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Review of Something in the Air
B+
The U.S. title of Olivier Assayas’ new film, Something in the Air, misleads from the direct implications of the original Apès Mai, translated literally as “After May”. The former gives the impression of trouble stirring, of planets aligning to generate a...
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The Terrence Malick Retrospective: The Tree of Life
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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Shelf Life: The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Éric Rohmer’s final feature, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, is, in its own way, as appropriate a send-off for the director as one could desire. From its literary/silent-filmic cutaway title cards to its depiction of lovers erecting barriers around their de...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/22/13—3/28/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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Melbourne Top 5 (3/22/13-3/28/13)
The cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne is inarguably the premiere location for film fans down under (no matter what anyone from Sydney tells you). These weekly posts will take you beyond the multiplex and highlight the Top 5 movie alternatives worth chec...
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Christopher Nolan, Please Leave Christian Bale Out of The Justice League
You can call me a Nolan fanboy. You can label me an apologist for loving The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t know, maybe both are true. Either way, I think Christopher Nolan is an excellent filmmaker whose films I’ve either liked or loved, including his most recent...
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Short Stuff: Time Goes Spinning By in Damien O’Connor’s Wistful Animation After You
In a world of features, short films rarely get much attention. Yet the best five-minute shorts usually contain more originality and creativity than your average Hollywood blockbuster. That’s why we launched Short Stuff, a weekly profile on a promising short-fo...
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Wrapping up the Sundance Film Festival
After consuming and writing about 26 films over the past ten days, I'm a bit fatigued. Alas, below is a full roundup of every film I caught at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Full reviews of each movie will be published adjacent to their release in theater...
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Shelf Life: Graveyard of Honor (Takashi Miike, 2002)
Shelf Life is a weekly feature that selects a film currently on DVD/Blu-Ray for review.
Takashi Miike’s freewheeling genre-hopping and jaw-droppingly prolific rate of production give neophytes so many access points that there almost may as well be none at a...
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‘Mama’ Buries Originality Under Formula
C+
One can't help but admire Guillermo Del Toro. Not only is he a true movie-buff who makes ambitious, original, off-the-wall films, but he also supports the little guys, extending his influence so that emerging directors can make horror films of their own....
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