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Prepare for the End (Credits)
The artistic decline of Nicolas Cage isn't news any more, so how about the artistic decline of Alex Proyas? The Egyptian-born, Australian-raised director was...
R.I.P., Claude Chabrol
"I love murder," the French film director reputedly once said. Indeed, many characters in his movies meet swift, brutal, meaningless deaths, so it seems...
Film Shorts
Opening
Cartel Land (R) Matthew Heineman’s documentary about ordinary people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border taking a stand against the rising tide of...
Smashing Machine: Injury Mark
What is it with filmmaking siblings splitting up these days? The Coen brothers needed a vacation from each other, the Wachowski siblings went their...
Considering Kate Beckinsale
Sometimes you need a vacation to step away and think. I recently took a week of personal time and found myself pondering Kate Beckinsale...
Anna Karenina Under the Lights
Wow, this is spooky. When I was in college, I wrote a paper on Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. It was about the novel’s relationship...
Bad Moms: Oh, Mama!
The late Garry Marshall’s last film was released this spring. It was called Mother’s Day, and it wasn’t mentioned in many of the director’s...
Hey There, Scott Pilgrim
On paper, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World looks like a dream pairing. Edgar Wright is the British filmmaker who proved his comic genius with...
Film Shorts // November 6-12, 2024
OPENING
Appudo Ippudo Eppudo (NR) This Telugu-language film stars Nikhil Siddharth, Divyansha Kaushik, Satya, Sriram Reddy Polasane, and Rukmini Vasanth. (Opens Friday at Cinemark Tinseltown...
Shrek Forever After: Fairy-Tale Ending
Sobering reflection of the day: The little kids who are old enough to remember seeing the original Shrek in theaters are teenagers now. Similarly,...
