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The Innkeepers
Director Ti West’s feature debut, “The House of the Devil” (2009), was a deftly executed homage to both classic haunted house flicks and the great female-centered horror films of the sixties and seventies (particularly Rosemary’s Baby, 1968). Fanatically aware of the conventions of the genre, its titles were ever lovingly rendered in a classic seventies burnt-orange which matched the nostalgia expressed through its more >
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Youtube reaches 4BN views
This January marks a phenomenal achievement: Youtube, the little independent company that could (which was bought by Google for the trivial sum of $ 1.5bn) has reached the 4 ... more >
The Artist slays the Oscars nominations
What a coup for Michel Hazanavicius & Co! The French filmmaker's silent film The Artist has just been nominated for a total of ten possible statuettes as was just announced in ... more >
Mary-Louise Parker best Year of the Dragon personality
Yesterday marked the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, and we wanted to seize the opportunity to wish Mary-Louise Parker a happy birthday and note the fact that she's a Year of ... more >
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
The Innkeepers
Director Ti West's feature debut, “The House of the Devil” (2009), was a deftly executed homage to both classic haunted house flicks and the great female-centered horror films of the ... more >
COMING SOON: Detachment
Last year's Tribeca Film Festival was abuzz over Detachment, a new film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Adrien Brody. Kay broke ground with American History X and took an impartial look ... more >
Haywire
“Judy, Judy,” Jimmy Stewart famously told Kim Novak in Vertigo, as he forced her to change her appearance to that of his dead lover. “It can’t make that much difference to ... more >
Carnage
Carnage tells the story of two couples who meet to discuss in as civilized and understanding a manner as possible the schoolyard spat of their sons that resulted in broken teeth and harsh ... more >
The Divide
Anyone who's ever been in a car accident knows about the moment of inevitability: that instant, right before the impact, when you realize that this is actually happening, that the SUV ... more >
A Separation
Nader and Simin: A Separation by Asghar Farhadi is the Iran-made candidate for Best Foreign Picture at the Academy Awards. Not only is it a superb film with nary a wasted shot, but actors ... more >
Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
I am a sucker for spy movies. Whether it is the Bourne series, the revitalized Bond series or the Mission: Impossible series, and even though I have a love/hate relationship with the ... more >
The Adventures of Tintin
When Spielberg announced his plans for a “Tintin” movie, fans of the little Belgian reporter with the red pompadour—and that includes pretty much anyone who ever held a comic ... more >
We Bought a Zoo
So, We Bought a Zoo is based on a true story about a single parent who brought his family back together again by buying a zoo--stop laughing. Did I mention it’s directed by Cameron Crowe ... more >
Albert Nobbs
Boring can sometimes be edifying. Boring can be dependable, safe, and everything you (may) want in a spouse. You can learn things from boring. In a world of artificial excitement, ... more >
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
I’ve seen The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo twice, now, in both the Swedish and Hollywood version. English doesn’t improve it. Given that it has the same flaw--a glacial, hard-to-edit ... more >
Young Adult
The most deliciously scabrous skit on the mid-nineties HBO comedy series “Mr. Show” was “The Dewey Awards,” which skewered the sanctimonious trend of rewarding A-list Hollywood ... more >
PEOPLE TO WATCH
Mia Wasikowska, whose career was launched loud and clear in 2010 for playing Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland isn’t so much a person to watch as she is a person to follow. And by that I don’t mean follow her on Twitter but rather keep tabs. Her career is basically ongoing by now, it remains to be seen which roles she will be picking in the next few years and whether all her choices will be judicious ones. I was home last night and watched That Evening Sun by Scott Teems (2009). Wasikowska plays Pamela, a normal teenaged daughter living in deep, rural Tennessee who befriends an unwanted neighbor. The film did not win any Oscar nominations (but it did win a lot of other accolades) but I was struck by the more >
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