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REVIEW | "Elevate," A Sincere Portrait of African NBA Aspirants, Amounts to "Hoop Dreams"-Lite
"The rest of the world views us as lazy," says a coach to teen basketball aspirants at the SEEDS Academy, a boarding school in Dakar, Senegal. "You have to be our ambassadors." The pressure is on, but none of the young subjects followed by first-time documentarian Anne Buford in "Elevate" know if th...
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REVIEW | Todd Rohal Takes a Goofy Priest to the Woods in "The Catechism Cataclysm"
"The Catechism Cataclysm" marks the sophomore feature of writer-director Todd Rohal, whose peculiar ensemble piece "The Guatemalan Handshake" made the festival rounds in 2006. Whereas "Guatemalan" took a wide view of Americana through Rohal's cast of offbeat characters, "Catechism" plays like a sing...
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Urban Crime Drama "Joy Road" (Starring Wood Harris, N'Bushe Wright, Others) Gets Theatrical Release
A film we first profiled back in July, and which was met with mixed reactions will be released this weekend in a limited number of theaters.
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Critical Consensus: "Martha Marcy May Marlene" Is The Pick of the Week
One of the most anticipated American indie releases of the year, Sean Durkin's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" is the pick of the week for opening specialty films, according to the folks polled on criticWIRE.
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REVIEW | Post-Cult Trauma Explored in Haunting "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Appearing fragile and terrified from her first scene until her last, Elizabeth Olsen brings an alarming quality to writer-director Sean Durkin's quietly unsettling "Martha Marcy May Marlene." Durkin focuses on alienated young Martha during the immediate aftermath of her decision to escape a cult in...
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REVIEW | Aki Kaurismaki's "Le Havre" Is a Deadpan Delight
With its bouncy soundtrack, deadpan humor and good-natured disposition, Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's "Le Havre" is an endearing affair. Combining his clownish storytelling with a life-affirming plot, Kaurismaki churns a fundamental scenario through his own unique narrative tendencies, yielding ...
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REVIEW | "Being Elmo" Studies Master of Puppets Kevin Clash
As the simplest member of the "Sesame Street" legacy, Elmo also has the greatest lasting appeal. His childlike naivete and untroubled worldview catapulted the furry red muppet to instant fame in the 1980s, when upstart puppeteer Kevin Clash gave the character his defining traits. The subject of "Bei...
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HAMPTONS REVIEW | "Rum Diary," Johnny Depp's Homage to Hunter S. Thompson, is Flawed But Earnest
"Vividly average" is the term used to describe the Puerto Rican readership of a raggedy newspaper in "The Rum Diary," Bruce Robinson's adaptation of the early Hunter S. Thompson novel. It could also describe the resulting movie. Depp coaxed Robinson out of retirement to write and direct "The Rum Di...
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New in Theaters this Weekend "The Thing" and "Oka!"
Opening in limited theatrical release this Friday, October 14th...is Lavinia Currier's Oka! starring the talented and always interesting, Isaach de Bankole. We've covered the film before at S&A, but if you're interesed in a refresher, check out the synopsis below or read Tambay's write-up from last ...
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REVIEW | Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In" Is a Messy Medical Thriller
EDITOR'S NOTE: This review was originally published during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. "The Skin I Live In" opens in limited release this weekend.
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