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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008
In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.
27 Apr 2008
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Lars and the Real Girl
This is the reductive conceit of Lars and the Real Girl, Lars' representative incongruity: he's so unlike everyone else that he becomes their cause and sign of sanity.
15 Oct 2007
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Howl's Moving Castle ticks with nervous energy and unsettledness. These jittery-edged images conjure exquisite rhythms as they approximate children's perspectives.
Cynthia Fuchs
19 Mar 2006
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The Pink Panther
Jean Reno gets the prize for infinite patience, as he maintains an admirable serenity amid the frenzy, perhaps especially when clobbering Clouseau.
Cynthia Fuchs
09 Feb 2006
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Match Point (2005)
Chris is fond of Enrico Caruso, whose voice 'expresses everything that's tragic about life,' one of these Allenish aphorisms that's probably true but just sounds trite.
Cynthia Fuchs
03 Jan 2006
Film
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Charming, peculiar, and occasionally ingenious, Howl's Moving Castle tilts between fantastical beauty and philosophical pondering.
Cynthia Fuchs
16 Jun 2005
Film
Dear Frankie (2005)
Dear Frankie uses humor to acknowledge and, temporarily, transcend the fragility of human survival.
Lesley Smith
03 Mar 2005
Film
Bright Young Things (2004)
Stephen Fry can't throw us any curveballs because he's got to stick close to Waugh, so he subjects us to formulaic depravity for three-quarters of the film, with minor variations.
Dan Devine
14 Oct 2004
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Young Adam (2003)
'Joe's abandonment is like a political act and a political philosophy, he's a libertine and a libertarian,' says Tilda Swinton.
Cynthia Fuchs
14 Sep 2004
Film
Young Adam (2003)
Joe's trajectory through post-war Glasgow and Edinburgh takes on a sort of dread inevitability.
Cynthia Fuchs
14 Apr 2004
Film
Formula 51 (2001)
In Ronny Yu's mostly formulaic Formula 51, Samuel L. Jackson plays Elmo McElroy, a chemical whiz busted for smoking reefer.
Cynthia Fuchs
17 Oct 2002
Film
Lovely & Amazing (2002)
Even as the girls in Holofcener's world have their own problems, they provide acutely recognizable reflections.
Cynthia Fuchs
17 Jul 2002
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