Review: ‘Another Year’
There is a particular genius to the filmmaking process of Mike Leigh. The celebrated British director of “Life is Sweet,” …
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The Second Annual Yellow Springs Short Film Festival
Noted writer Raymond Carver, who died prematurely in 1988, devoted himself to the art of the short story, becoming one …
Review: ‘Blue Valentine’
No Strings Attached captured hearts and the opening-weekend box office by giving audiences the same old vision of love — …
Fragmentation of the Audience
Once upon a time, people watched movies in movie theaters as a collective whole. We paid a few pennies for …
Review: ‘Made in Dagenham’
Sally Hawkins impressed me immeasurably in “Never Let Me Go,” Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s bestselling novel, which left …
Review: ‘War Horse’
Steven Spielberg, contemporary film’s sentimental serialist, strikes again with this heart-tugging story about young Albert (Jeremy Irvine), a British farm …
Forward Thinking: A 2011 Film Preview
Annual top 10 lists and Oscar prognosticating derail forward progress for the first couple of months of the new year …
Review: ‘The Green Hornet’
For a genre based on color-splashed frames of superhuman heroics, comic book adaptations sure have gotten heavy-handed in their attempts …
Review: ‘Rabbit Hole’
From the start, Rabbit Hole seems to be looking up at the world from a position of frustration and regret. …
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As an audience member of a certain age (and gender), I can remember being titillated by my first glimpse of …
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