2010
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RESTREPO
This extraordinary documentary is the ultimate in cinema verite and is the work of two intrepid and fearless filmmakers who chose to live through a grueling 14-month tour of duty with a company of American solders in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. They witness and record everything that happens: reconnaissance missions, constant…
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Barney’s Version
Barney seems to sail precariously through his drama-packed life, but we are never sure how or why. At the reception party for his second marriage his falls head over heals for a total stranger after one breathtaking glimpse and pursues her recklessly and persistently for months until she caves in just when he manages to…
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Brighton Rock
It’s so hard to avoid not being more than a tad suspicious when some bright spark decides to remark a classic film noir, esp. when they turn out to be such insipid copies of the original. Think the stunning ‘Plein Soliel’ turned into ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. Remember? I rest my case! So I was more…
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Blue Valentine
Last January at my first Sundance I discovered movie fatigue. Well, that’s what I thought at the time when I came out of a screening of ‘Blue Valentine’ extremely under whelmed, yet seemingly everyone else there was raving (!) about the film. Flash forward to now when the movie is on the big screen at the…
