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Millennium Mambo (2003)

[9.Aug.04] :. A filmmaker fixated on the continuing past, Hou has become the foremost chronicler of our mortality.

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The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

[4.Dec.03] :. Sylvain Chomet's first feature is a doggedly strange, if effortlessly whimsical, movie that fuses vaguely recognizable elements to form an exceedingly alien universe.

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Once Upon a Time in the West: Special Collector's Edition (1968)

[17.Nov.03] :. Sergio Leone never met a portentous entrance he didn't like.

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Carnages (2002)

[23.Oct.03] :. Carnages' denizens spin into each other's orbits and offer the prospect of communion and regeneration.

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In This World (2002)

[9.Oct.03] :. Attempting to put a human face on the refugee crisis, Winterbottom puts a premium on legibility.

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Elbert Ventura

Reviews

DVDs

Millennium Mambo (2003)

Film

The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

DVDs

Once Upon a Time in the West: Special Collector's Edition (1968)

Film

Carnages (2002)

Film

In This World (2002)

Film The School of Rock (2003)

Film The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)

Film Camp (2003)

DVDs Little Big Man (1970)

Film The Sea (Hafið) (2002)

Film Ten (2002)

Film Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002)

Film Raising Victor Vargas (2003)

DVDs The Awful Truth (1937)

Film Open Hearts (Elsker Dig For Evigt) (2002)

Film Old School (2003)

Film Divine Intervention (2001)

Film The Other Network - PopMatters Film Review )

Film Tully (2002)

Film City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)

Film The Son (Le Fils) (2003)

Film Analyze That (2002)

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Film The Grey Zone (2002)

Film Quitting (2001)

Film The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)

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Film 8 Women (2002)

Film Secret Ballot (2001)

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