Film Reviews
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The Vanishing (George Sluizer)
Sluizer's original 1988 film is an engrossingly elusive psychological and philosophical thriller fused with an innately curious tale of obsession.
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Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim)
A selectively sluggish feature with a one-note narrow focus punctuated by still life chapter divisions, the film's techniques manage to permeate target audiences but regrettably emphasize absences as routinely as the intimacies.
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The Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii)
Brimming with all varieties of life's microcosms far beyond the savvy and appreciation of an initial viewing, the film is a pleasantly tender and rather down-to-earth surprise from surrealist Katsuhito Ishii.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Sydney Pollack)
In a time of recession in America, McCoy's novel and Pollack's adapted film may resonate stronger with today's literati and philosophers than it ever has before.
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The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Kathryn Bigelows intense, economical Iraq war drama is her best since Near Dark.
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Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Tarantino's ridiculous WWII revenge fantasy is a thing of beauty.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
Seeking a transcendental visual plane and elevating the mysteries of the universe, Kubrick effectively exercises his own timeless presence and secures the film as one for the ages.
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Made in U.S.A (Jean-Luc Godard)
Occupying the figurative and literal place between Godard's more engrossing works, the film is an interesting cinematic collage but ultimately a failed expedition into the avant-garde realm for Godard-completists only.
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2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (Jean-Luc Godard)
As with many of Godard's brazen mid-late 1960s works, his radical ideologies and directing methods veer into the convoluted and paradoxical, yet they are as intriguing and sacred as they are impenetrable.
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Funny People (Judd Apatow )
Judd Apatow creates something special in his heartfelt, and hilarious movie about comedians and the life choices people make and in many cases regret. It is far from a perfect movie, but its flaws add to the honesty of the film.
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