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April 20, 2010
Sherrybaby (Laurie Collyer, 2006)
Held together almost entirely by the strength of Gyllenhall’s performance, Sherrybaby is one of the best independent movies of the decade.
December 30, 2011
Underwater Love (Shinji Imaoka, 2011)
Underwater Love serves instead as an odd artistic work on sexuality, the film medium, and the way we’ve been conditioned to respond to it.
September 28, 2010
Coming Home: Melodrama and social change
David Ehrenstein condemns melodramas like Coming Home for perpetuating the illusion that they can affect social change instead of creating real change.
April 19, 2010
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone, 2006)
Although its story recalls the hope and determination of the first Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976), Rocky Balboa is a pale copy.
November 28, 2010
Bodyguards and Assassins (Teddy Chan, 2009)
In Bodyguards and Assassins, Chinese patriots pledge their lives to safeguard a revolutionary named Dr. Sun as assassins are sent to kill him.
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