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Movie criticism (mostly foreign films, documentaries and independents: big Hollywood product hardly needs more marketing), very occasional interviews from James van Maanen, now 80 years old, who began his late-career movie reviewing for GreenCine, then took the big blog step over a decade ago. He covers new movies, video releases, and occasional streaming choices. You can reach him at JamesvanMaanen@gmail.com

Monday, June 22, 2009

Jennifer Lynch's SURVEILLANCE: Just how ugly does it get? You have no idea....

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It's not so much that SUR- VEILLANCE is one of the sickest films I've ever seen. I'm an adult, I can handle sick. Nor is the...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

The other "What" movie: Jonathan Glatzer's challenging WHAT GOES UP

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Though Woody Allen 's Whatever Works opens today (unseen as yet by TrustMovies ), the "what" film I heartily recommend to any...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Didactics: Dudow/Brecht's KUHLE WAMPE, Brokaw/Gilman's SPINNING INTO BUTTER

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Happening to view within the same 24 hours both KUHLE WAMPE: Or Who Owns the World? (the 1931 film directed by Slatan Dudow and co-written ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Pro-Choice/Pro-Life Update -- and a fresh look at UNBORN IN THE U.S.A.

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Thanks to a media advisory sent out by First Run Features at the beginning of this month, regarding the murder of Dr. George Tiller , a 200...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tommy Wirkola's DEAD SNOW: more gore, a few laughs, and introducing...

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...Nazi zombies! (No, we're not talking about Tom Cruise in Valkyrie .) What is it about these two words used in tandem that promise...
Monday, June 15, 2009

THREE BLIND MICE: Catch this Aussie film before it disappears from On-Demand

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We haven't seen many Australian films hit the U.S. market of late (unless you count that bloated Baz Luhrmann schlock-fest starring th...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Three worthwhile documentaries from the HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Int'l Film Fest

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As you can tell if you follow this blog to any extent, when he covers a film festival, TrustMovies prefers to see 'em all, rather than ...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Beineix's BETTY BLUE is back -- in Director's Cut three-hour-plus version

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If you remember fondly the gorgeous, sexy nut-job BETTY BLUE , brought to scary/sweet and hugely voluptuous life by actress Béatrice Dalle ...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Open Roads Wrap-Up -- and a "thank you" to animation artist Ursula Ferrara

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I miss Italy already. Eight days and a dozen films are not nearly enough. The worst thing is that few, if any, of these eminently deserving...
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