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A Film Unfinished Exposes a Nazi Propaganda Filmnew
In 1942, the Nazis created a shocking documentary, labeled Ghetto, that depicted this cruel purgatory. Ghetto was discovered after the conclusion of World War II in an East German archive and was initially taken as a straight document of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
10-25-2010 |
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Never Let Me Go is Beautiful in its Sparse Sadnessnew
Even before seeing Never Let Me Go, divisiveness reared its head. I heard of walk outs and accolades, cries that the film was nowhere near the caliber of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
10-18-2010 |
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Tags: Never Let Me Go
Bram Stoker Descendent Pens a Bloody, Sexy Sequelnew
Dacre Stoker did not get the writing gene from his great-granduncle, Dracula author Bram Stoker. And he'll be the first to admit it.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson |
10-14-2010 |
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Tags: The Duncan Storm
It's Kind of a Funny Story Needs Some Xanaxnew
It's Kind of a Funny Story reunites the team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, though this go-around they are telling a story (working from a beloved novel by Ned Vizzini) that feels, frankly, beneath them.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
10-07-2010 |
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The Founders of Facebook Get in a Poke Warnew
The Social Network feels like a strange and satisfying blend of two worlds.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2010 |
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Tags: The Social Network
Gordon Gekko Returnsnew
How do you make a sequel to the strutting, chest-beating capitalism thrill ride of Oliver Stone's 1987 Wall Street in post-bailout America? Very carefully.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
09-22-2010 |
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Is Joaquin Phoenix Really Crazy or Just Pretending?new
At the outset of I'm Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix laments, "I don't want to play the character of Joaquin." And cue the wry laughter from knowing viewers.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-15-2010 |
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Tags: I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck
It Is Not an Excellent Day for an Exorcismnew
When The Blair Witch Project became an out-of-nowhere phenomenon more than a decade ago, one of the most startling developments was how few attempts there were to rip it off.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-08-2010 |
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Tags: Daniel Stamm, The Last Exorcism
Valhalla Rising is Visual and Violentnew
Beauty in blood.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
09-08-2010 |
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Going the Distance Looks to an Outdated Romantic Comedy Formulanew
I'll have what they're having.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-07-2010 |
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Micmacs: Cute and political at the same timenew
Micmacs mixes cute characters with a political message.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
08-27-2010 |
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Unfamiliar Facesnew
Todd Solondz revisits old characters in Life During Wartime.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
08-25-2010 |
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Tags: Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime
A crazy ole coot throws his own funeral in the kitschy Get Lownew
Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is the kind of man children fear and men tell stories about. He's the most notorious hermit in 1938's East Tennessee. He even has a sign nailed on his property warning "No damn trespassing. Beware of mule." In case anyone misses the point, Bush fires off a shot after hanging the sign, a gunpowder punctuation mark that declares he means business.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
08-24-2010 |
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Spike Lee's latest New Orleans doc premieres on HBOnew
The American media tends to take a pit-bull approach to news. It grabs on, digs its teeth in, and then tosses the lifeless carcass to the wind when the sensation has run its course. Follow-through is not always the media's forte. Thank goodness, then, for documentary filmmakers who make sustained and methodical reportage their strong suit.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
08-23-2010 |
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Annette Bening and Julianne Moore play housenew
We have two mommies.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
08-13-2010 |
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