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By Ernest Hardy
A few weeks ago, the ginned-up controversy over Serena Williams' performance of the Crip Walk after defeating Maria Sharapova at the London 2012... More >>
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By Chris Klimek
"The meek shall inherit the Earth," somebody said once — probably Truffaut. Two pictures into his thrilling career, writer-director Antonio... More >>
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By Jonathan Kiefer
In the same way novels can be better and worse than journalism at processing history, so can movies be better and worse than novels: too unreal... More >>
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By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
David Rodriguez Caballero moves with the grace of a jaguar through a Wynwood gallery. Sporting a trim beard, jeans, and a light blue shirt, the... More >>
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By Zachary Wigon
The supreme testament to Hitchcock is that no matter how many years pass, his work exerts an ever-stronger influence. Just last month came Park... More >>
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By Andrew Schenker
A trashy vampire flick in art film drag, Kiss of the Damned satisfies on neither level. Drawing on a host of Euro-horror influences including but... More >>
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By Zachary Wigon
"It's right out of a cheap melodrama," one character remarks in From up on Poppy Hill, after a particularly extreme twist of fate — yet... More >>
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By Calum Marsh
Over the course of its first 60 minutes, Ken Loach's The Angels' Share proves a testament to its director's enduring reputation as a master of... More >>
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By Michael Atkinson
A big winner at last year's SXSW, Gimme the Loot is a pocket-size Bronx indie with the wispiest of narrative ideas: A couple of teen graffiti... More >>
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By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Peter Dinklage has earned global fame, not to mention Emmy and Golden Globe honors, playing the brilliant, conniving Tyrion Lannister on HBO's... More >>
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By Stephanie Zacharek
I have rarely enjoyed watching Terrence Malick's movies. But I really wouldn't want to be him. When you're a reclusive perfectionist who has made... More >>
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By Aaron Hillis
Unless you watch Nancy Meyers' romantic-comedy oeuvre strictly for the interior design and décor, there's little to note about Sophie... More >>
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By Ernest Hardy
It's a trickier process than it might seem, creating a sympathetic character whose world is imploding, mapping his internal anguish while... More >>
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By Pete Vonder Haar
Opera is a form of entertainment largely performed by and for adults. Most of the better-known works deal with grown-up themes, and it takes... More >>
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By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
In the last exhibit at its Flagler Street locale before moving to a new 29-acre home on Biscayne Bay, the Miami Art Museum transports viewers... More >>
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By Stephanie Zacharek
There's a thin line between what's truly mysterious and what's totally bogus. A movie that leaves you feeling unclear about what's happening... More >>
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By Jon Frosch
An ostensibly feel-good French-Canadian comedy about artificial insemination gone awry, Ken Scott's Starbuck mainly makes you feel like taking a... More >>
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By Lily Janiak
Part The Diary of Anne Frank, part The Swiss Family Robinson, and part The Shawshank Redemption, No Place on Earth, about a Ukrainian Jewish... More >>
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By Chuck Wilson
A loving family thrives on its traditions, and so it is that Antiviral, the debut feature from writer-director Brandon Cronenberg and the first... More >>
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By Scott Foundas
The feline in question in The Rabbi's Cat is wily, philosophical, and devoted to a dogged and decent rabbi and his fiery, beautiful daughter. The... More >>