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Black Dynamite (R) Michael Jai White co-writes and stars in this sendup of 1970s blaxploitation flicks as an action hero out to avenge his...
Too Much Heaven
As far back as 2001, when Peter Jackson first took on the Lord of the Rings saga, I kept wishing that he'd find time...
Pedro + Penélope
At this point, Pedro Almodóvar truly seems incapable of making a bad movie. I can't think of any other great filmmaker working today about...
The Talented Miss Highsmith
Joan Schenkar’s “The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highmith,” reviewed on this week’s ”Books” page, could’ve been a...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2009
Part of the fun of this job is scoping out new talent, so here’s my favorite films of 2009 directed by first-time feature filmmakers....
Bruce Wood Film in Fest
Longtime readers probably remember Weekly dance critic Leonard Eureka’s raves about Bruce Wood Dance Company, a Fort Worth-based Modern troupe founded in 1995 by...
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Leap Year (PG) Amy Adams stars in this romantic comedy as a woman whose plans to follow Irish tradition and propose to her boyfriend...
Imaginarium, Youth in Revolt Finally Out
Some films go from blank page to your local movie screen relatively quickly; Up in the Air wrapped principal photography last spring, which is...
The Best Movies Directed by Women of 2009
The New York Times recently found that only about 10 percent of the films they reviewed in 2009 were directed by women. Of course,...
The Best Sports Films of 2009
I was trying to figure out whether I had enough material to do this list, and then Bill Simmons beat me to the punch....
