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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, September 22, 2017

David Gordon Green's Boston Marathon bio-pic, STRONGER, certainly is -- for awhile, at least....

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Thanks to an Oscar-worthy performances from lead Jake Gyllenhaal and supporting actress Miranda Richardson , and a less-showy-but equal...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

The "twatification" of fashion reaches its apotheosis in Michael Roberts' doc, MANOLO: THE BOY WHO MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS

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Yes, "twatification," and though I can't be certain I've coined the word, do feel free to use it if you like. It certa...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Another dancer documentary, Elvira Lind's BOBBI JENE, opens in New York City

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After Dancer , Restless Creature , A Ballerina's Tale , and a number of other dance-themed documentaries that  TrustMovies has seen...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Romania unveiled (again) in Corneliu Porumboiu's funny and exotic THE TREASURE

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Exotic? Well, yes. For those of us not reared in Eastern Europe, at least, the latest movie from one of Romania's crack filmmakers, ...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Blu-ray/DVDebut for Kelly Reichardt's best yet: the quiet, beautifully crafted CERTAIN WOMEN

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TrustMovies has run warm, though not hot, on the work of Kelly Reichardt over the past decade -- from Old Joy though Wendy and Lucy ,...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

Sunday Corner with Lee Liberman: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS--"meaningless mess" or Quentin Tarantino masterpiece?

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Quentin Tarantino 's provocative World War lI revenge fantasy now on Netflix is off-putting -- also comic and worth pondering. At fi...
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