Starring the German Mary Pickford, Ernst Lubitsch’s The Doll movie is a satirical fantasy featuring inventive art direction and jabs at the Catholic Church.
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Karin Swanström and Hjalmar Bergman’s The Girl in Tails shows that women must fight and scandalize in order to remove the weight of social oppression.
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Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars. ‘Maps to the Star’s trailer and clips: Julianne Moore goes ballistic after losing a role, Robert Pattinson learns that Mia Wasikowska’s parents are…
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Woody Allen is pissed and it shows in the mordantly thoughtful and beautifully acted social satire Blue Jasmine. Cate Blanchett stars.
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Maps to the Stars for Robert Pattinson / David Cronenberg? Above, Pattinson in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (Paul Giamatti in background) Robert Pattinson hates Twilight, according to those who have taken seriously…
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Is Brüno Gay? Or anti-gay? Sacha Baron Cohen is seen above as the über-effeminate title character. Brook Barnes in the New York Times: “So it goes for Brüno, a movie…
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Viridiana with Silvia Pinal. Viridiana, Luis Buñuel’s provocative 1961 Palme d’Or-winning classic proving that life is a bitch and then you play cards, will run at New York City’s Film…
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Krzysztof Kieslowski’s weakest entry in his Three Colors trilogy, White is still better than most Hollywood comedies. Julie Delpy stars.
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In the brazenly ‘offensive’ satire The Perfect Crime, a phenomenal Mónica Cervera is a shy shopgirl who becomes an all-controlling, sexually insatiable Medusa.
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The all-star ‘existential’ David O. Russell satire I Heart Huckabees is all but unwatchable; its notable moments actually took place behind the scenes.
Featuring a fantastic supporting cast (Mia Farrow, Donna Murphy and others), Todd Solondz’s deadpan tragicomedy Dark Horse depicts a jerk’s life.
The tale of a transgender woman out to castrate our male-dominated planet, Myra Breckinridge is an all-out mess. Raquel Welch and Mae West star.