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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs

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John Adams (HBO Miniseries)

by Chris Barsanti

[23.Jun.08] :. Avoiding the powdered-wig iconography of the founding fathers, this film broadens the view of these revolutionary leaders and their tumultuous times.

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The Savages

by Kate Williams

[22.Apr.08] :. Sometimes the simplest stories about the most ordinary of people can be the most engaging, rewarding and entertaining.

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The Savages

by Christian Toto

[22.Apr.08] :. The flawless performances and bracing humor enliven this film's grim subject matter.

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News

Brothers and sisters bare their fangs on the big screen

by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[5.Dec.07] :. It’s that time of year when intimate strangers come over to eat large birds and drain your liquor cabinet. You know these people from childhood, but your lives have diverged since then. They...

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Film Review

The Savages

by Matt Mazur

[29.Nov.07] :. Jenkins and her gifted cast have put together an insular film that subtly examines and questions the state of elder care in the United States.

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The Savages

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Nov.07] :. Tamara Jenkins' movie mixes bleak humor and acute insight, familiar and strange at the same time.

The Hottest State

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Aug.07] :. For a film set mostly inside one character's head, The Hottest State spends a lot of time on the road.

Scarlett Johansson takes a class trip in ‘The Nanny Diaries’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[24.Aug.07] :. WANTED: Movie ingenue with great sense of humor, earthy sensuality and Hollywood heat, filled with youthful vigor yet old-fashioned movie virtues, for a comedy of manners set in New York’s...

The Nanny Diaries

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.07] :. The Nanny Diaries' focus on beleaguered women doesn't lead to any sense of "freedom."

Driving Lessons

by Kate Williams

[23.Aug.07] :. Harry Potter's Rupert Grint steps out of Hogwarts quietly, as if on tiptoe.

Jindabyne (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.May.07] :. Jindabyne uses Claire and Stewart's increasingly visible and vicious upset to get at broader social and political upsets.

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.

Breach (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Feb.07] :. Eric has his Hanssenesque moments, proud of being able to "read" his man, but the film makes their differences more pronounced than their similarities. While Eric adheres to a moral code familiar in spy movies, Hanssen remains slippery.

Driving Lessons (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Oct.06] :. As if the "driving lessons" metaphor is not burdensome enough, the film presents Ben with a series of non-options.

Man of the Year (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Oct.06] :. The troubles with Barry Levinson's movie are many, including an erratic pace and too many unfunny diversions, but the primary issue, strangely, is its lack of pointed political humor.

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Nov.05] :. As Noah Baumbach's film tracks Walt's slow evolution during the months surrounding his parents' divorce, it keeps something of a distance, wry and observant.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Sep.05] :. Even if Exorcism doesn't provide outright answers, its 'lessons' -- whether understood as secular or institutional -- seem clear enough.

The Truman Show: Special Edition (1998)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Aug.05] :. You want the happy ending and Truman's self-assertion, even if that desire is shaped by those ideologies and ideals marketed by both Truman Shows.

Kinsey (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.May.05] :. Not only is the character difficult by heroic biopic standards, but his story combines radical thinking, extraordinary generosity, and supreme egotism.

Kinsey (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Nov.04] :. At its best, Kinsey turns nearly impressionistic, as when it represents the doctor's increasingly convoluted relationships with his team.

p.s. (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Nov.04] :. Simultaneously affectionate, startled, yearning, and anxious, Laura Linney and Topher Grace make awkwardness into art.

Love Actually (2003)

by Mary Colgan

[13.Nov.03] :. On occasion, the film allows a jaded sensibility to worm its way into this otherwise picturesque world.

Mystic River (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Oct.03] :. While the film doesn't elucidate Jimmy's own violent past, it is clear that he hasn't had misgivings until now.

The Life of David Gale (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.03] :. Only Clint Eastwood could have cooked up a more dramatic climax to an innocent-man-on-death-row plot, which he did, in True Crime.

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.

You Can Count on Me (2000)

by Dale Leech

In fact, when Terry describes Scottsville as a town full of 'dull, narrow people... with no perspective, no scope,' he might have been describing the film's characters.

The House of Mirth (2000)

by F.L. Carr

Lily's detractors can use her slightest slip-ups -- for instance, smoking a cigarette or gambling at cards -- as weapons against her -- in her set, women's smoking is considered improper and even a sign of promiscuity.