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Review: Bond takes it personally in high-shine 'Skyfall'

Posted by · 4:24 pm · October 14th, 2012

Javier Bardem and Roger Deakins are the stars of the series’ 23rd entry.

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Review: Mother doesn't know best in proudly nasty Golden Lion winner 'Pietà'

Posted by · 4:39 pm · September 10th, 2012

Winding down our Venice coverage with thoughts on the fest’s top prizewinner

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Review: The devil wears La Perla in De Palma's disappointing 'Passion'

Posted by · 6:13 am · September 7th, 2012

The art-trash master’s return to the thriller form plays as sedated self-parody.

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Review: Redford's 'The Company You Keep' hangs with the right crowd

Posted by · 7:38 am · September 6th, 2012

The are few surprises in this enjoyably old-fashioned thriller, save for the cast itself.

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Venice: 'Something in the Air' and 'Fill the Void'

Posted by · 1:50 am · September 4th, 2012

Moving away from the American contingent of this year’s Venice lineup with reviews of French and Israeli competition entries.

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Review: All the world really is a stage in adventurous, aloof 'Anna Karenina'

Posted by · 6:20 pm · September 2nd, 2012

The design is dazzling, but the passion muted, in a creative adaptation of the Tolstoy tome.

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Review: 'To the Wonder' is Terrence Malick's typically enchanted Tree of Love

Posted by · 6:16 am · September 2nd, 2012

Heartfelt song to personal and spiritual intimacy proves predictably divisive at Venice press screening.

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Review: Seductive, elliptical 'The Master' answers to no man

Posted by · 6:29 am · September 1st, 2012

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest stimulates and mystifies in equal measure.

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Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' weighed down with all-caps ambiguity

Posted by · 4:10 am · August 29th, 2012

Director Mira Nair’s touch is still AWOL in thoughtful but drab Venice opener.

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Edinburgh Film Festival: 'The Imposter,' 'Home for the Weekend'

Posted by · 7:54 pm · June 21st, 2012

One of the world’s oldest film festivals kicked off its 65th edition yesterday, but it’s a Sundance hit that impressed most.

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Review: 'Mud' brings Jeff Nichols' moodiness to the mainstream

Posted by · 10:02 am · May 26th, 2012

The Cannes competition drew to a close today with “Mud,” an affecting but over-familiar coming-of-age tale from “Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols.

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Review: 'On the Road' sticks to the map

Posted by · 7:15 pm · May 23rd, 2012

The film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s novel has been in the works since 1968 — and isn’t quite worth the wait.

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Review: Stylish, strutting 'Killing Them Softly' too tough for subtext

Posted by · 5:32 am · May 22nd, 2012

Andrew Dominik’s latest brings latter-day capitalist concerns to a sleek 1970s homage.

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Review: Young love is a wispy business in 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Posted by · 4:19 pm · May 16th, 2012

The Cannes Film Festival opener finds Wes Anderson on typically whimsical form — but is it enough?

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Review: Delightful 'Mirror Mirror' restores magic to fairytale revisionism

Posted by · 5:58 am · March 30th, 2012

Films like “Shrek” favored postmodern snark over romance in the post-Disney fairytale — Tarsem’s funny, engaging, exquisitely designed “Mirror Mirror” proves you can have it both ways.

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Review: '21 Jump Street' is a sly, silly celebration of immaturity

Posted by · 9:42 am · March 15th, 2012

Jonah Hill co-writes and stars in this cheerfully irreverent riff on the 1980s cop series, but it’s Channing Tatum who emerges as its MVP.

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