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What Maisie Knew Endures the Pains of Being a Kid, with Fancy Linens What Maisie Knew Endures the Pains of Being a Kid, with Fancy Linens , May 01, 2013
There are times during the affecting tumult of What Maisie Knew when you may think, "At last, a first-rate American movie about what being a kid... More>>
Something in the Air Moves Forward without Erasing the Past Something in the Air Moves Forward without Erasing the Past
, May 01, 2013
Young people are lovely in ways they can't comprehend until years later. Yesterday's haircut straight out of Scooby-Doo becomes tomorrow's... More>>
Interview: Oliver Assayas on Something in the Air  and Hating the '70s Interview: Oliver Assayas on Something in the Air and Hating the '70s
, May 01, 2013
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Olivier Assayas has a thing for the '70s. Following Carlos (2010), his six-hour, Golden Globe-winning... More>>
Roberto Rossellini's Voyage to Italy Journeys the Fragility of a Marriage Roberto Rossellini's Voyage to Italy Journeys the Fragility of a Marriage
, May 01, 2013
As auteurist demigods go, Roberto Rossellini is still tough to nail down—there's the neorealist Rossellini, the... More>>
William Friedkin's Self-Loathing Gay Protagonists William Friedkin's Self-Loathing Gay Protagonists
, May 01, 2013
Being perennially suspicious of authority, director William Friedkin is fascinated by the myth of fraternal community. This is apparent... More>>
!Vivan Las Antipodas! Soars, Flips, Dives, and Seems to Turn the Globe Itself !Vivan Las Antipodas! Soars, Flips, Dives, and Seems to Turn the Globe Itself
, May 01, 2013
If you plant your feet on the ground and imagine burrowing straight down through crust and magma and then right through the Earth’s center... More>>
What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion
, May 01, 2013
Stephanie Zacharek is the new chief film critic at the Village Voice. Alan Scherstuhl is the Voice's film editor. Sometimes they gab about how... More>>
Outsourcing Cinema in Unmade in China Outsourcing Cinema in Unmade in China
, May 01, 2013
Outsourcing to China has long been standard practice for American industries looking for cheaper labor and overhead costs, but with the... More>>
Post Tenebras Lux, A Worthy Follow-up to Reygadas's Silent Light Post Tenebras Lux, A Worthy Follow-up to Reygadas's Silent Light
, May 01, 2013
An early scene in Carlos Reygadas's Post Tenebras Lux might serve as a metaphor for its audience's experience watching the film: A little girl... More>>
Turtle Hill, Brooklyn Rejects Resolution, Smartly Turtle Hill, Brooklyn Rejects Resolution, Smartly
, May 01, 2013
An appealingly off-the-cuff chamber piece, Turtle Hill, Brooklyn unfolds throughout the course of a day in the outer-borough home of Will (Brian... More>>
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn... Sorry Sergio Leone Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn... Sorry Sergio Leone
, May 01, 2013
In one scene of Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn, a woman seduces her boyfriend by playing him a lite-R&B song she recorded. The film itself also... More>>
Porn Doc Aroused Is Deep as Tube of Lipstick Porn Doc Aroused Is Deep as Tube of Lipstick
, May 01, 2013
Here are the revelations on offer in Aroused, a first feature from celebrity photographer Deborah Anderson that aspires to be a... More>>
Modestly Made and Executed, The Happy House Is Pretty Likeable Modestly Made and Executed, The Happy House Is Pretty Likeable
, May 01, 2013
City couple goes to remote B&B, weird shit happens—the only surprises in D.W. Young's tiny low-budget debut are how mildly he satirizes... More>>
The Source Family Documents Hippie Huckster Jim Baker The Source Family Documents Hippie Huckster Jim Baker
, May 01, 2013
Say what you will about Jim Baker, also known as Yod, Yahowha, Father, and then just plain God to his tribe of hippie acolytes in Los Angeles's... More>>
Free the Mind Professes the Power of Meditation without Exactitude Free the Mind Professes the Power of Meditation without Exactitude
, May 01, 2013
Danish director Phie Ambo, who previously made the Nicolas Winding Refn cine-portrait Gambler, set out to document the therapeutic effects of... More>>
Fragments of Kubelka Is Longer Than Peter Kubelka's Actual Fragments Fragments of Kubelka Is Longer Than Peter Kubelka's Actual Fragments
, May 01, 2013
At nearly four hours, this crash course in the life and work of experimental-cinema pioneer Peter Kubelka is roughly four times longer than... More>>
Faux-Art House Horror Flick Kiss of the Damned At Least Has Hot Sex Scenes Faux-Art House Horror Flick Kiss of the Damned At Least Has Hot Sex Scenes
, May 01, 2013
A trashy vampire flick in art-film drag, Kiss of the Damned satisfies on neither level. Drawing on a host of Euro-horror influences including... More>>
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's, A (1 Percenter) Fan's Mash Note Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's, A Fan's Mash Note
, May 01, 2013
At last! A documentary about that underexposed group: the 1 percenters in their lair. In Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's, the storied store is... More>>
Following Michael Shannon Through His Sociopathic Career of Murder in The Iceman Following Michael Shannon Through His Sociopathic Career of Murder in The Iceman
, May 01, 2013
Until his arrest in 1986, most people believed Richard Kuklinski to be an all-American family man. In reality this suburban New Jersey "banker"... More>>
Caroline and Jackie Sounds Like Family Caroline and Jackie Sounds Like Family
, May 01, 2013
Family gatherings can be so excruciating that even the tiniest comment will send you running for the door. Most of us can never leave, though;... More>>
Keanu Reeves Works Hard in Otherwise Lifeless Generation Um ... Keanu Reeves Works Hard in Otherwise Lifeless Generation Um ...
, May 01, 2013
Keanu Reeves is perhaps the most misunderstood actor of his generation. Quiet and stoic, his is an expressiveness that most often comes through... More>>
Often-inspiring Buck-up-a-movement Doc Occupy Love Will Amp Up the Protest Set Often-inspiring Buck-up-a-movement Doc Occupy Love Will Amp Up the Protest Set
, May 01, 2013
"Today I can't help feeling that the entire planet is on the verge of becoming ground zero," Velcrow Ripper declares in the opening minutes of... More>>
Enter the Little Black Heart of Wuss Enter the Little Black Heart of Wuss
, May 01, 2013
It's time to mourn the 'burbs. "White-bread suburbia is just one bad neighborhood," proclaims Maddie (Alicia Anthony), a world-weary teen who's... More>>
Desperate Acts of Magic Is A Pleasant Little Film Desperate Acts of Magic Is A Pleasant Little Film
, May 01, 2013
Magicians, as a friend tells Jason (Joe Tyler Gold) in Desperate Acts of Magic, are the "third-most mocked profession," after ventriloquists and... More>>
1st Night's Ridiculous Script Jumps to Ridiculous Conclusions 1st Night's Ridiculous Script Jumps to Ridiculous Conclusions
, May 01, 2013
Opera is a form of entertainment largely performed by and for adults. Most of the better-known works deal with grown-up themes, and it takes... More>>
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