Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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trouble with the curve

TROUBLE WTH THE CURVE (M) is the first film in twenty years that Clint Eastwood is starring in that he didn’t also direct.

Helming duties have been inherited by Clint’s long time first assistant director Robert Lorenz and he acquits

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celeste and jesse forever

After dating for three weeks in the late 90’s, actors Rashida Jones and Will McCormack realized they were better suited as friends—and eventually, as writing partners.

After several failed attempts, they agreed upon an idea of Rashida’s that they both

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the perks of being a wallflower

In 1999, Stephen Chbosky published his novel, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. It proved a cult classic among its target audience of young adults and has now been adapted for the screen by its author.

“We accept the love

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all the way through evening

Melbourne filmmaker Rohan Spong’s documentary, “All The Way Through Evening” (MA) has secured screenings in the US over the World AIDS Day weekend, alongside its national Australian release.

Spong’s second feature length documentary, “All The Way Through Evening” is an

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skyfall

Imagine Assange was an ex MI6 operative and that his Wikileaks were not only politically explosive but literally as well and you have some notion of James Bond’s nemesis in the latest 007 extravaganza, SKYFALL (M).

Imagine if instead of

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seven psychopaths

It’s doubtful that writer Martin McDonagh has ever suffered from writer’s block, but his latest film SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (MA) has a screenwriter suffering from such a malaise.

Marty Faranan, played by Colin Farrell, is an Irish screenwriter living in Los

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the master

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest movie, THE MASTER (MA) is some kind of masterpiece.

Ascending the mantle held by Terence Malick until Malick’s monumental esoteric freefall into profound pretentiousness, Anderson maintains a masterful grip on cinematic narrative, expanding and exploring the

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frankenweenie

An animation about a reanimation and homage to classic horror movies, Tim Burton’s FRANKENWEENIE outflanks all other cartoon contenders so far this year.

With stunning black and white cinematography by Peter Sorg and one of the best Danny Elfman scores

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argo

ARGOAccording to Wikipedia, an argot ( French, Spanish, and Catalan for “slang”) is a secret language used by various groups—including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations.

Phonetically the same, with the silent …

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argo

According to Wikipedia, an argot ( French, Spanish, and Catalan for “slang”) is a secret language used by various groups—including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations.

Phonetically the same, with the silent

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