I see that IFC has done another of what I sometimes call its stealth releases of a first-rate film. I understand the company has its multi-platform strategy and all, but…
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Yes, I do have an opinion, sort of, on the deraimification of the Spider Man film franchise. It is at The Auteurs', in my Topics, etc. column.And yes, I am…
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Welcome to the 2010 “cut out and keep” guide to video renting (or downloading or however you consume your home entertainment these days). I suggest you clip this article, fold…
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It is a notorious, and notoriously unresolved, tale of espionage: a one-time White Russian general, in exile in Paris, connives with both the Soviets and the Nazis in the mid-1930s.…
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So...I'm working on two very different, and relatively ambitious posts. I intend to finish both soon, but I'm a little torn (for various reasons having little to do with competing…
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Just a quick note to thank everybody who came out last night for the rare screening of Mission To Moscow at BAM, which was followed by a discussion featuring screening organizers…
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