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THE HIGHWAYMEN (DVD)

By | January 2003

The idea of African-American entrepreneurs being able to travel through a white-dominated society during years of civil rights struggle without encountering racial harassment to sell original paintings is extraordinary…

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THE HIGHWAYMEN (DVD)

"The Highwaymen" is a pleasant documentary about an odd chapter in Florida's cultural history. From the 1940s through the early 1970s, a group of...

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DEVDAS

Bollywood, or commercial Hindi cinema from India, made a huge step toward mainstream recognition in the Western world when the lavish historical drama...

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POLISHED

If you were a lonely businessman longing for human contact, where would you go? To bend the ear of the local bartender? To find female comfort at the local...

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ANTWONE FISHER

Inspirational tearjerkers about victims who triumph over adversity. They've been a staple since the earliest days of filmmaking. From The "Miracle Worker"...

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CHICAGO

A line from the song "Razzle Dazzle" comes to mind when watching--or, more specifically, listening--to Richard Gere's performance in the long-aborning film...

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MONKEY LOVE

Chris Gore has told me to take it slightly easier on indie films, since they don't have the same money or resources as a Hollywood feature. I completely...

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WRONG WAY TO SUNDANCE

Didn’t get into Sundance, NoDance, or any other of the “Dance” festivals with your work of celluloid genius? You say you blew your savings,...

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ABOUT SCHMIDT

Writer-director Alexander ("Election") Payne may have had Thoreau on his mind as he went about the business of concocting Warren Schmidt. Like the mass of...

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FAITHLESS

Loosely based on a real event from Bergman's life, this tale of betrayed relationships is remarkably frank and open, unafraid to tackle the subject in all...

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THE FAREWELL

This French-like German film is full of clever characters, interpersonal tensions and a nicely captured setting, and yet it's also painfully dull and...

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