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Recount doesn't quite argue that the system remains infinitely gameable for those who know it, those in power who wish to remain in power.
22 May 2008
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Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007
It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year.
24 Jan 2008
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Year of the Dog (2007)
Even as the film makes Peggy's life appear simple, the complexities she feels become clear in her responses to events that appear, at least at first, quite beyond her control.
01 May 2007
Film
The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006
For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.
10 Jan 2007
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Inland Empire (2006)
Nikki's story takes her deep inside herself or deep inside the movie industry.No matter how you're inclined to read the film's final dancers, the scene offers a Lynchian Rorschach test. What you see tells you something about you.
07 Jan 2007
Film
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
Prize Winner goes through odd motions to set Evelyn's taxing context and her admirable survival, its most extraordinary moment turns surreal.
Cynthia Fuchs
13 Oct 2005
Film
Happy Endings (2005)
Happy Endings begins with what seems quite an unhappy ending, when Mamie (Lisa Kudrow) is hit by a car.
Cynthia Fuchs
14 Jul 2005
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Wild at Heart: Special Edition (1990)
'The most rewarding thing about working with David,' says cinematographer Frederick Elmes, 'is helping him see the vision through.'"
Cynthia Fuchs
02 Jan 2005
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Smooth Talk (1985)
As he inhabits a movie based on a Joyce Carol Oates short story, Arnold is all kinds of metaphor.
Cynthia Fuchs
05 Dec 2004
Film
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
We Don't Live Here Anymore gives weight, indirectly, to the kids' belief that their parents form a unit.
Cynthia Fuchs
12 Aug 2004
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Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
The viewer is left feeling that the Manhattan Project would have been a fantastic topic for a miniseries, but is an awful one for a 120-minute studio flick.
Matthew Callan
02 May 2004
Film
Focus (2001)
William H. Macy plays Larry like a length of coaxial cable in a bowtie and a cardigan.
Kevin Devine
18 Oct 2001
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