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The Top 10 Movies of 2010
In my list of top 10 movies last year, I took note of a resurgence in American films. That continued this year, and even...
Iron Lady: Tory Details
More than 20 years after she left office as Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher now enjoys a much higher reputation in America...
Film Shorts
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The Guardian of Memory (NR) Marcela Arteaga’s documentary profiles Texas immigration lawyer Carlos Spector and his efforts to obtain asylum for Mexican immigrants fleeing...
Amateur Night
I’m a bit puzzled by the title of Sex Tape. Does anybody still use videotape to film their sexual encounters? The sex farce by...
Brutalist: Big Blocks
Of all the Oscar contenders in play this awards season, The Brutalist is unquestionably the longest. We’re talking three hours and 35 minutes, which...
A Death in the Family
Back in 1996, when Sling Blade came out, not only had no one heard of Billy Bob Thornton, the whole concept of regional cinema...
Film Shorts
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Chappie (PG-13) The latest film by Neill Blomkamp (Distrtict 9) is about a police robot (Sharlto Copley) in a futuristic society who’s stolen and...
Crouching Vikings, Hidden Dragon
The new animated movie How to Train Your Dragon takes its title and the names of its characters from a successful series of novels...
Lady Bird: So Long, Sacramento
The first time I was blown away by Saoirse Ronan, it wasn't by her performance in Atonement, which earned her her first Oscar nomination...
The Lodge: Dead Snow
Five years ago, the filmmaking team of Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz captured the world’s attention with Goodnight Mommy, a horror movie they made...
