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Catherine Breillat Proves She's More Than a Porno-polemicistnew
As if to legitimize her unorthodox approach, the period drama of The Last Mistress brings Breillat into the haughty realm of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the infamous (often adapted) 18th-century novel of sexual gamesmanship as psychological and political intrigue.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-26-2008 |
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Demeans to an End
The movie stops being a raw but sympathetic portrait of a boy's traumatic upbringing and becomes simply raw.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-17-2006 |
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Despite Unpleasantries, Heart Beats Truenew
Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of nonexistent teen author J.T. Leroy, this film is a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
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Whose Cheatin' Heart?new
A fable of our era leaps -- or hobbles -- from page to screen.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Stephen Beachy |
03-22-2006 |
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Deceitful About All Thingsnew
Argento’s adaptation of J.T. LeRoy’s "autobiographical novel" has plenty of stylistic flash and no discernible point.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
03-10-2006 |
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