Film
Despite all the irritating behavior exhibited by both spouses in “Journey to Italy,” the film is ultimately a work of great compassion.
New York suffers what might be the effects of innumerable 9/11s.
“The Iran Job” is an engrossing documentary that cannily integrates basketball and a look at Iranian street life in the months leading up to and including the Green Movement protests.
Even with its audience-unfriendly head games and confusions, “Post Tenebras Lux” is an imposing spiritual work, and totally original.
While the nostalgic exposition pays dutiful homage to the original story, the gangbuster finish should satisfy the audience’s summer techno-lust.
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“Before Midnight” doesn’t go where you think it will, nor does it end quite the way you might imagine, but the highs and lows of this one memorable night evoke the disquiet and soberness that comes with becoming an adult.
We’ve reached a sad situation in America where even sophisticated art house audiences balk at foreign-language films except those made in a handful of favored countries.
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