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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

Thursday, May 26, 2016

The political tale our our time: Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg's riveting, baffling WEINER

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Why is the new documentary, WEINER -- about the hoped-for comeback then further implosion of the political career of former congressman...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

LOVE & FRIENDSHIP: Whit Stillman and Jane Austen prove a marriage made in heaven

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How is it that Whit Stillman , the guy who's been giving us those dialog-heavy, manners-and-mores movies for 25 years, has only now ...
Monday, May 23, 2016

The games men play -- with each other -- as Athina Rachel Tsangari skewers the male prerogative, Greek-style, in CHEVALIER

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There is no overt mention made of Greece's ongoing and horrendous economic situation in the film, CHEVALIER , but this low-key but o...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Godard's A MARRIED WOMAN hits Blu-ray & DVD -- and holds up pretty damned well

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Anyone who follows this blog probably knows that TrustMovies is no fan of Jean-Luc Godard . I find the guy intellectually callow, p...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Civil rights & animal wrongs: Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker's doc, UNLOCKING THE CAGE

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I don't think you have to be an animal rights activist or a PETA person to appreciate the new documentary, UNLOCKING THE CAGE , but ...
Friday, May 20, 2016

WELCOME TO HAPPINESS: Oliver Thompson's how-(not)-to-fix-your-life movie opens

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This is somewhat unusual. Two days in a row TrustMovies finds himself covering a film dedicated to providing a particular philosophy of...
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