January 2011
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I’ve Loved You For So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime, Dir. Philippe Claudel, 2008): With her porcelain looks and tensed-up, acrid delivery, Kristin Scott Thomas is a…
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Obsession (Dir. Brian DePalma, 1976): Hitchcock’s Vertigo has been deconstructed from just about every angle of filmic and literary criticism over the years, and through it all it’s remained an…
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Where Danger Lives (1950, Dir. John Farrow): Noir can be hit-and-miss, but even minor noir films such as Where Danger Lives have their pleasures — and there’s nothing minor about…
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Winds of September (2008, Dir. Tom Yu-Shu Lin): One inevitable consequence when a national cinema comes of age is a new wave of filmmakers who pay homage, however subsconciously, to…