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Microreview Roundup #26

THIRST [Park/2009] Works best in the beginning, when exploring religion/sex/vampirism. The shift to Park-approved chaos sacrifices clarity. (TN) H. G. CLOUZOT'S INFERNO [Blomberg, Medrea/2009] Lost film's mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic images make doc worth watching; Romy is incandescent. (DG) SIN NOMBRE [Fukunaga/2009] … Continue reading →

Posted on January 21, 2010 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Movie of the Week: FILM IST. A GIRL & A GUN

That oft-cited equation for popular cinema’s essentials — sometimes attributed to Jean-Luc Godard, sometimes to D.W. Griffith — is the animating notion behind the latest found-footage essay from Austrian director Gustav Deutsch: “All you need to make a movie is … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Microreview Roundup #25

BRIGHT STAR [Campion/2009] Translates the Romanticism of Keats's poetry into images of pure lyricism; Abbie Cornish pulsates as his beloved. (KS) OCTOBER COUNTRY [Palmieri, Mosher/2009] Sensitive portrait of articulate dead-enders settles for comfortable confidences, avoids intimacy. (AR) FANTASTIC MR. FOX … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Movie of the Week: BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE

BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE [Paul Mazursky/1969] trades its situational comedy on the touchy-feeliness of group therapy and the striving for openness and free love that came with the era. Although a bit of a time capsule now, … Continue reading →

Posted on November 19, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Movie of the Week: THE LAND

The late Youssef Chahine gets a mini-retrospective this weekend, courtesy of the the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The master filmmaker's career spanned nearly six decades, earning him both acclaim and censure in his role as the cinematic voice for … Continue reading →

Posted on November 13, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Microreview Roundup #24

RED RIDING: 1980 [Marsh/2009] Sturdy middle ep is shallow procedural laced with the personal woes of semi-insider stymied by the Blue Wall. (AR) RED RIDING: 1974 [Jarrold/2009] Effective, brutal noir on destruction of a naif newly returned from the South … Continue reading →

Posted on November 10, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Movie of the Week: PAPER MOON

Watching Peter Bogdanovich's PAPER MOON [1973] again recently, after seeing it and loving it as a kid when it came out, was an interesting experience. I felt more acutely aware that I was watching a period piece that had itself … Continue reading →

Posted on October 24, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Microreview Roundup #23

CROSSROADS OF YOUTH [An/1934] Unpolished silent artifact on vulnerability of women and romantic love in the face of poverty and modernity. (AR) SWEET RUSH [Wajda/2009] Fairly touching blend of memoir and melodrama; mundane reality of love and loss in contrast … Continue reading →

Posted on October 22, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Movie of the Week: THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES

Vincent Price was nothing if not a great sport. Although an actor of tremendous range and charisma, he never let ego keep him from campy projects that exploited his status as “horror guy,” from his back-stabbing grin and impiously velvet … Continue reading →

Posted on October 15, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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Microreview Roundup #22

HELL DRIVERS [Endfield/1957] Stanley Baker's muted intensity anchors this dynamic but downbeat tale of truckers at the mercy of racketeers. (DG) THANK YOU FOR SMOKING [Reitman/2005] Compromised satire built on shaky ground; it's difficult to mock subjects savagely if you … Continue reading →

Posted on October 13, 2009 by fol.lowfoc.us
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