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Stand Up Guys

By Leland Montgomery at 9:23 PM on February 15, 2013

There’s something about Stand Up Guys that’s both brilliant and poignant. The film, directed by Fisher Stevens and written by Noah Haidle, is the story of a group of men who reunite for a final night of depravity.... read more

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Argo

By Norm Schrager at 3:40 PM on October 11, 2012

For those people with lingering questions about Ben Affleck’s talents as a filmmaker, Argo should remove any doubt. The actor has now directed a trio of hard-working, blood-pumping dramas—his latest joins Gone Baby Gone and The Town—covering serious subjects like kidnapping and foreign affairs with a vitality that’d too often missing from Hollywood today. Argo, a precise blend of classic narrative genres, is the capper of Affleck’s behind-the-camera work to date, a remarkably well-sculpted film built from a fairly basic, step-by-step framework. Argo looks like a smaller undertaking, plays like a big Hollywood movie and succeeds despite the hundreds of... read more

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Focus on Terrence Malick: The Early Works

By Sean Gandert at 6:05 PM on June 8, 2011

Over the upcoming weeks we’ll be featuring a large-scale Terrence Malick retrospective, with each week focusing on one of the enigmatic director’s features. But while we’ll be looking at Badlands next week, there’s plenty to examine before his directorial debut.... read more

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Review

By Sean Gandert at 10:00 AM on March 24, 2010

Release Date: March 2 Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller Cinematographer: Declan Quinn Starring: Alan Arkin, Robin Wright Penn, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Blake Lively Studio/Run Time: Screen Media Films, 98 mins. Girl gone mild In The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller adapts her novel of the same name, telling again the melodramatic story of its title character. Lee and her husband’s relationship has slowly fallen apart, and Miller takes us back in time to show what led to this loveless marriage with a much older man. A bifurcated plotline attempts to contrast the dullness of Lee’s... read more

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

By Sean Gandert at 12:35 PM on November 30, 2009

Release Date: Nov. 27 (limited) Director/Writer: Rebecca MillerCinematographer: Declan Quinn Starring: Alan Arkin, Robin Wright Penn, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Blake Lively Studio/Run Time: Screen Media Films/98 mins. In The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller adapts her own novel of the same name in order to tell the overly melodramatic story of its title character’s life. As she’s grown older, Lee and her husband have slowly been breaking down but in order to understand Lee’s current situation, we have to start at the very beginning of her life and learn about what it’s... read more

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