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    music review: The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56

    Few stars in the history of show business can match Bing Crosby for longevity and popularity in every medium of entertainment; he was at once a top-ranked star of movies, radio, and recordings. (How many Oscar winners for Best Actor can you name who also made best-selling records, year after year...

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    criticWIRE This Week: "Creation" Does Not Make The Grade

    criticWIRE is back with an updated calendar of releases that takes on January and February's specialty films - including three films opening this weel. More than 100 film critics and bloggers have their own pages on the indieWIRE site. The criticWIRE section includes RSS feeds and links for the ind...

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    REVIEW | Lives in Motion: Andre Techine's "The Girl on the Train"

    There's a brilliant tension at the heart of the new film by the consistently challenging French director Andre Techine, "The Girl on the Train." This is a work about an ambiguity--its disturbing central event is an act fueled by mysterious motivation, and it's enacted by a character whom we only thi...

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    REVIEW | Missing Pieces: Amiel's "Creation" Lacks Sense of Awe

    EDITOR'S NOTE: This review was originally published as part of indieWIRE's coverage of the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

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    REVIEW | The Girl Can't Help It: Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank"

    Even after the advent of psychology, feminism, and the sexual revolution, female desire remains culturally discomfiting, a topic to be avoided or willfully mystified. Outside of hyper-hormonal slapstick, adolescent desire is just as taboo. Furthermore, female adolescent desire is so socially unsavor...

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    criticWIRE This Week: "Fish Tank" Leads Newcomers

    criticWIRE is back with an updated calendar of releases that takes on January and February's specialty films - including a notable duo opening this Friday. More than 100 film critics and bloggers have their own pages on the indieWIRE site. The criticWIRE section includes RSS feeds and links for the...

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    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    Over the years, Terry Gilliam has become something of a brand name, leading moviegoers to expect a generous display of visual razzle-dazzle and an offbeat sensibility; the problem often lies in his story or screenplay. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, written by Gilliam and his frequent coll...

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    Reverse Shot's Best of 2009: "Summer Hours" and 9 More

    In the coming months, moviegoers will continue to be inundated by prestige piffle: films conceived with awards in mind and primped and preened by their studios and distributors for maximum Oscar impact. In the past decade, more Academy hopefuls have been squeezed into the final weeks of the year tha...

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    REVIEW | "Superbad" Meets "Fight Club": "Revolt" Hints At Cera's Versatility

    "Youth in Revolt" stars Michael Cera as a hyper-intelligent 16-year-old virgin desperate to escape his bubble of a boring life. If that description sounds familiar, it's because the "Arrested Development" star has done this routine before. But he does it well, and this charming romantic comedy offer...

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    Great And Not-So-Great Movies...

    At year’s end it’s traditional to look back and make Ten Best Lists. The problem is that in the flurry of award season—and its attendant hype—one tends to forget how many mediocre films have come and gone, or how many months there seemed to be nothing worth going out to se...

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