Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 9, 2009

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I Hate Mumblecore

I had to listen to the reviews, instead of trusting my instincts.
And so there we are, wasting a good two hours of an otherwise…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 21, 2009

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Classics: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

This is such a fantastic movie. It should be required viewing for all the captains of…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 22, 2009

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Inglorious Basterds

The Weinstein Bros. have done it again. Once more, the Nazis are doing just fine by them, to judge from the sold out crowds…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 17, 2009

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Ponyo

On a sweltering day, nothing more refreshing than to dive into an air conditioned theater to see an animated film about a tiny, feisty, creature of…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 31, 2009

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Classics: The Fallen Idol

What a gorgeous movie with a screenplay by Graham Greene, based on one of his short stories, and the elegant…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 17, 2009

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is the best Woody Allen movie in what? 15 years? Unfortunately, this is not saying much. The reason why it is compelling is because there are two bona fide movie stars in it: Penélope Cruz, in an incredibly intense, scary funny turn, and Javier Bardem, who is…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 20, 2009

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It Might Get Loud

I didn’t have much faith in this film because the preview looked to me like this was some sort of sinister integrated music marketing tool . If it is, it doesn’t show it. It’s very enjoyable and it would be even more so, if there was more music in it.
Three very different and talented guitarists…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 12, 2009

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Julie & Julia/Funny People

Considering this is always a wasteland of a season, there are far more interesting movies this Summer than ever. Why that is, I don’t know, except that perhaps things are so bad that studios and distributors are trying anything to make their films stand out, which is good for…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 19, 2009

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NYFF: The Headless Woman

It’s official: Lucrecia Martel is my current favorite filmmaker.
She is a talent to behold. If you haven’t, you need to see her first and best movie, La ciénaga (The Swamp). Then you see her second film, La niña santa (The Holy Girl) and then you see her latest, La mujer sin cabeza…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 10, 2009

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Two Good Small Movies

I really liked Adam, a charming, tender, smart love story about a guy that has Asperger’s syndrome (a form of highly functional autism). It is very well written and it avoids all the clichés with a nice dose of reality and much equipoise. Credit goes to the wonderful writing and direction…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 28, 2009

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Classics: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

This is such a fantastic movie. It should be required viewing for all the captains of banking and industry that have been looting this country lately. It is, in essence, a biblical parable of capitalism and one of the most convincing portrayals of The…

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Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 25, 2009

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Moon

Sadly, the trailer is better than the movie. The trailer looked like Sam Rockwell had lost his marbles in space. It looked like Kevin Spacey, playing the revamped version of Hal 3000, was going to do some nifty psycho damage just by wielding suavity. It turns out that Moon, directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie’s son)…

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