Articles tagged "ben gazzara"

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La Grande Bouffe & Tales of Ordinary Madness

by Thomas Britt

[27.May.09] :. La Grande Bouffe and Tales of Ordinary Madness are products of a dark worldview. Neither offers solutions about how to improve a disintegrating society.

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Voyage of the Dammed

by Terrence Butcher

[7.May.09] :. An affecting, if flawed, middlebrow drama about a seldom-discussed Depression-era tragedy.

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Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Criterion Collection)

by Drew C. Miller

[20.Jan.09] :. Like many Cassavetes films, this unfolds most interestingly in the crawl spaces of its narrative, lingering alongside the actors as they struggle in the ensuing vacuousness.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

by Bill Gibron

[24.Jan.08] :. A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

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Pope John Paul II

by Kevin Garcia

[13.Jun.07] :. This film provides insight into John Paul Two's character that no unauthorized biography could have achieved.

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An Early Frost

by Stephen Kelly

[8.Aug.06] :. Despite adhering to rigid Standards and Practice regulations, An Early Frost still resonates, thanks in large part to an intelligent script, committed performances and filmmakers who knew they an important story to tell.

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Dogville (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[15.Apr.04] :. The accusation that the film is 'anti-American' says less about Von Trier than it does about the American psyche.