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  • summer movie preview 2012

    By Aaron Hillis

    In a movie season worshipped for its CGI-boosted, spiritually bankrupt juvenilia, it's heartening to know that filmmakers still create summer... More >>

  • Turn Me On, Dammit!

    By Camille Lamb

    Fifteen-year-old Alma just might be the horniest person in Norway. She rings up exorbitant phone sex bills when her mom, a single parent, is out... More >>

  • 4:44 Last Day on Earth

    By Karina Longworth

    In writer/director Abel Ferrara's vision of the apocalypse, Chinese joints deliver right up until the end. The media's "live coverage" continues... More >>

  • Sound of My Voice

    By Karina Longworth

    Twentysomething Silver Lake couple Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) talk their way into an unnamed cult that meets in the... More >>

  • Men in Black 3

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Can any one of the millions of Americans who saw Men in Black 2 in 2002 describe its plot today? A single scene? I saw both MIB movies upon their... More >>

  • Keyhole

    By Karina Longworth

    The latest phantasmagoria of cinematic quotation from Canadian director Guy Maddin, Keyhole is an extremely loose adaptation of the Odyssey.... More >>

  • Bernie

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Richard Linklater's Bernie is the rarest of rarities: a truly unexpected film. It might be classified as a black comedy, for it deals with the... More >>

  • Indie Game: The Movie

    By Brian Miller

    Following the pallid, sleep-deprived programmers who create entertainment on Microsoft's Xbox gaming platform, Indie Game: The Movie is an... More >>

  • Battleship

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Every once in a while, a movie comes along that's so utterly shameless that it achieves a certain grandeur. Peter Berg's Battleship, which is... More >>

  • Bonsai

    By Ciara LaVelle

    If you're the kind of know-it-all film buff who predicts festival winners, you've probably already seen Bonsái, the Chilean film that took... More >>

  • Chinese Take-Away

    By Ciara LaVelle

    When it comes to the arts, and film in particular, it's easy to believe there's nothing new under the sun. At first, Chinese Take-Away seems to... More >>

  • What to Expect When You're Expecting

    By Eric Hynes

    Even though it doesn't have a story, characters, or setting, Heidi Murkoff's mega-bestselling, 28-year-old pregnancy manual, What to Expect When... More >>

  • Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story

    By Ernest Hardy

    In an old news clip that is played in the documentary Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story, a newscaster says, "You can tell a lot about a people... More >>

  • Sound of Noise

    By Melissa Anderson

    More an intriguing premise than a successful film, the Malmö-set Sound of Noise, about a group of "musical terrorists," quickly loses its... More >>

  • The Fairy

    By Aaron Hillis

    Since their irresistibly madcap 2005 debut Iceberg, Belgium-based filmmakers, actors, and former clowns Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno... More >>

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2012 Summer Movie Preview 2012 Summer Movie Preview
By Aaron Hillis

In a movie season worshipped for its CGI-boosted, spiritually bankrupt juvenilia, it's heartening to know that filmmakers still create summer entertainment for grownups. Not that those buckets of popcorn are… More >>

Turn Me On, Dammit! at Coral Gables Art Cinema May 25-31 Turn Me On, Dammit! at Coral Gables Art Cinema May 25-31
By Camille Lamb

Fifteen-year-old Alma just might be the horniest person in Norway. She rings up exorbitant phone sex bills when her mom, a single parent, is out of the house. And she… More >>

<i>4:44 Last Day on Earth</i> Finds a Middle Ground Between Fiction and Non 4:44 Last Day on Earth Finds a Middle Ground Between Fiction and Non
By Karina Longworth

In writer/director Abel Ferrara's vision of the apocalypse, Chinese joints deliver right up until the end. The media's "live coverage" continues almost as long. Sorry, haters: "Al Gore was right,"… More >>

<i>Sound of My Voice</i>: Brit Marling Preaches End Times Sound of My Voice: Brit Marling Preaches End Times
By Karina Longworth

Twentysomething Silver Lake couple Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) talk their way into an unnamed cult that meets in the basement of a San Fernando Valley split-level in… More >>

<i>Men in Black 3</i>: Bummer of '69 Men in Black 3: Bummer of '69
By Nick Pinkerton

Can any one of the millions of Americans who saw Men in Black 2 in 2002 describe its plot today? A single scene? I saw both MIB movies upon their… More >>

<i>Keyhole</i>: Guy Maddin's Haunted House Holds a Dream-World of Ideas Keyhole: Guy Maddin's Haunted House Holds a Dream-World of Ideas
By Karina Longworth

The latest phantasmagoria of cinematic quotation from Canadian director Guy Maddin, Keyhole is an extremely loose adaptation of the Odyssey. Jason Patric plays Ulysses Pick, leader of a two-bit gang… More >>

<i>Bernie</i>: Jack Black in an Unexpected Black Comedy Bernie: Jack Black in an Unexpected Black Comedy
By Nick Pinkerton

Richard Linklater's Bernie is the rarest of rarities: a truly unexpected film. It might be classified as a black comedy, for it deals with the murder of an 81-year-old woman… More >>

<i>Indie Game: The Movie</i> at O Cinema May 24-27 Indie Game: The Movie at O Cinema May 24-27
By Brian Miller

Following the pallid, sleep-deprived programmers who create entertainment on Microsoft's Xbox gaming platform, Indie Game: The Movie is an insightful new geek documentary, well directed by first-timers Lisanne Pajot and… More >>

<i>Battleship</i>: Because Every Generation Needs an <i>Armageddon</i> Battleship: Because Every Generation Needs an Armageddon
By Nick Pinkerton

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that's so utterly shameless that it achieves a certain grandeur. Peter Berg's Battleship, which is described in its Wikipedia entry as… More >>

<i>Bonsai</i> Opens at Tower Theater May 18 Bonsai Opens at Tower Theater May 18
By Ciara LaVelle

If you're the kind of know-it-all film buff who predicts festival winners, you've probably already seen Bonsái, the Chilean film that took home the Knight Ibero-American Grand Jury Prize, the… More >>

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