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Jonathan DemmeFeatures
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience. [10 September 2008] Reviews
Rachel Getting MarriedIn Rachel Getting Married, Kym and Rachel's relationship is routinely rocky, abetted by what's unspoken by everyone else. [7 October 2008] 
Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsThe question arises: if Carter can’t criticize Israel, then who can? Apparently the answer is no one. [14 April 2008]
Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsHe's not like Bill Clinton, he's not a rock star. He is instead a politician and a diplomat, facing rejection and resentment as well as respect, absorbing all responses as part of an ongoing, crucial "conversation". [26 October 2007] 
Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)Together, Neil Young and Jonathan Demme make the graying of the quintessential baby boom musician a triumph to be celebrated. [12 June 2006] 
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)Demme's movie reasserts that the fabled U.S. political landscape isn't transparent or democratic, but instead, corrupted by the individuals who manage it. [22 December 2004]
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)The Manchurian Candidate draws a line between the corporation and the government, sustaining a hope that the U.S. system might be salvaged by an honestly free election. [30 July 2004] 
The Agronomist (2003)Jonathan Demme's documentary spends less energy lamenting or even raging than it does extolling the vitality and resilience of its subject. [23 April 2004] Blogs
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