Moonrise Kingdom
After seven features, a Wes Anderson production is unmistakable: white, upper-middle-class dysfunctional families…
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The Intouchables
As crowd-pleasing as it is irreverent, France’s box-office smash The Intouchables , about a quadriplegic aristocrat and his…
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
If the works of Jay and Mark Duplass boast a visual trademark, that trademark would be the “punch zoom.” In pertinent…
Men in Black III
The evolution of the comic book movie in recent years has led to an increasing focus on grounding them in as much reality…
Modern Family: “Baby on Board” (Episode 3.24)
The final episode of Modern Family ’s third season had a number of surprises for viewers, not the least of which was an…