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2015-04-05T16:58:32-05:00

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Verbinski, 2003) — 10 Years Later

Last updated on: April 5, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

I'll probably never win over the skeptics, and that's okay, but ten years later, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is still my favorite film from 2003. Read more

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Ted Elliot

2015-04-04T22:04:28-05:00

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Some Girl(s) — (von Scherler Mayer, 2013)

Last updated on: April 4, 2015 at 10:04 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

An oddly engaging but ultimately unsatisfying endeavor, Some Girl(s) is best described as a cross between Nick Hornby's High Fidelity and David Mamet's Oleanna. Read more

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Daisy von Scherler Mayer

2015-04-04T22:07:07-05:00

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Free China: The Courage to Believe (Perlman, 2011)

Last updated on: April 4, 2015 at 10:07 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

One of the more unfortunate side-effects of the polarization and politicization of American discourse is that we've seriously devalued the word "persecution." Read more

The Courage to Believe

2015-10-31T22:03:09-05:00

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Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (Vittoria, 2012)

Last updated on: October 31, 2015 at 10:03 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

"Do you feel safer?" Read more

Long Distance Revolutionary

2015-04-04T22:09:57-05:00

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What Maisie Knew (McGehee and Siegel, 2013)

Last updated on: April 4, 2015 at 10:09 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Kids see, hear, and understand as much as we fear and more than we let ourselves admit. Read more

2014-06-14T09:40:06-05:00

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Vito (Schwarz, 2011)

Last updated on: June 14, 2014 at 9:40 am By Kenneth R. Morefield

If you are a straight male of a certain age, Vito Russo’s book, The Celluloid Closet, may well have been your first introduction to … not gay people, exactly, but gayness. (more…) Read more

2014-07-26T15:24:20-05:00

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Iron Man 3 (Black, 2013)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 3:24 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

The strange thing, the downright bizarre thing, about this quest is that Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures have wagered a lot of money on the proposition (if the film itself is any indication) that the audience won't care in the least whether superhero movies have stupid, artsy contrivances like themes Read more

2014-07-26T20:05:47-05:00

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Ballad of Narayama (Kinoshita, 1958)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 8:05 pm By Todd Truffin

The same month that the Academy was handing best Foreign Film honors to Michael Haneke’s Amour, The Criterion Collection released another foreign film examining aging and death, Keisuke Kinoshita’s 1958 The Ballad of Narayama. Read more

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Ballad of Narayama

Keisuke Kinoshita

2014-07-26T14:11:30-05:00

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Pain & Gain (Bay, 2013)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 2:11 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

"Is it just me, or is Michael Bay giving a deliberate middle finger to the Coen Brothers?" Read more

No Country for Old Men

2015-04-04T21:36:56-05:00

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Oblivion (Kosinski, 2013)

Last updated on: April 4, 2015 at 9:36 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Oblivion may be one of those films that is easier to mock than to dislike. It is certainly easier to criticize than to not enjoy. Read more

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