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CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND

By | January 2003

PLAYING IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES! Kaufman opts to treat the subject matter quite seriously, downplaying the zany game show set antics in favor of the spy story…

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CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND

It’s been quite the year for Charlie Kaufman, who once again proved his screenwriting prowess by turning writer’s block into the year’s most...

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THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN

Another historic epic from Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine"), this time going back to 221 BC and the first emperor of China. The story is of course...

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THE EXPERIMENT

Inspired by the 1971 Stanford prison experiment, this gruelling German thriller effectively gets under our skin ... even as it goes just a tad bit too far....

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BLIND PASSION

"Blind Passion" asks a very interesting question: Why don’t blind men have strip clubs? I’ve never spent much time contemplating the argument, but...

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GANGS OF NEW YORK

Scorsese's long-delayed epic finally arrives on-screen ... and it was worth the wait. This is a spacious, robust movie that grabs hold of us and doesn't...

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THE UNDERTOW (DVD)

In the spirit of “Two Thousand Maniacs,” a bunch of yanks get themselves butchered up real good whilst vacationing in an unfriendly southern town....

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GRADUATION DAY

“Graduation Day” is a perfect example of how to cram two opposing movies into one, with wildly mixed results. The first, and superior of these two...

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THE LAST RACE

This film makes The Fast and the Furious look like “The Fast and the Pretty Angry.” It’s just as gorgeously shot and the only thing missing is the...

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DELBARAN

Here's yet another Iranian film examining the cultural situation on the Iran-Afghanistan border, full of earthy grit and lively characters. Yet this isn't...

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EARTH

Set in 1947, "Earth" examines the turbulent division of India into two countries as the British Empire withdrew and granted independence. It's a warmly...

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