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Poor 2013: Films in the coming year

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Listen, 2013, you look cool. You really do, with your new Superman movie and lack of Twilight...

Not just a voice, a resounding roar

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The history of cinema is littered with career defining debuts. From Orson Welles’ seismic Citizen Kane to François Truffaut’s autobiographical The 400 Blows; from Terrence Malick’s poetic Badlands to Martin Scorsese’s raw Whose That Knocking On My Door? They don’t ...

Daguerreotypes

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For 50 years, Agnès Varda lived on Paris’ Rue Daguerre, a quiet street of merchants not far from Montparnasse. She saw the men and...

Cast riveting in ‘The Road’

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The Road is a...

The original crazy drummer

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Rock stars don’t always have the prettiest personal lives. John Lennon (pre-Yoko) intimidated and threatened the women in his life. Sid Vicious may or may not have killed Nancy Spungen. Buddy Rich allegedly verbally abused every member of his band, making scores of...

Rom-com surprise

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There´s a reason Bridesmaids isn’t called The Bridesmaid. Kristen Wiig, the star and co-writer (along with Annie Mumolo) of director Paul Feig’s comedy, has a self-effacing streak running right alongside her deadly deadpan streak...

Cinema 101

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I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap...

Not a good look

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"More plot!” demanded not one single fan of the original Zoolander. So, of course, writers Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Nicholas Stoller and John Hamburg...

We will not grow old together

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It all started so well. There was love, and there was kindness. There was understanding, and there was support. And then one day, there wasn’t. The...

Reel to reel | April 26, 2012

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21 JUMP STREET Two young police officers and ex-classmates go undercover at a local high school to investigate a dangerous drug ring. Rated R. At Century and Colony Square. — Los Angeles Times/MCT AMARCORD This foreign language Oscar winner is a semi-...

Cinematography and ski porn

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From the opening shots of Solitaire, the new ski film from Sweetgrass Productions, you know you’re in for something different...

’44 Inch Chest’ has very little on its mind

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Like "Reservoir Dogs" with a Cockney bark — but without Quentin Tarantino's...