Film Search
- Mar 11, 2010
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The Art of the Steal (NR)
Philadelphia pharmaceutical baron Albert C. Barnes saw greatness in the canvases of Matisse and Van Gogh long before the curatorial caste caught on to post-Impressionism, and before he died he took great pains to protect his world-class art collection from both the grasping Philly establishment and the eyes of the unwashed millions. more...
- Jan 28, 2010
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Ashes of American Flags: Wilco Live (NR)
Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and Christoph Green directed this standard-issue music documentary (2009), which follows the rock band Wilco over five nights of an American tour one year prior. more...
- Jun 2, 2011
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Au Revoir Taipei (NR)
In this Taiwanese comedy (2010) by Arvin Chen, a boy longs to leave Taipei and join his girlfriend in Paris. more...
- Jun 17, 2010
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Audrey the Trainwreck (NR)
In the first scene of this indie feature, the protagonist (Anthony J. Baker) is injured during a tavern game of darts; in the second, his roommate (Danny Rhodes) gets a flat tire driving over a prankster's bag of glass. more...
- May 19, 2011
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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (NR)
Romanian expatriate Andrei Ujica spent four years combing through the national film and television archives of his homeland to assemble this epic documentary, which uses official images of communist political pageantry to revisit Nicolae Ceausescu's quarter century of misrule. more...
- Sep 22, 2011
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Autoerotic (NR)
In the films of Joe Swanberg, sex serves chiefly as a catalyst for loneliness and frustration, but that unhappy worldview turns comic in this collection of bawdy vignettes he codirected with horror specialist Adam Wingard (Pop Skull). more...
- Aug 11, 2011
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Autumn Execution (NR)
Taiwanese director Lee Hsing (Beautiful Duckling, Oyster Girl) isn't known for his subtlety, and part of the fun of this endearingly soapy historical melodrama (1972) is his insistence on directing with exclamation marks; every key scene is punctuated with a smash zoom, a match cut, or an ominous gong. more...
