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Bradford International Film Festival Review: “Tracks”
John Curran's Tracks has a brethren in the director's third film, The Painted Veil, in that both could together be aptly termed 'cinema of the pleasant'; the images are pretty, while there's not much in the way of conflict or probing into character. A based-on...
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ATLFF Review: “The Double”
Richard Ayoade’s debut film, Submarine was a promising feature limited by its restrictive fealty to its influences, which makes the considerably more successful The Double all the more surprising. Not only does it rely on the fractal psychological state of Dos...
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SXSW Review: Jim Jarmusch Plays By His Own Rules in “Only Lovers Left Alive”
Jim Jarmusch is a filmmaker who has long been concerned with human behavior, forgoing traditional narratives in favor of observing people interacting with one another, without anything ever really “happening”. When things do happen, it is without much fanfare,...
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One Snake Will Eat the Other in New Trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Double’
UK distributors Studio Canal have released a new trailer for the Jesse Eisenberg film, The Double, two months before its debut in European territories.
The Double is the latest film from director Richard Ayoade (Submarine). In the film, Jesse Eisenberg play...
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Stoker: Korean Style Meets American Gothic in Beautifully Depraved Coming-of-Age Tale
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At what point does style become substance? Many of Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers were really quite pedestrian, predictable stories, but the director’s mastery of style and craft turned many of those films into beautiful works of art. The same could be said...
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Delightful Day Five at Sundance Includes Lake Bell’s Directorial Debut, Chan-wook Park’s Stylish Stoker, and the Masterful Before Midnight
No small talk to include in today's wrap-up post. Enjoy the writing.
In a World (Dir. Lake Bell)
(Grade: B) -- Lake Bell’s charming In A World may be the first film to explore the occupation of voice-over artists (otherwise known as the folks with soothi...
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