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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, March 23, 2012

FREE MEN -- French Algerians under the Vichy regime -- opens in L. A. and Boston

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What makes FREE MEN , the new film from Ismaƫl Ferroukhi (who gave us a better one, Le Grand Voyage , a few years back), so initially fasc...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Julia Haslett's oddball but not uninteresting AN ENCOUNTER WITH SIMONE WEIL

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Who was Simone Weil ? You, as had I, may have heard of her off and on over the years: a Jewish writer/philosopher who was ascetic/ religiou...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Boxed-in, and brilliantly, Stephen Dorff shines in Gabe Torres' riveting BRAKE

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You can Drive all you want and get nowhere fast (and glossily). For my money, it's BRAKE that's the "car" movie you must...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Douglas Tirola's ALL IN: THE POKER MOVIE -- history, cards and a lot of talking heads

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Do you love poker? Then you're a shoo-in for ALL IN: THE POKER MOVIE , the new documentary that looks very much like a labor of love fr...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Master of time, place & feeling, Terence Davies is back with THE DEEP BLUE SEA

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I have heard certain film fans equate the work of Terence Davies ( Of Time and the City , The House of Mirth , The Neon Bible , The Long D...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Action! In THE RAID: REDEMPTION Gareth Evans offers the stuff in nearly pure form

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One hundred minutes of practically nonstop whop!-smack!-chop!-whack! action is an interesting, if risky, concept to hang a movie around. Wh...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Emil Chiaberi's MURDER BY PROXY looks at group killings in the workplace and school...

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... and then connects the dots. It's the connection that makes this movie so fascinating and well worth one's time. Beginning with a...
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