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The Resilient Works of Roberto Bolaño: Raccoon-Resistant, Water Resistant, Immortal

by Marcelo Ballvé

[3.May.07] :. Roberto Bolaño's Los Detectives Salvajes, like so many good works, traverses time, language, cultures, and survives a bit battered, but little worse for the wear.

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The Front Page: Ground Down

by Bill Gibron

[16.Apr.07] :. Dear Weinstein Brothers. We know things aren’t going particularly well for you right now. After severing ties with the notoriously bothersome House of Mouse and striking out on your own,...

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Short Cuts - In Theaters: Grindhouse

by Bill Gibron

[12.Apr.07] :. Grindhouse is not a return to the sordid salad days of drive-in b-movies. It is not a careful or accurate recreation of the original raincoat crowd experience. The name is a gimmick, a...

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Movies don’t always have to be picture perfect to gain our loyalty

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. Tarantino compares the "grindhouse" experience with the raw power of "punk rock."

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Grindhouse (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Apr.07] :. Where the olden days movies were fierce, these are more nostalgic for a moment that's amplified in the remembering. These retreads are surely giddy, but they're also indulgent, just as they mean to be.

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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Talk Grindhouse

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. The celebrated directors discuss their new double-feature, a salute to the grindhouse film era, and offer a hit list of grindhouse classics for your viewing pleasure.

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The Front Page: Feeling Exploited?

by Bill Gibron

[2.Apr.07] :. In a little less than five days, maverick directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez will unleash their long awaited double feature phenomenon in the making, Grindhouse, onto an...

 

Double Dare (2004)

by Bill Gibron

[5.Jul.05] :. Jeannie Epper actually stands for longevity, not retirement, the example that Bell might follow once all the bright lights disappear.

 

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.04] :. In her discernible contempt, Elle stands in some opposition to Beatrix, whose ferocity is less mean than resolute.

 

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Apr.04] :. Beatrix's survival depends on her weird combinations of passion, dispassion, and compassion.

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Oct.03] :. This is a movie about bodies, about what hurts them on screen and in viewing spaces.

 
 
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