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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

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Gay Outsider: films of William E. Jones screen at Anthology Film Archives

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All gays are necessarily outsiders, but within this "outsider" status, the filmmaker under consideration here occupies a rather sp...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Emily Abt's TOE TO TOE opens; documentarian turns to narrative

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Two teens -- one black the other white -- bond and rupture over Lacrosse, school, boys and self-image in documentary filmmaker Emily Abt ...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

DVDebut: Joe Berlinger's CRUDE tackles Ecuador's (via Chevron) oil pollution

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A wide canvas filled with visual and verbal sound bites, CRUDE , the 2009 documen- tary produced & directed by Joe Berlinger (shown be...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

DVDebut: GOOD HAIR -- a smart doc from Chris Rock

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Looking back at Black male comics, I'd say that there's never been anyone quite like Chris Rock . From Godfrey Cambridge through ...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

DVDebut: WOMEN IN TROUBLE -- an encore recommendation

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Having seen this movie twice now, loving it even more the second time around, I'm tub- thumping for it once again. Forget The New Yor...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Cindy Kleine's PHYLLIS AND HAROLD shocks, stuns, moves and amuses; filmmaker Q&A

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Joining the ranks of top-notch docs about family -- Must Read After My Death , Life Support Music and Capturing the Friedmans -- is this ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

FILM COMMENT SELECTS, from the FSLC, opens at the Walter Reade

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Among the more popular series presented each year by the Film Society of Lincoln Center is Film Comment Selects ( Film Comment being, for...
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