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BLACK MASK

By | May 1999

Like Jackie Chan, Jet Li’s stateside success — in “Lethal Weapon 4” — has spurred the dubbing and dumping of his previous Hong Kong hits…

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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...

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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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

This is the latest effort by influential German director Wim Wenders, whose poetic "Wings of Desire" earned him a permanent blip on the art-film...

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GET REAL

This film is ostensibly about a teenage boy coming out at high-school, but is really about the tribulations of growing up. Simon Shore's film goes out of...

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GRANDMA AND HER GHOSTS

This is a colorful, funny, and enchanting film about a young boy named Dou-Dou, and his unusual experiences while a guest of his Grandmother, a woman who...

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MEGACITIES

This partially staged documentary is a powerful glimpse into lives of extreme desperation lived on the fringes of four major cities; Bombay, New York,...

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THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SPECIAL EDITION

Well, my review of the Star Wars: Special Edition caused quite the stir a few weeks ago when I gave it a fairly negative review. Let me recap for a moment,...

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RETURN OF THE JEDI: SPECIAL EDITION

Well, you'll think I'm crazy, but Return of the Jedi is the only Star Wars film that I believe could be IMPROVED by alterations and additions....

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