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Take This Womannew
Piper Perabo plays a boring bride with an untimely lesbian streak in this new film.
Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
Three's Companynew
Susan Kaplan's documentary about two male partners who decide to bring a woman into their relationship is really something -- an intimate, honest film with plenty of food for thought.
Closet Casenew
In spite of its many mistakes, this coming-of-age film works because of lead actor Michael McMillian.
ISO Substancenew
In many ways, Craigslist the movie is like Craigslist the Web site: genial, nonjudgmental, copious, quirky, human, and utterly decentralized.
Something Missingnew
This film about a young man's search for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis certainly has strengths, including gorgeous art direction and clever humor, but its essence is empty.
Bad Educationnew
Kids are learning some serious riffs at Paul Green's rock school in Philadelphia. Don Argott's documentary examines the price they pay for it.
Another Brick in the Wallnew
If the dismally morose Daybreak is any indication, the flavor of Swedish misery is remarkably similar to the kind we do here in America -- only colder and with less natural light.
Club Lifenew
A dreamy mood movie, 3-Iron is at times deliciously sensual, creepily somnolent, whimsically spiritual, and disturbingly violent. But it is never quite coherent.
The Grapes of Mirthnew
Jonathan Nossiter's documentary exposing the globalization of the wine industry is subversive, funny and humane.
Love, African Stylenew
A drama about Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in post-apartheid South Africa devolves into a clumsy romance.
The Camera's Weeping Eyenew
This is a gorgeous, wrenching film in which a concerned Westerner enters a dark and hidden world and, instead of merely observing it, endeavors to change it.
He's Got Legsnew
The true story of a Thai transgender kickboxer inpires a well-intentioned film with a heart of gold -- and a brain of lead.
Searching for Shylocknew
Pacino plays Shakespeare's most contentious character in a a gripping, highly cinematic adaptation of a gorgeous work of theater.
Father of African Cinema Produces a Beautiful Polemicnew
The 81-year-old Senagelese director's film about girls fleeing ritual circumcision has a moral center that is painfully clear. It also expresses each character's humanity.
Enduring Creepinessnew
The film wants to come from behind and surprise in a way that feels punishing, as though the audience being taught a bitter lesson. The result is creepy and unpleasant. There is hope, however bleak, at the end, but mostly there's a sense of unnecessary devastation.
Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
