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Animal Magnetism
Nature, nurture and the awful tale of a chimp named Nim
By Rob Nelson
Tags: Film Stories, Review, James Marsh, Nim Chimpsky, Project Nim, Columbia University
Graphic artist Mike Mills starts something new with Beginners
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Beginners (Movie), Mike Mills, Ewan McGregor, Miranda July, Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema
The "French Scorsese" arrives stateside with his '70s-style gangster epic A Prophet
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Jacques Audiard, Malik Djebena, Tahar Rahim, Jean-Pierre Melville
Blind Faith: Pedro Almodóvar still believes in Pedro Almodóvar
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Pedro Almodovar, Harry Caine, Penelope Cruz, Audrey Hepburn
Surge This
Breaking out of the pack of Iraq war docs, No End in Sight devestates.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Charles Ferguson, Iraq, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney
Kon's Cure for Cinema
Paprika dreams a little crazy dream.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Satoshi Kon, James Bond, The Walt Disney Company, Atsuko Chiba
Past Action Hero
Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just...old.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, John McClane, Bruce Willis, Maggie Q, Kevin Smith
JitterBug
Break out the citronella candle: This creepy thriller gets under the skin
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, William Friedkin, Ashley Judd, Hollywood, Harry Connick Jr.
Savage Love
Tom Kalin's Cannes comeback.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Tom Kalin, Cannes Film Festival, Julianne Moore, Norma Desmond
Cannes and Abel
Ferraras beloved New York, this time via Rome.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Abel Ferrara, Cannes, Hollywood, Fabio Cianchetti
Wedding Crashers
What comes after the nuptials in this Danish melodrama? A hell of a lot more than the reception.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Susanne Bier, Copenhagen, Hollywood, Mads Mikkelsen
Here, Mike! Sit! Good Boy!
Mike White's low-key directorial debut makes nice while slyly nipping at suburban America.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Mike White, Molly Shannon, Todd Solondz, Peter Sarsgaard
A muddled, wasted tribute to Britain's infamous music fest.
Glastonbury
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Glastonbury, Julien Temple, The Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer
God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl as Craig Brewer's South rises again
Black Snake Moan
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Craig Brewer, Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake
The good East German (a.k.a.: when your hero is a Stasi spy).
The Lives of Others
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ulrich Muhe, Oxford, Berlin
Sympathy for the Devil
Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Abu Ghraib, Robinson Devor, Rory Kennedy, Al Gore
Dissent for Sale
Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Iraq, Jason Kohn, Darfur, Travis Wilkerson
Blade of Flying Sparks
Visually stunning (as always), Zhang's latest is better seen and not heard
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Zhang Yimou, Mel Gibson, Will Durant, Marie Antoinette
2006: The Year in Movies
Week of December 28, 2006
By Scott Foundas, Rob Nelson, Jim Ridley, Ella Taylor and Robert Wilonsky
Tags: News Feature, Long Form, Featured Stories, Iwo Jima, Rian Johnson, Alfonso Cuaron, James Longley
Rocky v. Ahmadinejad
Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America.
Tags: Film Stories, Reviews, Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa, George W. Bush, Mason "The Line" Dixon
Midtown St. Louis Will Get a Pedestrian Bridge Over I-64
By Kallie Cox
St. Louis Mom of Slain 14-Year-Old Needs Money for His Funeral
Slain Soulard Hit-and-Run Victim Remains Unidentified
By Sarah Fenske