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A SONG FOR MARTIN (En Sång för Martin)

By | December 2001

IN THEATERS IN LIMITED RELEASE! Without the weight of scrutiny that comes with tackling a real-life subject or employing such heavyweight actors, “Martin” is freer to move and surprise an audience…

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A SONG FOR MARTIN (En Sång för Martin)

A devoted spouse stands by the Alzheimer's-stricken significant other, a celebrated artistic genius. I speak not of Iris, but Bille August's...

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PIñERO

Miguel Piñero was a thief, a junkie, an ex-con, and a celebrated poet/playwright/actor who died at the tragically young age of 41 -- in short, a role...

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FINAL

"You were found next to a 1953 Ford, hypothermic, unconscious, at a quarry by a cliff," says an iceberg of a psychiatrist (Hope Davis) to confused mental...

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SHIRI

Normally, you'd expect a film from someplace like Korea to open on maybe a dozen art-house screens across the United States. If there were any justice,...

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BLACK HAWK DOWN

On October 3rd, 1993, what was intended to be a simple operation by U.S. Special Forces turned into a nightmare for all involved. Mogadishu, Somalia was...

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GOSFORD PARK

Someone once defined "class" to me as the ability to cause the most tension in the shortest amount of time possible. Anyone who's worked in retail will...

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THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

"Anyone interested in grabbin' a couple burgers and hittin' the cemetery?" Classic lines just whiz off Gene Hackman's lips, one after another, in "The...

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ALI

There should be no shame at failing at the impossible. Michæl Mann is an exceptional filmmaker and Ali has moments of brilliance, but when I take a...

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KATE & LEOPOLD

There's no question that Meg Ryan is the queen of romantic comedies; no actress working today can carry off the wistful and wacky demands of the genre as...

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MISERY HARBOUR

"Misery Harbour" begins like "Knife in the Water" and ends up kind of like "The Talented Mr. Ripley." It follows a young man from Denmark named Espen, an...

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