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Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[24.Mar.09] :. In Part Two of our look at the most memorable films of 1999, we experience music, foul-mouthed mayhem, and a late, great auteur's final cinematic statement.

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‘Che’ director Steven Soderbergh’s revolutionary filmmaking

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[26.Feb.09] :. It’s a face recognized even by those who know nothing about the man behind it. He peers at us fromT-shirts and posters and magazines, a bearded man in a beret who 42 years after his death...

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Behind the scenes of ‘Che’ with Steven Soderbergh

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[22.Jan.09] :. “I can’t sit here and tell you I think movies make any difference at all,” director Steven Soderbergh says, halfway through a bowl of soup at Pierrot Gourmet next door to the...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

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Fast chat with ‘Che’ star Benicio Del Toro

by Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)]

[15.Jan.09] :. You’ve seen the T-shirts. Everywhere. With that face - the beard, beret, eyes burning with revolution. Yet, few people know much about the man behind the tee. Benicio Del Toro hopes to change...

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Che

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.09] :. Che is about the dissemination of Che Guevara the icon, as it is also the saga of Che refashioned.

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Guerrilla Patton

by Chris Barsanti

[8.Jan.09] :. Soderbergh's supersized retelling of the Che Guevara legend is an uncomfortable mix of war procedural and unabashed hero worship; ingenious but flawed.

The Detective & His Reflections: The Shield: Sixth Season

by Quentin B. Huff

[26.Sep.08] :. The nihilistic, morally blurred world of The Shield reflects the inner workings of its characters.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jul.04] :. Embodying the ruthlessness of the eat-its-own CIA (as well as the entertainment industry), Bourne isn't seeking revenge in the usual sense.

The Bourne Identity (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jun.02] :. The CIA here is an intensely low-down, sinister, and duplicitous organization.

The Princess and the Warrior (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Where 'Run, Lola, Run' was fast and urgent, 'The Princess and the Warrior' is deliberate, almost meditative. Still, the two movies share common, provocative ideas about fate and passion, the nature of time and the rhythms of life.