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WELCOME BACK, MR. MCDONALD

This is a delightfully funny film, and Woody Allen-esque in the tradition of "Bullets Over Broadway." When a young woman wins a radio drama scriptwriting...

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THE WINSLOW BOY

I was at times underwhelmed by David Mamet's latest effort as both writer and director. Adapted from the play by Terence Rattigan, the film is a slow...

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WOMAN OF THE PORT

Another slow-moving, barely edited film by Arturo Ripstein, this film creeps along at a snail's pace and expects us to remain interested. Ripstein should...

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XIAO WU

Robert Bresson made this same film better and far earlier with his exquisite existentialist "Pickpocket" in 1959. "Xiao Wu" essentially treads the same...

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WINGS OF HOPE

The latest work from influential director Werner Herzog, this documentary retraces astonishing events that took place 25 years ago, when a plane crash in...

SFIFF: THE 42ND SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (PART 2)

It was week two of the Festival, and I was getting a semi-permanent feeling of being hung-over. At a certain point, Festival parties almost feel like...

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BLACK MASK

Like Jackie Chan, Jet Li's stateside success -- in "Lethal Weapon 4" -- has spurred the dubbing and dumping of his previous Hong Kong hits. In this 1996...

Interviews

Q & A WITH DIRECTOR WERNER HERZOG

[ On Juliane Koepke: ] ^ "It is not only a film of her, it's a film on something deeper, and part of it is of course her relationship to nature, and how...

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SOUTHIE

Former New Kid on the Block, Donnie Walhberg is credibly redemptive and sympathetic as Danny Quinn, a fallen son who returns home to the tough hood of...

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BADOU BOY

Djibil Djop Mambety's first feature is a sprightly, spirited look at the life of an African street urchin, told through vignettes. The version I watched...

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