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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

Friday, May 27, 2011

Kenneth Branagh's THOR: Thilly, Thexy, Thtupid -- but mostly mediocre

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TM plops his tush into a rare, paid-for theater seat to see a current main-stream movie in 3D. Then wishes he hadn't. What a bore is TH...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

J.B. Ghuman, Jr.'s SPORK, starring an oddly fetching Savannah Stehlin, opens

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What's a SPORK ? Some combination of fork, dork and pork? Maybe. In this case, it's the name of both the film in question and its le...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Natalia Smirnoff's PUZZLE -- a piece of liberating joy from Argentina

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The first thing we see in PUZZLE are hands kneading dough. Bread is being made for a big family gathering, turkey roasted and appetizers p...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Lancaster/Ryder ABDUCTION OF ZACK BUTTERFIELD: so wrong it's camp

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What can one say? Maybe, "Whew!" It's been several years since I have seen what would appear a provocative and interesting s...
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At reRun/GastroPub, the best double-bill in town: WE ARE THE NIGHT and THE WAVE, two by German filmmaker Dennis Gansel

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OK: It's probably the only double-bill in town just now. But, damn -- it's a good one! Imagine: A classy, fast-moving vampire fli...
Monday, May 23, 2011

HELLO LONESOME: Adam Reid's dear and delicious little film tracks a trio of quirky couplings; plus a fun Q&A with filmmaker

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Loneliness is not the easiest quality to capture on film, at least not without boring us by offering up the usual visual clichés of the figu...
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