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A confusing performance of Charlie Countryman

A confusing performance of Charlie Countryman

This curious title is not the least of Charlie Countryman’s (Shia LaBeouf) problems.  His father, (a cameo role from Vincent D’Onofrio) looks nothing like him and his mother’s (Melissa Leo’s) has just ...
“It’s just a book. It won’t hurt you”

“It’s just a book. It won’t hurt you”

The Babadook (October 24, 2014) Cert 15, 92 mins. ‘Mister Babadook’ sounds like a funny character in a children’s story, but it’s uncanny how a word or name can change on a dime depending on the conte ...
A biographical film of novelist Violette Leduc

A biographical film of novelist Violette Leduc

Like his celebrated film Séraphine, writer/director Martin Provost’s Violette  is another engrossing biopic of a little known French female artist of the 20th Century: the novelist Violette Leduc (190 ...