‘The Fourth State’ will almost certainly reappear in American cinemas with Shia LeBeouf as Paul, and Jessica Biel as Katja, for the outline of near-perfection is already in place, ready to be traced
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Minor Rock Fist Up
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A Lifetime of Experimental Film: Criterion’s A Hollis Frampton Odyssey
24 Hollis Frampton experimental movies from 1966 to 1979 are included on the new Criterion Blu-ray ‘A Hollis Frampton Odyssey.’ All the films in this retrospective set will bring to mind questions about how they were created. Pondering those questions—and the set of filmic limitations and possibilities—are the reason the films exist in the first place.
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Does this shift in style mean The Dictator is more conventional than the reality-based Borat and Bruno? Or is it more subversive because it follows the romcom format while betraying romantic comedy sensibilities with a vicious mean streak and some sublimely shocking moments?
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‘Dark Shadows’ has the talent behind and in front of the camera to be the lusty, campy drama it wants to be, but the movie has a lot of exposition to get out of the way first.
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Warren Cantrell is at the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival seeing as many movies as he can and filing reviews and reports as he goes. U.K. artist and sculptor Andrew Logan has acted as the veritable nerve-center of England’s art scene since the early 1970s, a position he solidified after hosting the First Annual Alternative Miss World [...]
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Warren Cantrell sez:
Minor Rock Fist Down
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SIFF 2012 Exclusive: We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
What’s most surprising about We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, a documentary about the ‘Anonymous’ hacking collective, is its refusal to seriously acknowledge any other side to an argument whose outcome the documentary presents as a foregone conclusion.
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As the Norwegian comedy ‘Curling King’ demonstrates, the sport’s enthusiasts and practitioners feel that the ancient stone-sliding pastime is a delicate and precise marriage between skill and art, and one to be taken very, very seriously.
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Eric Melin sez:
Minor Rock Fist Up
Minor Rock Fist Up
Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’ and Scorsese’s George Harrison Doc on Blu-ray
An unusual action movie and a music documentary from one of the most respected filmmakers working today are out on Blu-ray and DVD now.
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Warren Cantrell is at the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival seeing as many movies as he can and filing reviews and reports as he goes. Game of Werewolves (Lobos de Arga) ain’t your grand-pappy’s monster movie, though the old man would have almost certainly recognized, if not enjoyed it. The latter statement would hold especially true if your [...]
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Warren Cantrell is at the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival seeing as many movies as he can and filing reviews and reports as he goes. Que pena tu boda (translated as Fuck My Wedding and directed by Nicolas Lopez) is a sequel to 2010’s Que pena tu vida (Fuck My Life), and is a rare exception to [...]
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Wacthing ‘The Avengers’ is like watching director Joss Whedon play with really expensive action figures.
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At least one of our film critics wasn’t as enthusiastic as many others have been about Marvel’s The Avengers so far. Watch the video to find out who…
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‘The Avengers’ may be pure formula, but its formula done in a way that makes you remember why formulas were created in the first place: They were successful.
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Eric Melin sez:
Rock Fist Way Up
Rock Fist Way Up
Excellent Family Drama ‘Pariah’ and Ozu’s ‘Late Spring’ New on Blu-ray and DVD
A couple of family dramas are new out on Blu-ray and DVD, one an under-seen debut from last year and the other an acclaimed classic from Japan.
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Thanks to a sincere script and a layered performance from Jason Segel, ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ believes wholeheartedly in actual romance — which I think is a concept that romantic comedies often “say” they support, but rarely have the chops to back it up.
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