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Blue Jasmine As usual, Woody Allen has assembled a fabulous cast, and as (nearly) usual, given us a hugely entertaining 98 minutes. But it takes Cate Blanchett in the title role delivering one of her […]
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The Rocket Sadly, schoolchildren in buttoned-down Australia are no longer permitted to play with exploding rockets or light double bungers in each other’s lunch boxes. No problem in remote Laos, where Aussie filmmaker Kim Mordaunt […]
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Frances Ha Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, To Rome With Love) cements her rep as the indies’ IT-girl in Noah Baumbach’s smart new NYC comedy. She’s Frances, a late twenty-something over-educated, under-employed (sound familiar?), “apprentice” dancer from […]
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Greetings From Tim Buckley Some of the hits from the recent Sydney Film Festival (three on this page alone) are starting to appear locally, and we recommended this little gem a few issues back. Don’t […]
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Before Midnight Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), the young couple we first met in 1995 (Before Sunrise) are now pushing 40. Richard Linklater brought them back in 2004 (Before Sunset) to roam the […]
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Reality In the acclaimed 2008 crime epic Gomorrah, Matteo Garrone depicted contemporary Italian life as something close to Hell. In Reality, which at least is much lighter, he takes us to much the same place. […]
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In The House “Utterly assured, breathtakingly executed and riotously funny, this is a delight,” writes Total Film. Celebrated auteur François Ozon (The Swimming Pool) is nothing if not provocative, and his new black comedy was […]
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Farewell, My Queen Is there anything left to say about Marie Antoinette and the days before her head was lopped off? Miraculously, veteran French filmmaker Benoît Jacquot has found a new angle within the gated […]
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A Place For Me In a beachside pad one Thanksgiving, Josh Boone introduces us to The Borgens, an affluent but troubled family. Bill (Greg Kinnear) was once a successful writer, but his star is fading […]
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Spring Breakers Now pushing 40, aging enfant terrible and writer of Kids Harmony Korine has lost none of his ability to shock. A stroke of genius casting will ensure his latest provocation hits its mark […]