don’t want to die, don’t be born!” The line echoes throughout Johnny Mad Dog, pounded into the heads of
Read More »Oeuvre: Polanski: The Ninth Gate
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. The Ninth Gate seems to be remembered more fondly than it deserves. This isn’t to say that critics reviewed
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The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet Dir: Michel Gondry Rating: 2.9/5.0 Columbia Pictures 108 Minutes What kind of a superhero movie would this be if the issue of responsibility wasn’t, at some point, halfheartedly brought up and
Read More »If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle Dir: Florin Serban Rating: 4.5/5.0 Film Movement 94 Minutes The value of If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, Romania’s official Oscar entry for this year, is
Read More »The Illusionist
The Illusionist Dir: Sylvain Chomet Rating: 3.6/5.0 Sony Pictures Classics 80 Minutes Beyond the obvious comfort of seeing traditional hand-drawn animation in an age of increasingly computer-oriented work, I found Sylvain Chomet’s debut feature
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Ne change rien Dir: Pedro Costa Rating: 3.4/5.0 Anthology Film Archives 100 Minutes Ne change rien is a captivatingly nocturnal documentary, very much about capturing moments rather than conveying a narrative, and one whose
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