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July 13, 2009
Mincing Minstrelsy

Are we laughing with Brüno or at him?

July 13, 2009
Toward a Smarter Summer

Outside the megaplex (and even outdoors), there are films that do not involve gun-toting guinea pigs and jive-talking robots. Five film options for the more discerning filmgoer.

July 13, 2009
Ass Man

Guerrilla comic Sacha Baron Cohen takes riotous aim at homophobia. Plus, the even more subversive Humpday.

June 29, 2009
123 Minutes With Liz and Martin Garbus

The legendary First Amendment lawyer and his documentarian daughter visit the family’s old candy store in the Bronx. Weeping ensues.

June 29, 2009
Explosive Material

Visceral and addictive, The Hurt Locker is one hell of a war film. Plus, Agnès Varda’s enchanting memoir.

June 29, 2009
Popcorn Season on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!

Even though no one’s yet read Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice, we’re already expecting the movie adaptation to sweep the Oscars, circa 2012.

June 29, 2009
The Fierce Sensitivity of Joseph Gordon-Levitt

After years of TV sitcoms, then dark and quirky film roles, the actor stars in his first romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer—a love story for his generation.

June 15, 2009
Stalled Trains

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is not worth running down a flight of subway-station stairs for. And Woody’s latest …

June 15, 2009
First Bite

Nine-year-old Emma Kenney made a short movie about a vampire named Francesca. It got accepted into an international film festival.

June 15, 2009
Next Stop: The Seventies?

A comparison of Pelham eras.

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