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Shimmer shimmer ya

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The Bible describes angels as so mind-meltingly unfathomable to humans, the first thing they always say is “You gotta chill out, I’m cool. I...

Now we are 63

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In 1964, Britain’s Granada Television charged researcher Michael Apted to select 14 7-year-olds from disparate backgrounds for the documentary program, Seven Up! Their aim: to get a...

‘Horrible’ pretty good

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You can practically hear little coils of contempt tightening inside Jason Bateman every time he’s in a pickle on screen. In the new comedy Horrible Bosses, the Bateman specialty is the are-you-trying-to-tell-me response. At one point in the film, when confronted ...

IFS unlocks the artistry of Wim Wenders

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Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man abroad and at home. Sing to me his story as a wanderer and a traveler,...

The way of the future

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If all had gone according to plan, the internet would have made a rather inauspicious debut, but perhaps it wasn’t meant for modesty. On...

And the nominees are…

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Almost two months later than last year’s ceremony and encompassing two venues, 2021’s Academy Awards will cap the cinematic year that couldn’t get started...

Kung Ow Kickin’

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Sometimes, life is simple. If you don’t like beef, don’t order a rib-eye. If you don’t like stale, recycled jokes, don’t watch CBS sitcoms. If you don’t like action movies, avoid The Raid: Redemption like a television-phobic vegan would avoid the stuff mentioned ...

Songs of Solomon

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For whatever reason, avant-garde art films have never gained the pop-culture cachet achieved by other realms of the art world...

Partly sunny

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To steal from Mother Goose (don’t worry, she’s dead): When Cloud Atlas is good, it’s very, very good; when it’s bad, Hugo Weaving is doing a drag impression of Nurse Ratched. The ambition of writers/directors Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Twyker, working from David...

The moment when everything changed

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Traditions may come in all shapes and sizes, but the rigid ones always seem to be the one’s that last. On the island of...

reel to reel | Week of July 21, 2011

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Bad Teacher Cameron Diaz gets in touch with her bad self as the world’s worst teacher, an alcoholic, drugusing party animal who tries to seduce a wealthy new substitute (Justin Timberlake). Rated R. At Century, Flatiron and Twin Peaks — Rene Rodriguez Beginners ...

Loco motives

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I didn’t read The Girl on the Train. Maybe it’s great. Are there werewolves in it? It seems like werewolves would have made the story...