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Movie Review: ‘The Company You Keep’

Director: Robert Redford | Writers: Lem Dobbs, Neil Gordon (novel) | Cast: Julie Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Shia LaBeouf, Brit Marling, Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon | Rating: R | Runtime: 125 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2013 | … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘The Comedy’

Director: Rick Alverson | Writers: Rick Alverson, Robert Donne, Colm O’Leary | Cast: Tim Heidecker, Seth Koen, James Murphy, Kate Lyn Sheil, Gregg Turkington, Eric Wareheim | Rating: NR | Runtime: 90 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Rick … Continue reading

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Trailer for Ruben Fleischer’s ‘Gangster Squad’

Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad, judging by this Apple trailer, basically looks like a big-screen realization of the L.A. Noire video-game. And that’s fine by me, I suppose, except for the fact that this material probably won’t be getting treated as … Continue reading

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Recent Home Viewings: ‘Affliction,’ ‘Broken Flowers,’ ‘The Weather Man’

Affliction (1998) Nick Nolte’s profound, grizzly-bear turn in Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior has remained on the brain since I first saw the film back in September, and I’ve only just got around to acting on that impression by working through Nolte’s … Continue reading

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Hazanavicius Wins DGA, ‘The Help’ Dominates SAG Awards

Over the past few days, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have both voiced their opinion on the year in film, yet each organization has added so little to the conversation that they hardly … Continue reading

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Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement

Heading into tomorrow’s unveiling of this year’s Oscar nominations, the question remains, as it has all season, as to how the Academy’s freshly revised Best Picture regulations will affect the number of nominees in the category. It’s a fitting place … Continue reading

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The Heart of a Lion

I gave Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior a second go-around the other night, and while I still feel that the rigidly constructed screenplay restricts the film’s overall narrative, there are individual moments in this film that achieve a truthfulness that few films … Continue reading

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Movie Review: ‘Warrior’ (2011)

Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior is a film that, much like the director’s beloved Miracle, mixes the exceptional with the ordinary. In the grand scheme of things, it’s ultimately the screenplay — which was penned by O’Connor, Cliff Dorfman, and Anthony Tambakis … Continue reading

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