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Thursday, July 28 2011

'Of Gods and Men': "A Love Story Wrapped in a Horror Story"

While the rhythms of the monks’ days are as old as the sixth-century Rule of St. Benedict, their predicament is quintessentially modern: waiting for the end.

Thursday, May 31 2007

Le Petit Lieutenant (2005)

A film so inert that the movie itself is little more than a series of stills.

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