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‘Frankenstein’ Lives … to Pass Judgment on Us
What he should have said was, “what kind of life is it, really, for the poor and under-privileged?” Director Bernard…
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Pot Doc Blows Smoke at Marijuana Legalization
“Rolling Papers” follows The Cannabist, a Denver Post product chronicling legal marijuana in Colorado. The story is about more than journalism.…
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How Smitty’s Cinema Beats the Odds
Some smaller theater chains are showing just how valuable a night out at the movies can be. Alamo Drafthouse’s success proves…
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Interviews
‘Path to 9/11’ Writer: ‘Only Film Banned in America’
“Howard the Duck?” Adam Sandler’s “Jack and Jill?” “Small Wonder,” an agonizing ’80s sitcom about a girl robot? You can…
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Interviews
Director: Today’s PC Police Would Cuff Lenny Bruce
“It’s a sign of a being a grown up to laugh at something you don’t agree with,” Balaker says. By…
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Reviews
‘Risen’ Turns Resurrection into Taut Procedural
They could support micro-budgeted films like “Fireproof” knowing the craftsmanship might be rough around the edges. Or, they could pony up…
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Reviews
Why ‘The Witch’ Is the Best Horror in a Generation
“Rosemary’s Baby” (the 1960s). “The Omen” (the 1970s). “The Shining” (the 1980s). “The Blair Witch Project” (1990s). Add “The Witch”…
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‘Race’ Runs on Character, Not Victimization
Blame an entertainment culture that applauds black victimization, witness the hosannas thrown toward Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar in recent days.…
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‘Forsaken’ Squanders Dueling Sutherlands
John Henry Clayton reconnects with his father, a disapproving reverend played by Kiefer’s real-life father, the great Donald Sutherland. The…
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Reviews
‘Serpent’ Still Horror’s Ultimate Burial Shocker
Don Coscarelli’s “Phantasm” exploits the imagery of a mortuary (and the process of embalming) to unsettling effect. Roger Corman’s “Premature…
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