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Errol Morris’s (Tabloid, The Thin Blue Line) revelatory and quietly blistering ‘conversation’ with Robert McNamara, The Fog of War won an Academy Award in 2003 for providing a singular perspective of ...
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A sentimental, moving prison drama
Joyce Glasser reviews Starred Up (March 21, 2014) Cert. 18, 105 min. After the disappointing Stallone/Schwarzenegger prison thriller, Escape Plan, even the most avid fans of the prison genre might hav ...
A long adaptation of Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down
Whatever the merits of Nick Hornby´s novel A Long Way Down, they fail to translate to writer Jack Thorne’s (The Scouting Book for Boys’) film adaptation that misfires on every count. From the first s ...
Finding peace in Salvo
Salvo is a stylishly told film about redemption in which an assassin for the Sicilian mafia (Saleh Bakri) spares the life of his victim’s blind sister, Rita (Sara Serraiocco). The hitman pays the pri ...