The assassination of John F. Kennedy changed the course of history. To this date, circumstances surrounding the event remain a mystery. Robert Stone’s probing documentary looks into the facts, and attempts to answer the hard question: Was Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone? Read more>>
Posted on 29th November 2007
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The images are iconic. Dealey Plaza. The Texas School Book Depository. Jackie’s pink suit. The grainy film shot by Abraham Zapruder, showing John Kennedy’s head falling back, back, and back again. And yet, as familiar as the pictures may be, the story they tell—the story of John Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas—remains unclear. Read more
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Friends threatened bodily harm when I mentioned I was on my way to see The Savages, Tamara Jenkins’ look at adult children trying to deal with their ailing father’s impending death. Having just survived a similar story myself, they said, was enough. Frankly, I tended to agree with them. And then I saw the movie. Read more
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Estranged siblings are forced to deal with their even more estranged father’s descent into age-related dementia in Tamara Jenkins’ braceingly unsentimental, bitter(sweet) drama about fractured family values. Read more
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For those of us who have dealt or are dealing with angry, aging parents and grandparents, this dysfunctional family serio-comedy hits home. Read more
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The movie follows the outline of Bauby’s memoir, not only recounting his former, super-glam playboy life, but also reckoning with his current condition, asserting a self without speech or gesture—save for his left eye, whose blinking is his only means of communication.Read more
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When Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of Elle France magazine, suffered a stroke at age 43, he was left almost entirely paralyzed, yet he dictated a best-selling memoir, communicating with his caregivers by blinking his left eyelid. Read more
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Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Smartest People in Hollywood list includes thirteen women: Read more
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Nairobi-born, U.K.-raised writer-producer-director Pratibha Parmar’s frothy lesbian romance unfolds within the confines of Glasgow’s bustling Indian community. Read more
Posted on 27th November 2007
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Paradiso replaces the show’s interactive element with the conceit that it’s a mockumentary shot by a pretentious student filmmaker (Guillermo Diaz). Read more
Posted on 27th November 2007
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