In 2007 I had the great privilege of doing a telephone interview with Alain Resnais. It was a very genial conversation that alighted ona variety of topics, one of which,…
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As Napoleon in War and Peace, King Vidor, 1956. The great Czech-born actor was 95. Among his many laudable attributes was his willingness, briefly, to work with Jesus Franco.
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The Pinkster, in his rarely seen Mark Jacobs ad. In her September 20 A/V Club piece "Should Some Movies Be Taken More Seriously Than Others," Stephanie Zacharek, doing the sort…
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Look at those big eyes! Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect, which is less purposefully bad than Hotel Transylvania. But both have crazy energy! For MSN Movies.
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Rian Johnson's latest, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Dano, is a killer, really. My review for MSN Movies.
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I know what you might be thinking: "What, ANOTHER movie about the travails of young white women seeking fulfillment in challenging urban America, someone kill me now." That feeling will…
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