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Marked by two searing performances, Boy A is a beautifully nuanced work about an individual’s attempt to reintegrate back into society after a decade in prison. “Boy A” is the term given to Eric Wilson, a ten year old boy who, alongside a classmate, brutally kills a young girl. The movie makes the […]

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This is a book review series dedicated to those works of prose and poetry that have found acclaim and prizes in some venue or other. Our definition of “prizes” is broad (though check out Awards Annals for books that are eligible), and hopefully, we’ll hopscotch through different genres, nationalities, and languages (though all […]

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Mister Lonely

Although director Harmony Korine’s films often deal with people who live on the fringes of society, this is probably the most accessible film he’s made to date. There are two parallel stories here, and the primary story centers on Diego Luna, who plays a Michael Jackson impersonator in Paris. He happens to meet Samantha […]

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As part of our continuing series of conversations on the great or not-so-great, the heralded and the ignored of films of the 20th and 21st centuries, here are McTeague and coco labouche talking about Luchino’s Visconti’s masterpiece, Death in Venice

Coco labouche: Briefly, Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice is the tale of a composer, Gustav von […]

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by Rachel Schwartz (Above the Title)
By now you’ve heard the story. On last Tuesday’s performance episode of “American Idol,” judge Paula Abdul critiqued the now-fallen contestant Jason Castro’s second song before it had even been performed. Perhaps you’ve seen the numerous youtube incarnations or heard Abdul and various other “Idol” spinmasters taking a stab at […]

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I have to admit, right off the bat, that I’ve never seen an entire Speed Racer cartoon. Sure, I’ve flipped by often enough to get the basic idea, but I’m so unfamiliar with the show that I was coming into the film completely fresh. Having been away from the theaters for a few months has […]

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