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REVIEW | Knock Off: Claude Lelouch's "Roman de gare"

by Nick Pinkerton on April 23, 2008

Sixties art-house standby Claude Lelouch is, as it turns out, alive and well and living in Paris. He's even directed a new film; the title, "Roman de gare," incessantly punned with in the film, apparently refers to those cheap paperback thrillers available at train stations, tawdry stuff good for a ...

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REVIEW | Seeing Is Believing: Errol Morris's "Standard Operating Procedure"

by Chris Wisniewski on April 21, 2008

Often when it comes to Errol Morris, the more you see, the less you know. Some documentarians aim to answer and resolve, but Morris is almost too content to leave us adrift in ambiguity, regardless of the political, moral, and epistemological repercussions. After a New York Film Festival screening o...

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REVIEW | I'll Be Seeing You: Vadim Perelman's "The Life Before Her Eyes"

by Leo Goldsmith on April 16, 2008

Diana and Maureen are in the girls' room, gossiping about boys and bio between classes, when shots ring out. It's the sound of an assault rifle wielded by Michael Patrick, the school nerd, on a violent, Columbine-like rampage. How do we know? "Yesterday in trig he told me he was going to bring a gun...

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REVIEW | Growth Factor: Sue Williams's "Young & Restless in China"

by Michael Rowin on April 10, 2008

With the controversial Beijing Olympics just around the corner, the eyes of the world continue to attentively watch the rapid and profound changes taking place in the social, cultural, and environmental life of China, currently staking a claim as the global market's most powerful economy. "Young & R...

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REVIEW | Strange Fascination: Ari Libsker's "Stalags"

by Michael Rowin on April 9, 2008

Many Americans have never heard about the Stalag fiction phenomenon; Ari Libsker's short but valuable documentary, simply titled "Stalags," makes for a troubling, though thoughtful, introduction. Stalags constituted a genre of cheap exploitation novels that briefly thrived in Israel in the early Six...

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REVIEW | Weird Science: Shi-Zheng Chen's "Dark Matter"

by Leo Goldsmith on April 9, 2008

"Dark Matter" begins with a shot of Meryl Streep practicing tai chi, and therein lies a precise encapsulation of the film's attitude toward the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures. In its 90-minute duration, the film grapples with a number of weighty themes: the origins of the universe, the...

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REVIEW | Compassion Play: Tom McCarthy's "The Visitor"

by Chris Wisniewski on April 8, 2008

Tom McCarthy's surprise indie hit "The Station Agent" was something of a minor miracle. A touching, big-hearted character study propelled by three vibrant performances, "The Station Agent" distinguished itself with its sensitivity and grace, qualities sorely lacking in an independent film culture th...

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REVIEW | Old Joy: Stephen Walker's "Young @ Heart"

by Nick Pinkerton on April 6, 2008

Can rock music and colostomy bags mix? (Insert your own hilarious "Shine a Light" joke here.) The subject of Stephen Walker's new documentary is Farmingham, Massachusetts' "Young @ Heart" chorus, a 24-member group with several international tours under its belt. The singers' median age, we're inform...

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REVIEW | Such Great Heights: Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Flight of the Red Balloon"

by Chris Wisniewski on March 29, 2008

Like his 2004 film "Cafe Lumiere," Hou Hsiao-hsien's sublime new movie "The Flight of the Red Balloon" finds the director in a foreign country paying homage to another filmmaker. With "Lumiere," Yasujiro Ozu was Hou's reference point and Tokyo his canvas; here, Hou reimagines Albert Lamorisse's clas...

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REVIEW | Tuckered Out: David Schwimmer's "Run Fatboy Run"

by Kristi Mitsuda on March 27, 2008

Since the "chick flick" moniker continues to stick, it's only fair that male-targeted incarnations of the romantic comedy receive an equally derogatory nickname now that they're all the rage. I nominate "dick flicks" over David Denby's more diplomatic "slacker striver romance" designation -- certai...

REVIEW | Knock Off: Claude Lelouch's "Roman de gare"

REVIEW | Seeing Is Believing: Errol Morris's "Standard Operating Procedure"

REVIEW | I'll Be Seeing You: Vadim Perelman's "The Life Before Her Eyes"

REVIEW | Growth Factor: Sue Williams's "Young & Restless in China"

REVIEW | Strange Fascination: Ari Libsker's "Stalags"

REVIEW | Weird Science: Shi-Zheng Chen's "Dark Matter"

REVIEW | Compassion Play: Tom McCarthy's "The Visitor"

REVIEW | Old Joy: Stephen Walker's "Young @ Heart"

REVIEW | Such Great Heights: Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Flight of the Red Balloon"

REVIEW | Tuckered Out: David Schwimmer's "Run Fatboy Run"

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