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White Wedding

This is a gentle comedy as much about friendship as it is about romantic relationships. “White Wedding” follows Elvis (writer-producer Kenneth Nkosi) ...

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

In the masterful conclusion to his two-part biopic of notorious 1970s French gangster Jacques Mesrine, Jean-François Richet again begins at the end. I...

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (San qiang pai an jing qi)

Watching a criminal cover his tracks at the scene of his crime has to be one of the guiltiest pleasures to be had at the movies. From wiping down trac...

DVD Releases — September 2010

”Babies,” “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky,” “Frozen,” “Get Him to the Greek,” “Iron Man 2,” “John Rabe,” “Just Wright,” “The Killer Inside Me,” “...

Machete

“Machete” began life as a mock trailer, appearing as part of the Quentin Tarantino-Robert Rodriguez collaboration “Grindhouse.” With no obligation to ...

Prince of Broadway

Filmed in New York’s wholesale fashion district, “Prince of Broadway” opens with the gritty reality of a documentary on the life of street hustlers. Y...

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Stream of Consciousness Cinema: ‘La commedia’

I don't know anything. Is cinema a subjective or objective experience? A few hours from getting on a train to Venice from Florence, my hometown away f...

‘White Wedding’ Awakening

It’s in part from obstacles and issues we’ve confronted through our triangular, multi-cultural and multi-racial friendship that “White Wedding” comes....

‘You Again’ Cast: Between Friends and Bullies

Everybody makes an immediate association to their own past when a script about a high-school bully comes along. A horrible, awkward memory that bubble...

Shanti Lowry: Mute Force in ‘Louis’

There was no dialog to learn for “Louis,” a new release that tells story of young Louis Armstrong in a 1910s-look silent film. Expressing her charact...

Fostering Critical Literacy at Bronx’s Cinema School

Film is not just curriculum content at The Cinema School. At this public high school in Bronx, N.Y., film is the conveyor. The medium is built into th...

Ashley Bell Summons the Spirit for ‘The Last Exorcism’

“The Last Exorcism” is a horror film built around a faux documentary. It’s a “different kind of horror film,” says Ashley Bell, who plays Nell Sweetze...

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PHOTO GALLERY: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 - "Animal Kingdom"

Ewan McGregor, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville, David Michôd, Sullivan Stapleton and Andy McPhee at the red carpet screening of "Animal Kingdom."

PHOTO GALLERY: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 - "Bitter Feast"

Joe Maggio, Peter Phok, Larry Fessenden, Brent Kunkle, Ti West, Amy Seimetz and Seth Anderson at the red carpet screening and Q&A of "Bitte...

PHOTO GALLERY: Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 - "Cyrus"

Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Katie Aselton, Matt Walsh, Marisol Nichols, Jesse Williams an...

Going the Distance
Date flick suffers from jarring transitions between vulgarity and optimistic love
The American
Sublime thriller delivers fantastic acting and magnificent vistas
Machete
Hyper-stylized mayhem and guns-blazing machismo for cult-movie fans
DVD Releases — September 2010
Summer bombs, documentary hits and a blockbuster superhero
‘You Again’
The director and cast reflect on high school anxieties and the work
 
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Interviewer: Elliot V. Kotek
Videography: F.J. Productions

Movie: Last Train Home
Director: Lixin Fan

Documentary filmmaker Lixin Fan discusses the social realities of the Chinese family he followed for three years in his film “Last Train Home.” The film, a directorial debut for Fan, tells the story of a family who, like millions across China, moved away from the countryside to pursue factory jobs in big cities.
 

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White Wedding

This is a gentle comedy as much about friendship as it is about romantic relationships. “White Wedding” follows Elvis (writer-producer Kenneth Nkosi) ...

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

In the masterful conclusion to his two-part biopic of notorious 1970s French gangster Jacques Mesrine, Jean-François Richet again begins at the end. I...

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (San qiang pai an jing qi)

Watching a criminal cover his tracks at the scene of his crime has to be one of the guiltiest pleasures to be had at the movies. From wiping down trac...

DVD Releases — September 2010

”Babies,” “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky,” “Frozen,” “Get Him to the Greek,” “Iron Man 2,” “John Rabe,” “Just Wright,” “The Killer Inside Me,” “...

Machete

“Machete” began life as a mock trailer, appearing as part of the Quentin Tarantino-Robert Rodriguez collaboration “Grindhouse.” With no obligation to ...

Prince of Broadway

Filmed in New York’s wholesale fashion district, “Prince of Broadway” opens with the gritty reality of a documentary on the life of street hustlers. Y...

Going the Distance

The movie is a fun but at times uneven take on modern relationships. It stars Drew Barrymore as Erin, a late-blooming wanabee journalist in New York f...

The Winning Season

The title “The Winning Season” is a misnomer in so many ways it’s hard to keep count. It’s such a dreary, listless, disjointed affair, nobody wins, es...

The Westsiders (documentary)

Having met “Flea” Virostko in sixth grade, then filming and aiding the fame of the Santa Cruz surf scene by producing “The Kill” cult surf action vide...

 News & Views

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Telluride Unwraps Sked on Eve of Festival

Telluride Film Festival announced its complete 2010 festival program on Thursday. Included are 24 new feature films presented by their creators in the...

Spirit Awards Set for Feb. 26

Film Independent has set Feb. 26 as the date for the 26th Independent Spirit Awards. The time and location for next year’s event will be announced at ...

Roadside Gets Toronto Doc 'Cool It'

Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. rights to filmmaker Ondi Timoner’s documentary “Cool It.” The film will have its world premiere at the 2010 Tor...

HBO Buys U.S. Rights to 'Precious' Doc

HBO has acquired U.S. rights to the documentary “Precious Life.” An official selection at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, the film w...

Freestyle, Cinemarket to Release 'Nutcracker in 3D'

Freestyle Releasing and Cinemarket Films will release Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky’s “The Nutcracker in 3D.” The film is scheduled to appear i...

French Director Alain Corneau Dies at 67

Well-known French film director Alain Corneau died early Monday at 67, his agent confirmed in a report by Agence France-Presse. His latest film, “L...

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Johnnie To - 'Vengeance'

“Vengeance” is, indeed, what the film is about: that of Francis Costello, a retired professional killer who wants to avenge the deaths of his daughter...

Ruba Nadda, Alexander Siddig and Patricia Clarkson - 'Cairo Time'

“Cairo Time” is the story of the unexpected love between the wife of a Canadian diplomat who is forced to travel to Egypt and the man who hosts her up...

J Blakeson, Eddie Marsan and Martin Compston - 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed'

“The Disappearance of Alice Creed” revolves around the triangular relationship among the main three characters following a kidnapping: Alice, the kidn...

 

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