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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

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Best of Year (so far): Regina King's superlative could-have-happened ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI

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For all the good things you've heard about ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI , the movie turns out to be even better. It starts well, builds consistent...
Friday, January 15, 2021

Lynne Sachs' FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO breaks new ground in the "family" documentary department

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Every year there seem to be a couple (if not more) of new docs that, in telling their strange and troubling stories -- often about a family ...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Sam Pollard's MLK/FBI further exposes yet another shameful episode in our nation's history of law enforcement

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Back in 2017 producer/director/editor Sam Pollard  (shown below) co-directed one of the year's best documentaries, Acorn and the Firesto...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

ACASÄ‚, MY HOME: Radu Ciorniciuc's beautiful, provocative doc opens in virtual theaters

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  The theme of individual freedom against the power of the state only recently received an amusing, thoughtful and emotional workout via the...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

ANTEBELLUM and THE HUNT added to TrustMovies' "Best of Year" list

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Having this week just caught up with (and been blown away by) ANTEBELLUM , I've got to add it to my best-of-year list , along with a mov...
Friday, January 8, 2021

Film Maudit 2.0 Festival returns for 12 days of free online screenings, including Ivo van Aart's timely, dark, comic thriller, THE COLUMNIST

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Free movie screening are nothing to sneeze at, particularly in these pandemic times, so the upcoming 12 days of (we hope) fun and frolic via...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Dzintars Dreibergs' WWI blockbuster, BLIZZARD OF SOULS, is Latvia's submission to the "Oscars" as Best International Film

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BLIZZARD OF SOULS (aka The Riflema n) is also, not coincidentally, the little country of Latvia's biggest box-office success in 30 year...
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