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Of the 28 films slated for screening at the 46th New York Film Festival (Septembr 26 to October 12, 2008 at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater and the Ziegfield Theater at 141 West 54 Street), eight are directed by and/or focus on women. Read more

With “I Served the King of England,” Jiri Menzel (who won a best foreign language film Oscar in 1967 for the minor classic, “Closely Watched Trains”) delivers a movie that’s as richly realized as anything we’ve seen in 2008. Read more

The story lacks suspense and the action sequences fall flat, but the film is compelling in its examination of the many prisms of ideology and religious fervor. Read more>>

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There’s an old saying: “Success has many parents but failure is an orphan.” Read more

Set in Manhattan’s Chinatown, almost entirely rotoscoped and narrated by a giant koi, David Kaplan’s modern-day spin on the tale of Cinderella has a certain weird charm, but it’s too steamy for children and too simplistic played for adults. Read more>>

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Hollywood. You gotta love it. It’s the kind of place where summer starts the first weekend in May. Thanksgiving starts the first weekend in November. And Friday starts on Wednesday — at least in August. Read more>>

After a summer of gross-out comedies heavy on male bonding, “The House Bunny” is a welcome sight. Sure, it’s not a film that most feminists will embrace, but it provides a bit of relief from the unrelenting barrage of guy-centric entertainment. Whether audiences see “The House Bunny” as equal time or an equal-opportunity offender, at least it has more than two women in the cast. And to have Anna Faris heading that cast, well, that’s a win in itself. Read more>>