http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:54:22 -0700 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:31:12 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d5-New-York-Film-Festival-Broken-Embraces?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Emilio Pereda and Paola Ardizzoni/Sony Pictures ClassicsSince the triumphant “All About My Mother,” Pedro Almodóvar has spent the last 10 years making middlebrow melodramas and noirs. In other words, he hasn’t been making th... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:31:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d5-New-York-Film-Festival-Broken-Embraces?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d5-New-York-Film-Festival-Sweet-Rush?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner The Film Society of Lincoln Center/Les Films du Losange“Katyn” appears to be the masterpiece for which Andrzej Wajda, the Polish auteur and four-time Oscar nominee in the best foreign language film category, spent his entire career prepa... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:24:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d5-New-York-Film-Festival-Sweet-Rush?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d4-New-York-Film-Festival-Lebanon?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Sony Pictures Classics“Lebanon” — the newly-minted Golden Lion winner at the Venice Film Festival — is a personal account from director Samuel Maoz, who served in the Israeli army during its 1982 invasion of the eponymous nat... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:36:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d4-New-York-Film-Festival-Lebanon?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d3-New-York-Film-Festival-Police-Adjective?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner IFC Films“The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” and “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” have called worldwide attention to Romanian cinema. But they are tough acts for any film to follow, having set the bar impossibly high. So Corneliu Poru... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:45:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m10d3-New-York-Film-Festival-Police-Adjective?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d25-New-York-Film-Festival-Vincere?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner IFC FilmsMarco Bellocchio has tackled some of Italy’s most delicate historical and religious subjects with an inspired touch of surrealism. “Good Morning, Night,” Mr. Bellocchio’s treatment of the Red Brigade’s 1978 kidn... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:22:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d25-New-York-Film-Festival-Vincere?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d17-The-Burning-Plain-The-three-burials-of-forbidden-love?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Magnolia Pictures 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size... Fall Movie Preview Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:58:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d17-The-Burning-Plain-The-three-burials-of-forbidden-love?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Paris-When-it-fizzles?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner David Koskas/IFC Films 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband... Fall Movie Preview Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:25:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Paris-When-it-fizzles?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Extract-Trading-laugh-tracks-for-an-R-rating?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Sam Urdan/Miramax Films “I am the Great Cornholio! I need T. P. for my bunghole!” What in the world ever happened to Mike Judge, who supplied such 1990s cultural milestones as MTV’s “Beavis and Butt-Head” and blazed the ... Fall Movie Preview Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:20:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Extract-Trading-laugh-tracks-for-an-R-rating?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m8d20-The-Headless-Woman-A-woman-under-the-voidance?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Strand Releasing An existential mystery about an amnesiac woman reorienting herself back to her world after sustaining a head trauma in a car accident, Argentine director Lucrecia Martel’s “The Headless Woman” challenges our percep... New York Summer Movies Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:58:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m8d20-The-Headless-Woman-A-woman-under-the-voidance?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m8d13-Taxidermia-The-stuff-extremes-are-made-of?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Here Media/Regent Releasing Based on short stories by Hungarian poet Lajos Parti Nagy, György Pálfi’s “Taxidermia” is a sweeping absurdist fantasy that spans three generations and half a century. Arriving in American th... New York Summer Movies Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:08:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m8d13-Taxidermia-The-stuff-extremes-are-made-of?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m8d7-A-Perfect-Getaway-When-the-Newlywed-Game-becomes-Survivor?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Javier Pesquera/Rogue Pictures A whodunit involving a pair of serial killers preying on honeymooners in Hawaii, "A Perfect Getaway" has its fair share of requisite plot twists. But the biggest surprise in store is perhaps that the flick t... New York Summer Movies Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:13:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m8d7-A-Perfect-Getaway-When-the-Newlywed-Game-becomes-Survivor?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Lornas-Silence-Waffling-in-a-Belgian-conundrum?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Christine Plenus/Sony Pictures ClassicsJean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have plenty of admirers as evidenced by their two Palme d’or wins. But their shtick is getting old, and they know it. So “Lorna’s Silence” marks a departure o... New York Summer Movies Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:19:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Lornas-Silence-Waffling-in-a-Belgian-conundrum?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Quiet-Chaos-Good-grief-hunting?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Alberto Novelli/IFC FilmsSandro Veronesi’s bestseller about a widower coming to terms with the accidental death of his wife serves as the basis for Antonello Grimaldi’s eponymous “Quiet Chaos.” But with Nanni Moretti scripting... New York Summer Movies Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:07:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Quiet-Chaos-Good-grief-hunting?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m5d22-OHorten-Next-stop-wanderland?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Hans-Jorgan Osnes/Sony Pictures ClassicsAfter a fling with American indiewood via a big-screen adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s “Factotum,” Norwegian director Bent Hamer has returned to familiar ground in every sense. His latest, &... Fri, 22 May 2009 13:21:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m5d22-OHorten-Next-stop-wanderland?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Terminator-Salvation-Outrage-against-the-machine?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Richard Foreman/Warner Bros. PicturesThe original “Terminator” was the source of many a heart-stopping nightmare during my childhood, ever since watching a trailer for the film which showed an opening in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cal... Thu, 21 May 2009 15:16:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Terminator-Salvation-Outrage-against-the-machine?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d23-Tribeca-Film-Festival-Love-the-Beast?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Michael Klein/Tribeca Film FestivalMany people chase stardom, but the vast majority don’t make it far beyond auditioning by day and waiting tables by night. Ironically, the relative few who do make it often have other unrealized aspirations. S... Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:10:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d23-Tribeca-Film-Festival-Love-the-Beast?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d17-State-of-Play-Off-the-record-on-the-QT-and-very-hushhush?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Glen Wilson/Universal StudiosEven though a BBC miniseries serves as its basis, “State of Play” has a scrapbook worth of major American news items from the past decade such that it might as well tout itself as inspired by true events. The... Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:02:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d17-State-of-Play-Off-the-record-on-the-QT-and-very-hushhush?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Observe-and-Report-Earning-the-badge-of-dishonor?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Warner Bros. Pictures“Observe and Report” could easily have been Binghamton killer, the movie, and it’s really not a stretch. The protagonist of this alleged dark comedy exhibits the same personality traits and psychological profil... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:04:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Observe-and-Report-Earning-the-badge-of-dishonor?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Hannah-Montana-The-Movie-Even-cowgirls-get-the-blues?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Sam Emerson/Disney Enterprises“Hannah Montana” is much like the Easter bunny. The premise of this lucrative Disney Channel franchise, about an average teen who dabbles in pop superstardom as an extra-curricular activity, is a lie most pa... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:50:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Hannah-Montana-The-Movie-Even-cowgirls-get-the-blues?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d4-The-Escapist-Novice-filmmaker-attempts-Hollywood-escapism?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner Colm Hogan/IFC Films“The Escapist” is a British indie thriller in the tradition of “Shallow Grave,” “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “The Descent,” in the sense that filmmaker Rupert Wyatt has... Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:51:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-6714-NY-Film-Examiner~y2009m4d4-The-Escapist-Novice-filmmaker-attempts-Hollywood-escapism?cid=exrss-NY-Film-Examiner