Author: Jonathan Kiefer
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Standard-issue throwaway jokes, stock-footage gimmicks, suggestive cuts—ouch!
This article was published on 10.08.09
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So much Moore
The most successful documentary filmmaker ever, Michael Moore, takes capitalism by the horns.
This article was published on 10.01.09
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Zombieland
Nothing more than a popcorn-chomping spectacle of subgenre nonsense. Fun!
This article was published on 10.01.09
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The Informant!
We were overdue for a great black comedy of white-collar crime—but this isn’t it.
This article was published on 09.24.09
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Circumlocutory and vague
Aren’t we long overdue for a great black comedy about white-collar crime?
This article was published on 09.17.09
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
It isn’t the first film about members of the post-Nazi generation who were radicalized into West Germany’s lethal leftist Red Army Faction in the 1970s.
This article was published on 09.17.09
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World’s Greatest Dad
Part of what the film gets very right is the sadly, sickly funny desperation that adolescence and middle age so often have in common.
This article was published on 09.10.09
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