CJ7
It’s hard to resist comparing Stephen Chow’s new family-ish sci-fi comedy CJ7 to its most obvious American touchstone, the ...
Goofy Sci-Fi Comedy and More of those Darn Nazis
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Film Notes: Southland Tales
Finally released on DVD after years of tweaking and an embarrassingly minor theatrical run, Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales is the ...
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The Passion of Jean-Luc Godard
A new DVD set revisits the director’s work from the 1980s
Jean-Luc Godard was one of the seminal figures ...
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March Film Notes
If you're a sucker for comic book movies, 2008 is looking pretty rosy, at least compared to the past few ...
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Obsessed with Obsession
If the relatively dismal box office showing of last year's dark, troubling Zodiac wasn't entirely surprising, its complete absence from ...
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February Film Notes
Payday
For proof the ‘70s truly were the golden age of American cinema, look no further than the forgotten 1973 ...
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The Outskirts of Persepolis
“In this life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's their own stupidity ...
“In this life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's their own stupidity ...
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There Will Be Blood
About midway into There Will Be Blood, Daniel Plainview tells a man claiming to be his brother, “I don't like ...
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Three Great Scripts, Two to Five Discs
Margot at the Wedding
Lord, I'd hate to meet Noah Baumbach's family. It's possible, of course, that they're perfectly lovely ...
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Holiday Movie Picks
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The undisputed king of Christmas movies, at least for the last decade or so, Frank ...
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