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The Handmaid’s Tale: Not So Sci-fi

by Jennifer Makowsky

[24.Sep.09] :. The terrifying, 'it could happen today' message of this story is best told in the Atwood's book, rather than the film version.

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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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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Oct.08] :. Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.

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Bonnie and Clyde

by Chris Barsanti

[1.May.08] :. This film carries a bedrock rebelliousness and shocking ugliness that firmly resonates today.

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Jake

by Bill Gibron

[22.Feb.08] :. Chinatown remains a stalwart of '70s cinema. The uninspired follow-up 16 years later reminds one that, sometimes, a masterpiece needs to simply be left alone.

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Part 3: The Stellar ‘70s

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Jun.07] :. When it comes to post-modern moviemaking, everyone stereotypes the Me Decade as the genre's defining moment. In this case -- as illustrated by the 10 films that represent it -- the categorization is more than accurate.

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Mommie Dearest: Hollywood Royalty Edition (1981)

by Marisa Carroll

[5.Jun.06] :. Watching Mommie Dearest: Hollywood Royalty Edition with John Waters' commentary track is like seeing it with your sharpest, funniest friend, who just happens to have inside dish on Melanie Griffith.

 

The Starlet

by Dan Zak

[10.Mar.05] :. Faye Dunaway established herself as a great muse of cinema, not in the sense that she inspired great movies, but that her inspired performances buoyed her films.

 

Little Big Man (1970)

by Elbert Ventura

[17.Jun.03] :. It didn't just dispel the cloudless America of Westerns past -- it dismembered the genre, threw the parts in a trench, and spit on the tombstone.

 

The Yards (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

In 'The Yards', Mark Wahlberg again plays an emotionally damaged young tough, but this time his entire environment is orchestrated to reflect that character, dark, sad, and heavy with non-options.

 

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

by Beth Armitage

Early on in the very long Luc Besson film, The Messenger, John Malkovich (playing Charles, Dauphin of France) wishes he could be someone else. It was the one and only time that I identified with anything in the film - I wished I could watch him be someone else! Like himself in Being John Malkovich. The Messenger is an unbelievably dull movie, which is a startling achievement given that the legend of Joan of Arc lends itself pretty well to storytelling of any type.