The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) movie review: An excellent Ralph Fiennes shines in Wes Anderson’s visually and thematically expansive feast.
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The Lunchbox (2013) movie review: Ritesh Batra’s Mumbai-set debut feature weaves an epistolary ‘socio-romantic’ narrative. Irrfan Khan stars.
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) movie review: Oscar Isaac is a memorable human dud in Joel and Ethan Coen’s impressive music world drama.
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Blue Jasmine (2013) movie review: Woody Allen shows he’s pissed in this mordantly thoughtful and beautifully acted social satire. Cate Blanchett stars.
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Call Me Kuchu (2012) movie review: While focused on anti-gay bigotry in Uganda, this documentary is a reminder that deadly hate is a global plague.
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Paradise: Love (2012) movie review: Ulrich Seidl’s deeply affecting psychological drama focuses on the sex tourism industry. Margarete Tiesel stars.
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Mud (2012) movie review: Locals Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon help Jeff Nichols’ unusual psychological drama feel more genuine.
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Queen Christina (1933) movie review: Greta Garbo gives what may well be her most magnetic performance as the mannish Swedish queen in Rouben Mamoulian’s classic. John Gilbert costars.
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Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) movie review: Academy Award-nominated WWII-set semi-autobiographical drama is possibly Louis Malle’s best effort.
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Bad Education (2004) movie review: Brazenly subversive Pedro Almodóvar (gay) ‘film noir’ is one of the most daring exemplars of the genre.
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A Tale of Two Cities movie. Although not as widely known as other Old Hollywood spectacles, David O. Selznick’s film production of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, set…
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Black Swan (2010) movie review: Oscar winner Natalie Portman rises to the challenge in Darren Aronofsky’s brilliantly multilayered thriller.
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To Each His Own (1946) movie review: Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland creates a shrewd portrayal in Mitchell Leisen’s heartfelt melodrama.
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Let the Right One In (2008) movie review: Tomas Alfredson creates a refreshing blend of character study, budding romance and supernatural horror.
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Young People Fucking / YPF (2007) movie review: Martin Gero’s true-to-life sex romantic comedy-drama is funny, provocative and at times surprising.
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Cinecon attractions include a squeaky-voiceless (silent) and brunette Jean Arthur in The Poor Nut and a young Alice Faye in one of her earliest musicals.
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Cinecon movies: Uncut version of the pre-Code WWI drama The Eagle and the Hawk and the gender-role-reversal silent The Home Maker.
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Notable Cinecon movies include the ‘male bonding’ 1914 silent Damon and Pythias and an entertaining crime tale with a pre-Dr. Watson Nigel Bruce.
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Baghead (2008) movie review: Jay and Mark Duplass’ clever indie comedy-thriller isn’t your usual ‘cabin in the woods’ tale. Greta Gerwig stars.
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Cobra (1925) movie review: Rudolph Valentino’s most effective star vehicle tells a true love story - one that takes place between two male friends. Nita Naldi and Casson Ferguson costar.
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The Aerial (2007) Movie Review: Esteban Sapir’s black-and-white, near-silent morality fantasy is both daringly innovative and lovingly nostalgic.
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The Valet (2006) movie review: Daniel Auteuil delivers an effective comic performance in the latest Francis Veber farce. Gad Elmaleh costars.
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Redbelt (2008) movie review: A memorable Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in this impressive (yet commercially unsuccessful) David Mamet morality tale. Emily Mortimer and Tim Allen costar.
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Stardust Memories (1980) movie review: Contemplative Woody Allen comedy is one of the most profound films ever made. Charlotte Rampling costars.
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Leonard Kastle’s The Honeymoon Killers rivals better-known fare partly thanks to Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco’s charismatic performances.
Un Flic (1972) movie review: Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve are perfectly cast in this great Jean-Pierre Melville neo-noir. Richard Crenna costars.
Like Someone in Love (2012) movie review: Tokyo-set Abbas Kiarostami drama offers a stylish and intriguing look at a dysfunctional ‘love triangle.’
Mildred Pierce (1945) movie review: Oscar winner Joan Crawford is terrific as psycho Ann Blyth’s devoted mother in Michael Curtiz’s noir melo.
Tokyo Sonata (2008) movie review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa exposes the unraveling of Japan’s traditional social fabric in this capably acted urban drama.
Cinecon attractions include the sentimental 1930 Al Jolson musical Mammy and the early Bette Davis drama The Menace.
Pineapple Express (2008) movie review: James Franco and Seth Rogen star in David Gordon Green’s entertaining action and silliness mix.
Targets (1968) movie review: Boris Karloff is fantastic in this disturbing Peter Bogdanovich thriller that shows life and art as irrevocably intertwined.