Criminal thinking is really the same everywhere, isn't it? Warring clans are warring clans. In some countries they wear suits, in others, they wear lungi (ankle length skirts for men which can be wrapped around the waist when needed). We...
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by J Hurtado, May 19, 2012 11:21 PM
2010 seems like a lifetime away in the Sushi Typhoon universe. Mutant Girls Squad was initially finished nearly two years ago and had its premiere screening in Japan two years ago to the day before it's Blu-ray debut on US...
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by J Hurtado, May 19, 2012 5:42 PM
As a stomach-churning, jet-black satire of modern culture, Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral is a resounding success, and is directed with precision and conviction. However, for these very reasons, it's also cold, sterile and mostly void of humanity or even emotion. It's...
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by Brian Clark, May 19, 2012 2:05 PM
The last few months has seen an explosion of exceptional music documentaries. From Under African Skies to Beware of Mr. Baker, films of breadth and clarity of vision have transcended their subject matters, demonstrating unequivocaly that a music documentary need...
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by Jason Gorber, May 19, 2012 11:11 AM
Another year at Cannes, another polarizing film that splits audiences. Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Love, the first in his trilogy of "paradise" films (next up is Faith followed by Hope), is a confrontational, often ugly depiction of different forms of desperation...
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by Brian Clark, May 18, 2012 12:01 PM
What would happen if a director made a film about himself? And how would that film be affected if this director just happened to be a real multi-talented control freak? You don't need to look any further than Takeshis', Takeshi...
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by Niels Matthijs, May 18, 2012 9:00 AM
In his 2008 Cannes Grand Prix winning Gomorrah, Matteo Garrone took us deep into a crime ridden community to give an initmate taste of modern Italian society. In his follow up four years on, Garrone again plays tour guide...
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by Ryland Aldrich, May 18, 2012 8:17 AM
Anyone who follows my writing here on the site, and particularly my reviews, knows that I'm a huge history geek. I'm easily swayed by a good historical drama, and the first to stab a bad one in the eye. Bedabrata...
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by J Hurtado, May 18, 2012 8:00 AM
Double bad news for Kevin Kline: He didn't just lose a dog - he's in one! (Zing!) All geeks will forever owe Lawrence Kasdan a debt of gratitude for his Lucasfilm screenwriting legacy alone (EMPIRE, JEDI, RAIDERS). That's aside...
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by Jim Tudor, May 18, 2012 1:46 AM
The perils of an all-volunteer military force have never been as apparent as in Peter Berg's Battleship, which celebrates the heroism of those who served in the past even while it denigrates the intelligence of sailors present. It makes...
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by Peter Martin, May 18, 2012 12:01 AM
After a successful run on the festival circuit, Beyond the Black Rainbow begins a limited theatrical release in the U.S. on Friday. Filled with many gorgeous, perplexing wonders, the film fairly well demands that it be experienced in a...
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by Peter Martin, May 17, 2012 9:45 PM
[With Lovely Molly due for limited theatrical release tomorrow, we revisit our review from the 2011 Toronto film festival.] Molly Reynolds is, in many ways, the typical American girl. A small town girl in middle America with little education, she...
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by Todd Brown, May 17, 2012 8:59 PM
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