Distant, a film from Turkey which won accolades at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, is an adult twist on the…
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Laws of Attraction must have looked soooo good on paper–a romantic comedy script which, in the great tradition of His…
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At the beginning, the mother, May (Anne Reid) is almost a caricature of a middle-middle class suburban British mum of…
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Kidnapping, it seems, is a major industry in Mexico. In one six day period, as asserted in Man on Fire,…
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The only real antagonist in the contemplative and understated Russian film Koktebel is vodka. Russian film, literature, and opera frequently…
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Young Adam is an impressive drama from writer/director David Mackenzie. Based on a novel by the mid-20th century Scottish writer…
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Everyday People is an ensemble piece centered on Raskin’s, a long established Jewish diner in a part of Brooklyn now…
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The Coen brothers attracted the auteur-groupies right from their first few pictures–Blood Simple (mock noir thriller), Raising Arizona (funky comedy),…
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The Reckoning is a morality tale wrapped in the form of a whodunnit murder mystery set in 14th century England….
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Cavalia, directed by Normand Latourelle, formerly of Cirque de Soleil, is like a dream: beautiful white horses, music, Lord of…
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