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Two Men in Manhattan
A French whodunit rooted firmly in the gritty streets of New York City, “Two Men in Manhattan” is a deliciously unique film noir gem. When a French UN delegate turns up missing, Moreau, a renegade...
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Blue is the Warmest Color
“Blue is the Warmest Color” is a luxuriously and literarily elegant film, boasting a visual extremism that envelops us in its characters’ visages and a powerful erotic charge that’s explicit but never...
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British Film Focus
“Fill the Void” (2012) In the Jewish Hasidic community, arranged marriages are not so strict a practice as in other religions. Director Rama Burshtein wants to lift the shroud surrounding this custom...
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You Will Be My Son
“You Will Be My Son” stands to be the most dutifully French movie I’ve seen since Godard’s “Breathless.” The film is the equivalent of a girl wearing a beret riding a bike with a baguette in the front...
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1971)
There are seemingly no virgins to be had, nor are there any zombies, but that doesn’t stop “A Virgin Among the Living Dead” from trying its schlocky darndest to horrify and titillate. Jesus “Jess”...
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You’ll Be a Man (Tu Seras un Homme)
For showtimes, click here. A somewhat more mainstream “Harold and Maude,” “You’ll Be a Man” is a film that travels well-trod roads, but cruises them in style. “Man” is the story of Theo (Jules Sagot),...
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Two Days, One Night
A woman trekking door-to-door, asking her colleagues to forgo their bonuses so she can keep her job, hardly seems like the sort of story that could sustain 90 minutes. But “Two Days, One Night” offers...
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Mommy
“Mommy” is a case study in behavioral issues in young adults and the systems that are in place in which to “protect” them. It’s an uncomfortable and brooding march into oblivion with feel-good moments...
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Class of 1995: “The City of Lost Children”
In the “Class of …” series, Nick Rogers takes a monthly look back at films celebrating either their 20th or 30th anniversary of initial release this year — six from 1995 and seven from 1985 (in an...
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Chorus
There’s almost no way a film about the loss of a child could be anything but dark. However, “Chorus” goes a bit too far. Currently making the festival rounds, the Canadian drama seems afraid of even...
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“The New Girlfriend” is a frustrating movie, mainly because writer-director Francois Ozon cannot settle on a tone for the feature. At times it feels like a comedy; at other moments, it shifts to erotic...
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Les Misérables (2019)
(Author’s Note: This review was originally written before the 2020 Oscars aired so, in this review, the discussion of the nominees in the Best International Feature Film category is not a...
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