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    By Nick Pinkerton

    Coming Apart is a 110-minute film shot in a single apartment, almost entirely with a static camera, mostly pointed at a sofa in front of a... More >>

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    By J. Hoberman

    John Sayles's Amigo aspires more to educate than entertain, but it's no less engrossing for that. Torn from the pages of history, if not those of... More >>

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    By Karina Longworth

    Directed by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by David Nicholls, based on his novel, One Day stars Anne Hathaway as Emma, a... More >>

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    By Nick Pinkerton

    One interviewee in Iconoclast recalls first hearing artist and controversy-stirring Boyd Rice appear as guest villain on Bob Larsen’s... More >>

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    By Mark Holcomb

    A cinematic reboot for the patron saint of 98-pound weaklings, Conan the Barbarian is both truer to the vision of its character's creator, Robert... More >>

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    By Benjamin Mercer

    Burrowing past the lurid body-count particulars, A Horrible Way to Die examines the psychological trauma wrought by a serial killer, Garrick... More >>

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    By Aaron Hillis

    Baroquely sinister and grotesquely funny, the latest overstimulated bout of dark comic mayhem from writer-director Álex de la Iglesia... More >>

  • The Journals of Musan

    By Benjamin Mercer

    Less than a year after defecting from North Korea, Seung-chul (writer-director Park Jung-bum) remains unable to catch anything resembling a... More >>

  • The Hedgehog

    By Melissa Anderson

    Adapted from Muriel Barbery's international best seller The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Mona Achache's first film follows two parallel storylines:... More >>

  • Programming the Nation?

    By Mark Holcomb

    As much a backhanded indictment of easy access to DV cameras, motion graphics software, and Final Cut Pro as the slippery advertising tactics it... More >>

  • Flypaper

    By Aaron Hillis

    More generic Indiewood product burbles down the Sundance pipeline in this slick, manic, excruciatingly hollow entry in the exhausted subgenre of... More >>

  • 5 Days of War

    By Mark Holcomb

    “Based on actual events,” don't you know, this shamelessly clichéd but not-quite dismissable would-be blockbuster accompanies... More >>

  • Atrocious

    By Michael Atkinson

    A Spanish Blair Witch DIY-er with a nutsy pre-emptive title, this trifle scoots and skitters along guilelessly, as if the mock-doc horror trope... More >>

  • Griff the Invisible

    By Michelle Orange

    An Australian misfits-in-love story manufactured from whole quirk, Griff the Invisible is more mannerism than movie. Griff (True Blood's Ryan... More >>

  • Mozart's Sister

    By Ernest Hardy

    In heavily outlining the tragedies and injustices that befell the musically gifted older sister of Wolfgang "Amadeus," writer-director... More >>

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The Ex-Girlfriend Experience: How <i>Coming Apart</i> Came Together The Ex-Girlfriend Experience: How Coming Apart Came Together
By Nick Pinkerton

Coming Apart is a 110-minute film shot in a single apartment, almost entirely with a static camera, mostly pointed at a sofa in front of a mirrored wall, which reflects… More >>

With Friends Like These: John Sayles on the Philippine-American War in <i>Amigo</i> With Friends Like These: John Sayles on the Philippine-American War in Amigo
By J. Hoberman

John Sayles's Amigo aspires more to educate than entertain, but it's no less engrossing for that. Torn from the pages of history, if not those of Sayles's recently published, epic… More >>

Life Happens According to Plan in <i>One Day</i> Life Happens According to Plan in One Day
By Karina Longworth

Directed by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by David Nicholls, based on his novel, One Day stars Anne Hathaway as Emma, a too-serious would-be writer in coke-bottle glasses… More >>

Noise Violation: Four Hours with Boyd Rice Noise Violation: Four Hours with Boyd Rice
By Nick Pinkerton

One interviewee in Iconoclast recalls first hearing artist and controversy-stirring Boyd Rice appear as guest villain on Bob Larsen’s Evangelical call-in show: “I don’t know if it’s like a goof… More >>

In Praise of Violence: <i>Conan the Barbarian</i> Lives Up to Its Title In Praise of Violence: Conan the Barbarian Lives Up to Its Title
By Mark Holcomb

A cinematic reboot for the patron saint of 98-pound weaklings, Conan the Barbarian is both truer to the vision of its character's creator, Robert E. Howard, and more satisfyingly pulpy… More >>

<i>A Horrible Way to Die</i>: So I Dated A Serial Killer (or Am One) A Horrible Way to Die: So I Dated A Serial Killer (or Am One)
By Benjamin Mercer

Burrowing past the lurid body-count particulars, A Horrible Way to Die examines the psychological trauma wrought by a serial killer, Garrick Turrell (A.J. Bowen), on the living—namely himself and his… More >>

Spanish History Meets Insane Clown Posse in <i>The Last Circus</i> Spanish History Meets Insane Clown Posse in The Last Circus
By Aaron Hillis

Baroquely sinister and grotesquely funny, the latest overstimulated bout of dark comic mayhem from writer-director Álex de la Iglesia (Common Wealth, The Day of the Beast) is a stunning funhouse-mirror… More >>

Escaping North Korea, But Not Hard Times in The Journals of <i>Musan</i> Escaping North Korea, But Not Hard Times in The Journals of Musan
By Benjamin Mercer

Less than a year after defecting from North Korea, Seung-chul (writer-director Park Jung-bum) remains unable to catch anything resembling a break. Over the course of the Seoul-set Journals of Musan,… More >>

More Precociousness Than a Camcorder Can Handle in <i>The Hedgehog</i> More Precociousness Than a Camcorder Can Handle in The Hedgehog
By Melissa Anderson

Adapted from Muriel Barbery's international best seller The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Mona Achache's first film follows two parallel storylines: one featuring a thoroughly insufferable little girl, the other a… More >>

There Is Nothing Subliminal in This Headline for <i>Programming the Nation?</i> There Is Nothing Subliminal in This Headline for Programming the Nation?
By Mark Holcomb

As much a backhanded indictment of easy access to DV cameras, motion graphics software, and Final Cut Pro as the slippery advertising tactics it targets, this kitchen-table doc aims to… More >>


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