May 17, 2013
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Tom Hooper won an Academy Award for Best Director for his mind-numbingly average character study The King's Speech, the sort of film that was made for middle American parents traveling to megaplexes around holiday time. When it was announced that his follow up would be the long-awaited film adaptation of the beloved Broadway classic Les Misérables, it felt as though his terribly British sensibilities might be a good match for the built-in drama of the iconic musical. After all, generations of fans already know the story, characters, and songs, so adequately capturing the spirit of the show should be victory in itself. He accomplishes this, to an extent. More
Feb 11, 2013
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Crafted with meticulous detail and restraint, The Kid With a Bike captures an intrinsic understanding of what it feels like when young people find themselves in that crucial moment of life when growing up isn't a choice, but rather an impreative. More
Feb 06, 2013
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The first thing you'll probably notice about Luis Buñuel's final masterpiece, That Obscure Object of Desire, is that the female lead, Conchita, is interchangeably played by two actresses-Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina. For a director known for pushing the envelope both stylistically and thematically for nearly half a century, this contrivance was something new even for Buñuel. More
Jan 23, 2013
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One of the most buzzed about indie films of 2012 was Compliance, Craig Zobel's searing portrait of social hierarchies and gender roles set within a fictitious Ohio fast food restaurant. More
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Oct 09, 2012
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Issue #42 - The Protest Issue
Bob Marley will likely always be a polarizing icon, and releasing this film theatrically on 4/20 was an odious marketing ploy that certainly didn’t mitigate that unfortunate fact. But cutting through the fatuous associations, this is a terrific documentary on the life and enduring legacy of a deeply complex and mysterious figure. More
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Oct 03, 2012
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Issue #42 - The Protest Issue
Director David Gelb’s (A Positive Rage) fantastic portrait of master sushi chef Jiro Ono and his world-renowned, three-star Michelin Guide rated restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro is pure food porn. More
Oct 01, 2012
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Issue #42 - The Protest Issue
Hollow Face, the boogeyman of Intruders, haunts children when they're trying to sleep, lying in wait in the dark corners of their bedrooms for the perfect moment to steal their faces, because he doesn't have his own (for some barely-explained reason). More
Aug 15, 2012
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With 1975’s Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd was confronted with the unenviable task of following up the smash The Dark Side of the Moon. This DVD tells the story of the genesis and creation of that album. More
Jul 10, 2012
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Issue #41 - Yeasayer
Mathieu Kassovitz's gritty, documentary-like second film is a powerful comment on class and racial disparity set in and around a Parisian banlieue-high-rise housing projects-during the aftermath of a riot. More
Jul 06, 2012
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Issue #41 - Yeasayer
"Consciousness is a terrible curse," Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) tells his wife's pet chimp at the start of 1999's Being John Malkovich. Craig is a struggling puppeteer who is more nimble at his craft than he is at finding an audience. At his wife Lotte's (a de-glamorized Cameron Diaz) suggestion, he breaks down and gets a job as a file clerk, unwittingly leaving any sense of convention behind. More
