Author: Jonathan Kiefer
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Mid-August Lunch
Veteran screenwriter Gianni Di Gregorio also stars as a weary post-middle-aged man who, on Italy’s biggest summer holiday, finds himself stuck in Rome with a condo full of old ladies.
This article was published on 06.17.10
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Longtime Disney producer Don Hahn’s documentary does feel like just another vanity project.
This article was published on 06.10.10
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No One Knows About Persian Cats
The new film from Iranian writer-director Bahman Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses) puts the taking of liberties in perspective.
This article was published on 06.10.10
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Mad science, bad parents
Two fetching geneticists create a monster.
This article was published on 06.03.10
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Exit Through the Gift Shop
That it’s called “a Banksy film” could mean a directing credit for the adored, elusive British street artist.
This article was published on 05.27.10
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Are rhetorical questions and tritely ironic old-movie riffs, used to bracket talking-head torrents of rehashed old news, at all viable anymore in the making of effective political documentaries? Filmmaker Alex Gibney clearly thinks so.
This article was published on 05.27.10
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Robin Hood
So here, from Brian Helgeland’s prosaic script, comes another of director Ridley Scott’s bloated vehicles for the battle-action Russell Crowe.
This article was published on 05.20.10
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