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In a Cold Placenew

Courage in a Russian bleak house.

Eugene Weekly | Jason Blair | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Puppy Lovenew

It's not a banal tale about a boy and his dog, but a fresh one about an older woman and hers. Who knew Molly Shannon playing a petulant nutjob could be so moving?

Sacramento News & Review | Jonathan Kiefer | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog

Cavorting With Caninesnew

In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.

Austin Chronicle | Toddy Burton | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog

The Political Becomes Personalnew

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

Austin Chronicle | Josh Rosenblatt | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Ken Loach, The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Silence Is Chartreusenew

At once eerie, picaresque, and evocative, this is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps, who have taken a vow of silence.

Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning

Interminable Islandnew

Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.

Austin Chronicle | Marrit Ingman | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Scott Wiper, The Condemned

Verhoeven Returns With Dutch Treatnew

Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.

Austin Chronicle | Marrit Ingman | 04-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven