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The Limits of Control

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.May.09] :. The limits of control are simultaneously intimate and global. And Isaac De Bankolé's face reveals just as much as you can know.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

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Oscar nominees like Richard Jenkins may look familiar

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[18.Feb.09] :. The contenders for acting honors at this year’s Academy Awards are largely a collection of well-branded commodities known to millions of Americans by first name alone: Kate. Meryl. Heath. Even...

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

Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Jan.09] :. Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.

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Veteran character actor Richard Jenkins gets a star turn in ‘The Visitors’

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[24.Apr.08] :. An actor can wait a lifetime to earn notices like that. Richard Jenkins didn’t have to wait quite that long. He’ll be 61 on May 4. But the veteran character actor, the hang-dog face and...

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Film Review

The Visitor

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Apr.08] :. Tender and detailed, Thomas McCarthy's movie features beautiful performances, but is grounded in a fundamental difficulty, that Walter's education is achieved by his engagement with brown and black people.

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Free Zone (2005)

by Jake Meaney

[9.Jul.07] :. After the initial early promise of its opening 15 minutes or so, the film resorts to spinning its wheels, then driving down dead-end alleys, and then plowing head-long into exactly the sort of heavy-handed didactic symbolism that gives me fits and has me reaching for the remote.

 

The Syrian Bride (2006)

by Andrew Horbal

[22.Aug.06] :. The Syrian Bride, like Walk on Water and the Oscar-nominated Paradise Now, is part of the optimistic Israeli New Wave in filmmaking, these days. And it's well worth watching.

 

Free Zone (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.May.06] :. The first shot of Amos Gitai's new film is arresting. Natalie Portman cries for eight minutes.

 

Paradise Now (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Mar.06] :. How might efforts to fathom suicide bombers' motives make them too much like their potential victims -- that is, everyone else -- and thus unmake the difference that defines everyone else?"

 

Paradise Now (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Nov.05] :. At the start of the powerful Paradise Now, the bombers are quiet, even stunned at the news that their mission is set for tomorrow.