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‘Cutie and the Boxer’ Delivers a Paint-Infused Knockout
Ushio Shinohara sure knows how to turn a canvas black and blue. And no, I’m not talking about his preferred color scheme. A Tokyo-born “boxing” painter, Shinohara uses a high-octane technique that sees him... -
Ladies, Strike Up The Band!
Judy Chaikin’s spectacularly sassy film, The Girls in the Band, showcasing the women who learned how to toot their own horn when their male counterparts said no, should be an inspiration to female musicians... -
From Iceland to Hollywood: Interview with ‘Dexter’s’ Darri Ingolfsson
For Americans, Hollywood is an ever-present entity. Each week, new and exciting movies hit theaters and stores, and each day, the lives and scandals of celebrities fill our popular culture. And while most of us...
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‘The Way, Way Back’ Is Tremendous, Heartwarming Summer Fun
Duncan (Liam James), the teenage hero at the center of the summer getaway The Way, Way Back, is hardly an exuberant personality. In fact, he might just be the most painfully awkward teen to ever grace the classic...
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New Paradigms: A Conversation About The World Through Filmmaker Ian MacKenzie’s Lens
In many ways, Ian MacKenzie embodies the emerging millennial attitude on politics and media. He’s always been interested in recording the world — from toying with cameras as a child to devoting some of his...
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North Korea Goes ‘Girl Power’: Co-Director Nick Bonner on His New Film ‘Comrade Kim Goes Flying’
To the Western eye, Comrade Kim Goes Flying might not seem like much. About a 28-year-old North Korean coal miner from the countryside pursuing her childhood dream to become an acrobat, it’s a simple, unassuming...
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‘Some Girl(s)’: A Provocative Look at a Soulless Man
Willfully chit-chatting with a slew of scorned exes would hardly be a top priority for most people, but then again, the unnamed protagonist (or antagonist, depending on how you perceive him) in Some Girl(s) isn’t...
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‘Before You Know It’: A Peculiar, Fascinating Glimpse at the Aged Gay Experience
P.J. Raval’s new film, Before You Know It, is an exercise in acute, undiluted emotion. It drops you into the lives of three disparate men who all happen to be gay seniors (a subset of the population most viewers...
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‘The Lone Ranger’ Misses the Shot by a Mile
About midway through The Lone Ranger, a bombastic western from Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, there is a slapstick bit that perfectly encapsulates the entire film with that brand of sly irony that...
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‘White House Down:’ Effective, ‘Trigger-Happy’ Nonsense
If achievement in grandiose cinematic destruction were a category at the Academy Awards, director Roland Emmerich would be swimming in Oscar gold. With films like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012...
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