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Currently listing articles 1108-1051:
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TV Review: Slumdog Takes A Bite Out Of Critics Choice Competition— Love song to Mumbai that has everyone singing its praises is five-time winner at 2009's first major awards telecast.
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DVD Review: The Duchess (2008)— An intriguing insight into what women of the time had to do to attain high stature, yet which afforded them no power.
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DVD Review: Mysterious Skin— A good film that could have been great had its director reined in his own worst tendencies.
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DVD Review: Brideshead Revisited (2008)— A remarkable achievement and a wonderful film.
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Movie Review: Adam Resurrected— Jeff Goldblum's performance makes up for the film's flaws.
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Passport Cinema: Casque d'Or— A gun moll and a reformed crook fall for each other in this romantic French gem.
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Movie Review: The Dungeon Masters— I enjoyed what I saw, but it was no different from learning about the lives of any three strangers.
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Blu-ray Review: Into The Wild— There are lessons to be learned for anyone who goes "Into The Wild."
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Movie Review: Bettina— She was suffocating in her own greatness.
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Movie Review: Of Time and the City— Terence Davies' affecting personal memoir of growing up in post-war Liverpool.
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Movie Review: Milk— Lactose intolerant...
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Movie Review: Milk (2008)— Sean Penn delivers the performance of a lifetime in this soaring biopic.
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DVD Review: Burn After Reading— Joel and Ethan Coen are back to lesser form with Burn After Reading.
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Movie Review: Synecdoche, New York— A puzzling, frustrating, yet ultimately awe-inspiring masterpiece.
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Movie Review: Milk— An exhilarating and intensely moving biography of a gay rights hero featuring Sean Penn in a galvanizing performance.
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Movie Review: Dragon Hunters Will Dazzle Audiences Uninitiated in French Animated Artistry— Families with small children and fans of computer animation should definitely make a point of seeing the film.
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Passport Cinema: Mandabi— Greed definitely isn't good in this cautionary fable from Senegal.
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DVD Review: Encounters at the End of the World— Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World is enhanced by an excellent DVD package.
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Movie Review: The Silence of Lorna— Another slice of Belgian life from the Dardenne brothers - but with a difference.
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My Chat With Orphans Director Ry Russo-Young— Ry Russo-Young on filmmaking, casting, humanity, and chasing inspiration.
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DVD Review: Encounters at the End of the World — An insightful look at unique characters choosing to spend their lives at the end of the world.
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DVD Review: The Devil’s Muse— David Lynch fans will love this movie. I am not so much a David Lynch fan myself.
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Movie Review: Radio On— A strange, offbeat road movie with a difference - it's set in England.
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Last Chance Harvey Closes Denver Film Festival— This not-so-frisky business is hardly worth remembering, although Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson remain oldies but goodies.
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Emile Hirsch, Alpha Actor— "You're just living, man. You're just there, in that moment, in that special place and time."
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Movie Review: JCVD— Van Damme flexes acting muscles in this aching drama about his life and career which should be titled “Van Dammed.”
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These Films Sleep Well: The Auteurs Website and Riviera (2005, Villaceque)— The new Auteurs website is tested with the little known French drama, Riviera.
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Movie Review: Rachel Getting Married— Anne Hathaway's powerful performance is the centerpiece of this searing drama.
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Movie Review: Choke— It entertains in spite of its wrong-doings.
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Movie Review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas— Holocaust drama lite that takes a turn in the final act.
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Movie Review: 9 Songs— The content of this review is sexual in nature. Reader discretion is advised.
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The Class Earns High Marks at Denver Film Festival— Ready to go back to school? You might actually learn something from the French.
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Movie Review: Captives— An independent thriller with promise.
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Movie Review: A Limited Look at The Universe of Keith Haring— Director Christina Clausen's 90-minute 2008 documentary is filled with love but not enough objectivity.
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Movie Review: Waltz With Bashir— Animated documentary examining Israeli soldiers' experiences in the Lebanese Civil War.
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Movie Review: Let the Right One In— The most offbeat vampire romance you'll see all year.
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Movie Review: Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg— Equal parts mystical rumination, personal history, city chronicle, and deranged fantasy.
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Passport Cinema: Jigoku— Nobuo Nakagawa takes viewers on a thin but visually splendid tour of the underworld.
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DVD Review: Damnation— A masterpiece of emotional misdirection from Bela Tarr.
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These Films Sleep Well: Crash (1996, David Cronenberg)— Cronenberg's darkly sexual psychodrama, Crash, summarized.
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Movie Review: Stranded — Their account drives home the desperation of their tragic situation and ultimately delivers a life-affirming message.
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Movie Review: Happy-Go-Lucky— It's not as entirely happy as you might expect.
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Movie Review: Rachel Getting Married— Anne Hathaway opens eyes with this film.
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DVD Review: Transsiberian— All-aboard; this is definitely a train worth catching.
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Movie Review: Orphans— A solemn and heart-rending piece of art from a fascinating up-and-coming director.
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Movie Review: Frozen River— A vividly compelling portrait of small-town people whose sole drive for criminal decisions is economic survival.
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Movie Review: Nights And Weekends — 24, 7, 365... the film’s greatest achievement is its perceptive portrayal of how real relationships work.
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Movie Review: 1234— Missing A Beat: Giles' Borg's ambitious indie film 1234 at the London Film Festival.
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DVD Review: The New World - Extended Cut— The fact that there are no special features included in this set make it definitely not worth buying.
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Movie Review: Azazel Jacobs' Momma's Man— Azazel Jacobs returns home with his 2008 feature film "Momma's Man."
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DVD Review: Affairs of the Heart - Series One— Dirty Sexy Money circa 1900-- Henry James Style.
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DVD Review: Then She Found Me — Takes the everyday and makes it cinematic.
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DVD Review: The Animation Show Volume 3— For challenging, edgy animation devoid of showtunes and talking animals, The Animation Show is the place to go.
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Movie Review: Y.P.F.— Don't pioneer yourself into vulgar mode, this is sweeter than its risqué title might suggest.
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Under the Radar: The Go-Getter— Only in the movies can you steal a car and wind up with a girlfriend instead of jail time.
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Movie Review: Woody Allen Scores with Vicky Cristina Barcelona— A story of love and confusion overseas.
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DVD Review: Missing— Solid thriller that had potential to be great.
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These Films Sleep Well: Five Minutes, Mr. Welles (2004, Vincent D'Onofrio)— Vincent D'Onofrio's short film, Five Minutes Mr. Welles, is analyzed.

