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Friday, September 25 2009

Finding Steve Buscemi: The Perfect Understatement

It’s only when you internalize Steve Buscemi’s movies [they] become a part of your life in an extremely personal, emotional way.


Wednesday, April 29 2009

Summer of Same: July 2009

In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.


Friday, September 19 2008

Igor

Igor fences Eva into a very old-fashioned position: literally a man’s creation, she helps to "civilize" the all-male society.


The Big Lebowski: 10th Anniversary Edition

A generation-defining comedy about peace and brotherhood, set in a world of backstabbers, liars, and semi-professional bowling leagues.


Friday, September 12 2008

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.


Tuesday, September 9 2008

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.


Friday, January 11 2008

Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.


Monday, December 10 2007

Interview

Pierre and Katya are too strange and too duplicitous for their conversation to have any deeper level than simply skewering the vapidity of most celebrity journalism.


Monday, August 27 2007

I Think I Love My Wife

When you strip away all its jokiness and "Rock-isms", there's actually a good film hiding in here.


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Lonesome Jim (2006) (Reviews) [14.Apr.06]
Twenty Bucks (1993) (Reviews) [27.Jul.05]
The Island (2005) (Reviews) [21.Jul.05]
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) (Reviews) [20.Sep.04]
13 Moons (2002) (Reviews) [12.Jul.04]
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Big Fish (2003) (Reviews) [26.Apr.04]
The Sopranos (Reviews) [12.Apr.04]
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Fargo (1996) (Reviews) [30.Sep.03]
Living in Oblivion (1995) (Reviews) [14.Apr.03]
The Grey Zone (2002) (Reviews) [31.Oct.02]
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