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Melancholianew
Lars von Trier's great depression.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-21-2011 |
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Review: Love Crimenew
It may not be perfectly written and directed, but this French thriller (director Alain Corneau's final film) about a perfect crime is beautifully acted and worth a look.
Martha Marcy May Marlene is Escapism at its Most Unnervingnew
Check your pulse if you don’t feel a chill winding between your vertebra during a scene in Martha Marcy May Marlene where Academy Award-nominated actor John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone), playing cult leader Patrick, serenades a commune of vulnerable lost souls with “Marcy’s Song,” by the late folk musician Jackson C. Frank.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-17-2011 |
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Elizabeth Olsen Breaks Out in Emotionally Disturbing Martha Marcy May Marlenenew
Traveling across the U.S. to promote her new film Martha Marcy May Marlene with first-time feature filmmaker Sean Durkin, actress Elizabeth Olsen said she was always shocked when moviegoers decide to share their personal experiences with her about cults.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Horrible and the Miserablenew
More than a decade after the disappointing Wild Man Blues, American Masters gives Woody Allen the documentary he deserves.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
11-17-2011 |
TV
Sizing up the 20th Century with the Cross-dressing Head of the FBInew
It's no secret these days that J. Edgar Hoover was a real bastard. But back in the day he was a paragon of American idealism and fortitude.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
11-17-2011 |
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The Skin I Live In (La Piel que Habito)new
"At age 50," wrote George Orwell, "every man has the face he deserves." But what if a man — or woman — of any age is forced to undergo plastic surgery?
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-17-2011 |
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Soul Survivor in Martha Marcy May Marlenenew
Elizabeth Olsen's performance throughout is somber and self-assured, a promising debut encouraged perhaps by her own efforts to escape the suffocating shadow—and cult of personality—of her older siblings.
Martha Marcy May Marlene is Creepy, Sexy, and Very Stylizednew
A semi-sinister little film with the eerie, sunlit ambiance of headspace thrillers like Rosemary's Baby or the original The Stepford Wives, Martha Marcy May Marlene presents a young woman trapped between two worlds.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Payne’s Fault Not Even George Clooney Can Work a Miracle
Death and dying play a big part in cinema's current zeitgeist. From apocalyptic films like "Melancholia" to cancer-themed comedies like "50/50" there is a pressing dialogue of facing up to the reality of certain death with some amount of courage and dignity.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-15-2011 |
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Filmmaker Stephen Cone premieres The Wise Kidsnew
For Stephen Cone, church has always been a part of life. The son of a Baptist minister, he remembers going there three times a week for 18 years. In the same breath, Cone is also a self-proclaimed lifelong lover of film, with movies and religion playing an equal role in his youth.
Charleston City Paper |
Ryan Overhiser |
11-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stephen Cone, The Wise Kids
Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar is a Sympathetic Portrait of a Closeted Mannew
A fascinating portrait of an influential American, J. Edgar presents Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a flawed but prescient figure whose public role building the FBI into an important institution is contrasted with a private life as a closeted gay man devoted to his right-hand man Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), who became a devoted soulmate.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2011 |
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NASA-Funded Halsey Exhibit Explores Lunar Historynew
Galileo created the first telescope in the 17th century, and now, 400 years later, we've got Google Moon, an application that allows users to get a live satellite view of the lunar surface. In 2009, scientists found water on the moon, and College of Charleston Professor Cassandra Runyon was one of the lead scientists in the discovery.
Charleston City Paper |
Amy Stockwell Mercer |
11-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paranoid Visions of the Apocalypsenew
Fresh rain oozing with yellow oil, dead birds plummeting from the sky, and the sudden apparition of a tornado funnel on a sunshiny day — Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) is haunted by visions that point either to imminent disaster or else to incipient mental illness. "Is anyone seeing this?"
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-10-2011 |
Reviews
Tower Heist Gives Eddie Murphy a Comedy Vehicle that Doesn't Crash and Burnnew
Can anyone remember the last time comedian Eddie Murphy was actually funny? No, voicing an animated donkey with a hankering for waffles doesn't count.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-10-2011 |
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