10/22/02 1:00AM
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Iranian writer/director Majid Majidi's 1996 film The Father was filmed from a child's point of view, and his…
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5/31/02 1:00AM
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Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's 1997 film Destiny (a.k.a. al-Massir) is dead out of context. The film is a more…
5/03/02 1:00AM
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In Deep Impact, the latest installment in a wave of '70s-disaster-movie-inspired features, Téa Leoni plays an MSNBC…
5/03/02 1:00AM
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When filmmaker Tim Kirkman breaks up with his New York boyfriend, he heads back to his hometown in North Carolina to…
5/03/02 1:00AM
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DVDs appear to be here to stay. However, while the advertised attractions of the new digital medium include all…
5/03/02 1:00AM
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Shayne Gray is an affluent white teen coming to grips with his closeted homosexuality. He has a girlfriend and a…
4/24/02 1:00AM
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Timothy "Speed" Levitch is a documentary filmmaker's dream subject. An eccentric, flamboyant, occasionally brilliant…
4/24/02 1:00AM
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This adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novel Cousin Bette would seem to have a good deal going for it, not least of…
4/24/02 1:00AM
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DVDs appear to be here to stay. However, while the advertised attractions of the new digital medium include all…
4/23/02 1:00AM
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Because the most immediately impressive advances in digital video technology have been in the fields of sound and…
4/23/02 1:00AM
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From Taxi Driver to Night On Earth, taxicabs have proven to be fertile ground for filmmakers. Will Kern isn't a…
4/23/02 1:00AM
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The stylish Clockwatchers—directed by first-timer Jill Sprecher and written with her sister Karen—is more than just…
4/23/02 1:00AM
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It's been a while since Trent Reznor has released anything new, but the demand for Nine Inch Nails product is as…
4/23/02 1:00AM
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Directed with a keen eye for contrast and peppered with oblique references to Dickens and Kafka, Mike van Diem's Char…
4/23/02 1:00AM
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Given its subject matter, Central Station shouldn't be as good as it is. Fortunately, director Walter Salles…
4/19/02 1:00AM
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Pity poor Thalia Zedek. A longtime staple of the Boston music scene—as well as a force behind the legendary New York…
4/19/02 1:00AM
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The increasing intersection of rock communities and more esoteric improv circles has resulted in some remarkable…
4/19/02 1:00AM
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Air's synthesized space music longs for another time and place. Mars, maybe, circa 1976. A swirl of analog keyboards…
4/19/02 1:00AM
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Chris Connelly's transformation from young hellion to introspective songwriter couldn't have been more unexpected.…
4/19/02 1:00AM
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The danger of any musical side project is that it might one day overshadow its creator's main gig. Mark Nelson's…