In a galvanizing story played out in real time, the courageous playwright offered an uncompromisingly frank microcosm of myriad challenges faced by the gay subculture.
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Cherubinais a solid, moving tale, with a simple set and three actors. It ought to be widely known.
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At the Judgment of Paris in 1976, California winemakers scored a stunning victory over their French counterparts in a blind taste test.
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Chile's official entry into Oscar consideration for best foreign-language film is this idiosyncratic black comedy, seamlessly combining a tense crime story, quirky character study, and high-stakes political drama into a compelling whole that brims with originality.
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A blaring bedside alarm. The foreboding steel of a side arm. This is how we're introduced to LAPD vice cop Tom Ludlow, who lurches out from under the covers to stare in the mirror and vomit in the toilet.
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Unsuccessfully attempting to take a page out of the Fellini handbook, cult screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has ratcheted up the art of opaque self-indulgence in ways that would make Matthew Barney blush.
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The twist in writer-director Noah Buschel's stylized and scattershot homage to film noir tries to give the film a wider resonance. But this is an odd mix in every sense.
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Like the tears of a clown, the songs of a children's folk singer can mask an adult with a raft of personal problems.
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It's very early in 2010, but it's hard to imagine any movie in the next 12 months that will sport a more promising and accomplished ensemble than this stark British drama.
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There isn't a false note in Katie Jarvis' performance, which feels almost like a documentary in its effortless portrayal of teen angst and confusion in a dead-end life.
