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Our planet has only been spinning through this new decade for a month and people are already referring to the Aughts as the worst decade ever, calling the years from

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Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, La Danse, features just under three hours of footage of the Paris Opera Ballet, one of the world’s premiere ballet companies. You’ll notice, Dear Reader,

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If you have ever complained that CGI is ruining special effects, ever pined wistfully for the days of latex and puppets, hear this: you are not alone. Cinematic creatures

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Guido van der Werve, the Dutch pianist and artist has broken ground (and you’ll understand what a witty pun this is in a second) in film in recent years, exhibiting

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A Serious Man is the latest from America’s favorite filmmaking duo, the Coen Brothers, (who will be referred to here as CoBro—it’s faster) whose cannon of black comedies and

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When this short film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2006, it was booed at every screening it played at, in three separate venues, by three different crowds of

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Jane Campion’s latest, Bright Star, details the romance between Fanny Brawne and the poet John Keats before his death at age 25. The film promised a chaste yet sizzling

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Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story, especially if the riches yield from the world of haute couture, but Coco Before Chanel has none of the Sex and the City decadence

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