Monthly Archives: October 2009

A SERIOUS MAN

By | October 2009

As in “Barton Fink,” all these roles are stylized, artificial; like dream images, they represent fears and desires more than people.

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A SERIOUS MAN

In a recent interview, Moviefone asked the Coens if they'll ever make a sequel to any of their works. Ethan replied that “Old Fink,” about an aging...

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HIPSTERS (STILYAGI)

"Hipster": such a loaded word, and one that has changed meaning over the years. Among today’s youth, a “hipster” is the latest incarnation of the...

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PAT PAULSEN’S HALF A COMEDY HOUR (DVD)

In comedy, second bananas serve a valuable presence – they keep the fun rolling along and often steal the show, but they never take the spotlight away...

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GIRL ON A TRAIN (LA FILLE DU RER)

Twenty-something Jeanne (Émilie Dequenne) is not in a very good place in her life. She has no job, she isn’t very smart, and her father is dead. On...

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ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE-HAIRED GIRL (SINGULARIDADES DE UMA RAPARIGA LOURA)

This humorless and painfully sincere film concerns Macário (Ricardo Trêpa), a junior accountant in Lisbon who falls for a young girl he sees standing in...

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MORE THAN A GAME

The title "More Than a Game" is more than a little cliché, and the most basic summary of this documentary's premise does little to refute that initial...

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GOOD HAIR

Like every American girl, I had a hard time coming to terms with my hair. It’s profoundly straight. Couldn’t be any straighter. It laughs at a...

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URS

This German animated short film offers little through its plot but tons in its style and characterization. Essentially an ironic fable, in which a...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

BOOTLEG FILES 305: “Annie Get Your Gun” (1957 made-for-TV musical starring Mary Martin). LAST SEEN: In its one-and-only 1957 telecast. AMERICAN HOME...

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Spike Jonze knows a thing or two about spinning a fantastic journey. Quirky as his big screen debut, “Being John Malkovich,” may be, the eccentric...

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