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David Ondaatje Creates a Clumsy and Insincere Past in His Hitchcock Remakenew
Writer-director David Ondaatje repeats the past so inexpertly that The Lodger (an update of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1926 film) is almost comically schlocky.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-22-2009 |
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'Donkey Punch': Butt It Hurtsnew
Oliver Blackburn’s British thriller offers a unique thrill: It indulges in juvenile scares by placing them in a larger canvas of sophisticated moods, developing the scenario with remarkably shrewd structural finesse.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-22-2009 |
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'Of Time and the City' Bestows Emotional Grandeur to the Everydaynew
In a new documentary, Terence Davies connects intimate yearnings to his political and existential quandary to demonstrate the importance of movies and music as means of spiritual sustenance.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-22-2009 |
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Movie Buzz: We Want to Get Awaynew
As much as we might think the opposite, audiences are running toward escapist fare like Paul Blart, which should bode well for this week’s movies.
Metro Spirit |
Mariah Gardner |
01-21-2009 |
Movies
'Defiance': Anne Frank, Get Your Gunnew
The wartime drama Defiance seeks to put an asterisk beside the conventional wisdom of World War II history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2009 |
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New Doc Reveals Many of Scott Walker's Mysteriesnew
In a new documentary, Stephen Kijak takes us through Scott Walker's history, methodology, and cultural relevance by collecting interviews with the underground legend and the musicians he's influenced, as well as vintage performance and modern studio footage.
Catching an Elusive Icon's Drift As He Sings About Pasolini and Mussolininew
Time stood still yesterday in the music Scott Walker made, and it stands still today when 30 Century Man languishes in the songs from Walker's quartet of self-titled Philips solo albums from 1967 through 1970.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
01-21-2009 |
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'Inkheart' Makes a False Cinematic Start
Based on Cornelia Funke's 2003 fantasy kid's novel, director Ian Softley makes a half-hearted adaptation that's further diminished by Brendon Fraser's signature boy scout performance as Mo Flochart.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-19-2009 |
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Clint Eastwood, the Jolly Racistnew
Eastwood gets sloppy in the unrealistic, not-so-subtle Gran Torino.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-15-2009 |
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'Trouble the Water' is a Stunning Morality Talenew
The documentary stuns with its story of people struggling to survive in Katrina-stricken New Orleans.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-15-2009 |
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'Revolutionary Road' is a Titanic Successnew
DiCaprio and Winslet reunite in a fantastic film about a marriage violently falling apart.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-15-2009 |
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'Defiance': War and Sex in the Forestnew
If you like dead Nazis and decent action sequences, you'll like Defiance.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-15-2009 |
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'Cherry Blossoms' Translates a Foreigner-in-Japan Experience Better than Sofia Coppola Couldnew
Doris Dorrie's latest movie (her first to be distributed in the U.S. since the 1990s) is good enough to remind contemporary film culture what Coppola lacks. Or put another way: Dorrie offers feminist ideas as the substance of her filmmaking and not the privilege of her femaleness.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-15-2009 |
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Tags: Cherry Blossoms, Doris Dorrie
'Notorious': Drugs-to-Bitchesnew
The Notorious B.I.G. biopic creates a mythical world of glamour and sex to further pop product.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-15-2009 |
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'Last Chance Harvey': Mid-Wife Crisisnew
If you're letting the Golden Globe nominations of Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson for their performances in Last Chance Harvey convince you that this is a great movie ... well, just consider that the Hollywood Foreign Press also regarded Mamma Mia! as one of the best films of 2008.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-15-2009 |
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