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Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Reprise - An interesting stylish first major film by Danish director Joachim Trier, it tells the story of two young authors in Oslo trying to get their books published as well as grappling with maturity, relationships and figuring out some sense of purpose. This is a good example of using different techniques (freeze frames, flashbacks, etc.) to enhance the story and not get in the way of it (
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Critic and painter Manny Farber, who died last week, was a maddening original and one of the most bracing critical voices America has ever produced.
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Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Jerry Wexler died, at the age of 91, late last week. I'll be honest, I didn't realize the man was still alive. It's still sad news. I haven't been sure what to say here, and then I found this tribute from Rolling Stone, which kinda sums it up better than anyone else could. Wexler was more than a pioneer of...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
p2pnet news view | Music:- Jerry Wexler, “legendary record man, music producer and ageless hipster,” as Rolling Stone describes him, died today at the age of 91. “He coined the term ‘Rhythm & Blues’, and was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the last 50 years, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, [...]
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
DVD Video Review: Network has released Louis Malle's ode to aging small-time gangsters in R2. The Burt Lancaster-Susan Sarandon film is given a reappraisal by clydefro.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987 - Louis Malle) - Beautifully told story of an event from Malle's past - a sheltered Jewish boy being removed from the Catholic school he attended - is likely going to lead me down the path of investigating the rest of his stuff. "My Dinner With Andre" didn't quite do it for me (I found Wallace Shawn's character far more interesting than Andre), but both "Murmur Of
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
"A hybrid of city symphony, travelogue, nature film, and personal essay, flâneur films are often distinguished by their use of personal, idiosyncratic narration and a comparably intimate scale of production," writes Livia Bloom, who then focuses on films by...
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
News: Network have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Atlantic City on 4th August 2008 priced at £12.99. Louis Malle's tale of a decaying city and the dreams of the deviant characters that reside within its walls stars Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarand...
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The Village Vidiot (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
BEVERLY HILLS - You may have read that both Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper of "At the Movies" fame have announced their departure from their movie review series as Disney takes the program into a new direction. I just wanted to take a minute to express my love of the show when I was kid who first watched it back in 1975 when it premiered on television with Ebert and then Chicago Tribune critic
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
DVD Video Review: Louis Malle's film about an alcoholic facing his own plans of suicide has been released in a stellar edition from Criterion. The disc is reviewed here by clydefro.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
When it comes to international movies, home video labels are finding a world of opportunity in the segment.
