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Eastward Bound
It has been nine years since Tommy Lee Jones made his directing debut with The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. That acclaimed Western, which...
Film Shorts
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Brad’s Status (R) Ben Stiller stars in this comedy as a father who takes his son on a tour of colleges and meets an...
Evan Almighty
I see it clearly now: 2007 will go down as the year that Seth Rogen arrived.
The proudly Jewish Canadian actor isn’t exactly new...
Catching Up With the Classics (Part 1)
A few weeks ago I blogged about Sight & Sound’s list of the greatest movies ever and urged you to see some of them....
A Faulkner Story
This is the sort of thing that happens to first-time filmmakers working on a shoestring budget: While shooting his drama Between Heaven and Hell,...
Film Shorts
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The Counselor (R) Cormac McCarthy’s debut as a screenwriter is this Ridley Scott-directed thriller about a lawyer (Michael Fassbender) who gets involved in drug-trafficking....
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Frank (R) Michael Fassbender stars in this black comedy as a troubled musician who struggles to cope with his band’s newfound fame, which is...
Rabbit Hole: Childless Parents
Whither the prestige picture? I’m talking about straightforward, visually handsome, modestly budgeted films that feature a few high-powered actors tackling weighty issues, usually working...
Film Shorts // March 22-28, 2023
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Bheed (NR) This Indian drama tells a series of interlocking stories about characters who move to safe places during the COVID pandemic lockdown. Starring...
Prometheus: “Get It Out of Me!”
To answer your first question about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus: Yes, it is a prequel to his 1979 sci-fi classic Alien. The director has hemmed...
