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This film exhibits an odd timelessness, a historical limbo that mirrors the weightlessness of characters fettered by economic and imaginative poverty.

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Clandestinos

This film stands in the very middle of the politics and art convergence. Neither side is well served.

House, M.D.: Season Four

How much change is enough? Elementary, my dear Wilson.

Television Under the Swastika

“Always leave them wanting more” is not an admirable aspiration for documentary filmmakers, but an unpardonable sin.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

A time capsule of boomer radicalism, sex, politics, orgone accumulation and bad poetry.

Diva - Meridian Collection

This is a film that, despite its pleasures, is best remembered for what it inspired rather than what it accomplished.

Rhythm Thief

This film exhibits an odd timelessness, a historical limbo that mirrors the weightlessness of characters fettered by economic and imaginative poverty.

Khadak

Whether in the frozen tundra or the desolate ennui of an industrial village, spirits may take flight but there is no doubt that the laws of gravity apply.

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

A biography more interested with the whiff of scandal (or even creating it) than documenting the process, survival and impact of an artist dedicated to pursing his vision of the world.

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