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Persepolis More Like a Non-Iranian Filmnew
Persepolis is confidently cosmopolitan in its outlook and resonances. Yet it's also an indirect reminder that Iranian culture has been strangely (and, one might add, tragically) bifurcated for going on three decades now.
Son of a Gunnew
An oddly soothing, if contradictory, portrait of an artist.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
02-07-2008 |
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Finding Meaning in Romcom Fluffnew
Where The Hottie and the Nottie lingers on a mismatched relationship, Fool's Gold relies on the predictable twists of a remarriage comedy.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-07-2008 |
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Strike Up the Bandnew
Pretty, resonant and utterly approachable as a gentle comedy, The Band's Visit is conventionally low key.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Arty Assassinsnew
In a wannabe Tarantino flick, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s killers talk like actors, not hitmen.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
'Eye' vs. 'Eye'new
The weird rules of the Asian-horror-remake craze.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
02-07-2008 |
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On the Busnew
Vince Vaughn takes his friends on a Wild West Comedy Show with neo–Rat Pack results.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
02-07-2008 |
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Nakednew
Alex Gibney's documentary Taxi to the Dark Side shows us the road to Abu Ghraib.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Close Encountersnew
Cinequest documentary Sputnik Mania recalls how the world almost scared itself to death on the way to the Space Age.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: David Hoffman, Sputnik Mania
The Small 4 Months is as Big as Lifenew
You could diagram the content, the visual grammar, the momentous performances of Cristian Mungiu's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days like a simple, lengthy sentence, and yet what remains awe-inspiring is the sensation you're left with when it's over: how on earth did he do this?
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-06-2008 |
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New Documentary Reveals American Torture Practicesnew
With a title like this we might expect a horror movie. At times, Alex Gibney's hard-hitting, often stomach-churning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side does indeed resemble entertainment aimed at adolescent males looking for vicarious-brutality thrills.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
The Shop Around the Cornernew
Romantic comedy celebrates the women of Beirut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Road to Nowherenew
Alex Gibney documentary traces a lost soul.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Rich and Strangenew
HBO film connects a Duke to her man Friday.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: Bernard and Doris, Bob Balaban
Guys will be Guysnew
Performance doc puts male behavior on stage.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-06-2008 |
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