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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, September 24, 2013

The 51st Annual NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL is upon us: Guiraudie's STRANGER BY THE LAKE & Lanzmann's LAST OF THE UNJUST in U.S. debut

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It begins this Friday, September 27, and runs through Sunday, October 13. In addition to all the films from top-flight fests around the...
Monday, September 23, 2013

The Jean-Jacques Annaud and Menno Meyjes DAY OF THE FALCON proves flight-worthy

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The original title -- Black Gold -- of the film under consideration here has been used at least eight times already, even as recently a...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

An original--and an odd one--Bob Byington's family saga SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME

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Bob Byington  is a name (and a movie-maker) new to me, but I'm awfully glad I stumbled onto his SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME , for i...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

The results of secrecy, private and public, haunt Carl Colby's family tale, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW

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Who says being too close to a subject robs you of perspective and objectivity? The subject of Carl Colby 's documentary, THE MAN N...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Matthew Mishory's mythologizing visual treat, A PORTRAIT OF JAMES DEAN: Joshua Tree, 1951

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Myth-making's a funny thing. If you're not careful (or brave enough to go whole hog), it can turn around and bite you in the ass...
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