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All posts by Ty Landis
From SFJFF: ‘Within the Eye of the Storm’ Is a Well Intended, Severely Slight Documentary
Forgiveness and empathy are the key themes of Shelley Hermon's Within the Eye of the Storm, a classically structured and mostly well-guided documentary about the seemingly endless war between the Israelis and Palestinians. If The Attack told of a very fictiona...
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From SFJFF: ‘The Attack’ Is a Middling and Familiar Depiction of Politics and Love
The titular attack in Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri's The Attack seeks to expand the scope of moral conscience in modern-day Israel. For all intents and purposes, the calibrated efforts to make this film a provocative and insightful commentary on suicide bom...
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Netflix Instant Picks (7/27/13—8/1/13)
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. Read on for this week’s picks.
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The Intouchables (Olivier Nakache ...
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Netflix Instant Picks (7/19-13—7/25/13)
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. Read on for this week’s picks.
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13 Assassins (Takashi Miike, ...
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De Niro and Travolta Square Off In the Searingly Banal ‘Killing Season’
When viewed as a battle of awful accents and shoddy cat and mouse intrigue, Killing Season fully succeeds. The tagline for the film reads “The purest form of war is one on one,” quite the contrary here, as the latest film from Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider,...
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‘Viola’ Resembles A Clear Marking of Artistic Profoundness from Director Matías Piñeiro
Oh what an experience and film Viola is. With each passing second, the elusive mystery of its text swirls in and around us as it emits a delirious scent of experimental playfulness. The film was directed by young Argentinian auteur Matías Piñeiro, whose brief ...
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