Starring:
Elsa Davis, Daniel Breaker
Review:
In rethinking the Tony-winning 2008 rock musical Passing
Strange for the screen, director Spike Lee made sure to do the
right thing: not fuck up what worked like gangbusters onstage. Lee
and the masterful cinematographer Matthew Libatique (Iron
Man, Inside Man) brought their HD cameras to
Broadway’s Belasco Theatre to film two live performances with […]

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Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
Review:
Holiday films in the hands of Hollywood make me puke. Mom is
usually expiring from something terminal while the family dresses
the Christmas tree with brave smiles. This French knockout,
tough-minded and all the more affecting for it, turned my head
around. It hits hard — even the laughs are killers. I should
say that Mom (Catherine […]

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Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
Review:
Holiday films in the hands of Hollywood make me puke. Mom is
usually expiring from something terminal while the family dresses
the Christmas tree with brave smiles. This French knockout,
tough-minded and all the more affecting for it, turned my head
around. It hits hard — even the laughs are killers. I should
say that Mom (Catherine […]

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Starring:
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Jay
Bar…
Review:
Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing, as in fall
down, split your sides, bust a gut, blow your mind. You get it all
in Tropic Thunder, a knockout of a comedy that keeps you
laughing constantly. It’s also killer smart, lacing combustible
action with […]

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