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Garden State

It is at this point that Garden State transforms itself: a film that is quirky and visually interesting but perhaps is trying too hard becomes a film that confidently allows the story and acting to take over.

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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Robert Greenwald has crafted a sobering and timely documentary.... the film joins the ranks of other recent incendiary left-leaning political docs, and represents activism at its healthy cinematic best.

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Touch of Pink and Open Water

Touch of Pink

Touch of Pink

As reminiscent of Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet as it becomes, Touch of Pink is an undeniably enjoyable time at the movies.

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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

A pastiche of inevitable Behind the Music goings-on ultimately serves as backdrop for a surprisingly complex study of relationships...

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A Home at the End of the World

A Home at the End of the World

A Home at the End of the World

Most of the action takes place after Bobby and Jonathan have reconnected as young adults -- played by lusty leprechaun Colin Farrell and impressive Dallas Roberts, respectively...

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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Mix all of these possibilities together with a Gyllenhaal lost stare, some dazzling imagery, small touches like the spiral in the center of the jet engine and an 80's soundtrack that warms my old soul, and what you have is a killer movie deserving of cult status.

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Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11

But Fahrenheit 9/11 is, above all, an expose of political hypocrisy and manipulation, and it proves to be so much more than a smear campaign against our befuddled and misguided president

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FOUR Film Reviews: The Day After Tomorrow, The Tesseract, Cowards Bend the Knee, Triple Agent

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

There is a point where one can strip the gloss of cinema to its bare essentials and then rebuild-that's what the auteurs of La Nouvelle Vague like Truffaut and Godard did. When you forget to rebuild, or refuse to rebuild, then you lose those qualities of the medium that separate it from all the others.

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Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

Once you have accepted the fact that you are an addicted smoker, it becomes apparent that your life in no w cut up into palpable and discrete segments of time — what life task can I fit into the next hour before it is time for the next cigarette?

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Seattle International Film Festival: SIFF 2004 Reviews

SIFF 2004 recap and reviews

SIFF 2004 recap and reviews

Featuring reviews of Cowards Bend the Knee, The Five Obstructions, Hero, The Mother, The Saddest Music in the World, and many more.

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