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Column: Canon Fodder

American Film Theatre

by Michael Barrett

[18.Jul.08] :. In what might be called the curse of Chekhov, the common setting is a living room, the common characters a family, and the common dynamic a stew of bitter backbiting and recrimination that ultimately gives the lie to Tolstoy, because here each unhappy family seems perfectly alike.

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Film Review

The Statement (2003)

by Michael Healey

[11.Dec.03] :. The Statement is a rarity: a serious, politically-minded thriller.

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Film DVD Review

Gosford Park (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jun.02] :. It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected.

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Film Review

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.May.02] :. Tom Clancy's novels and the movies they spawn have never had much truck with credibility.

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Film Review

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[24.Jan.02] :. As John (Richard Gere) begins to question his own journalistic rigor and even his sanity, a number of inconsistencies in the stories of the mothman crop up.

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Film Review

Gosford Park (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

It is clear about what it is, a study of affect that is also affected.

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