October 2008
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Mission Impossible
The melodramas of Vincente Minnelli, master of illusion and disillusionment
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 30, 2008
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English Speakers
The prison of language in Terrence Malick's The New World
by Bilge Ebiri posted October 27, 2008
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The Shadow Army
Ruminations on a phantom version of Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line
by Michael Atkinson posted October 27, 2008
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Design for Living
The campy realism of Mitchell Leisen, a forgotten master of disguise
by David Cairns posted October 23, 2008
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First Person Plural
The search for happiness in Mike Leigh's comedies of manners
by Michael Atkinson posted October 17, 2008
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Empire of the Son
Oliver Stone Pt. 4: War and civilization in Alexander, and an epilogue on W.
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 17, 2008
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Fear and Self-Loathing
Oliver Stone Pt. 3: Nixon and the unmaking of a president
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 16, 2008
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Unreliable Narratives
Oliver Stone Pt. 2: JFK and the power of counter-myth
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 15, 2008
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Arsenic and Apple Pie
Oliver Stone Pt. 1: Patriotism and propaganda in Born on the Fourth of July
by Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz posted October 14, 2008
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The Intimate Gaze
A tribute to Paul Newman—the neglected filmmaker
by Miguel Marias posted October 10, 2008
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This Way, Myth
A new Richard Linklater film mines the Orson Welles legend
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted October 9, 2008
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The Master Touch
Orson Welles's baroque thriller—and final Hollywood movie—turns 50
by Tom Charity posted October 9, 2008
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Turn, Turn, Burn
Guy Debord's In girum.... and the destruction of illusion
by Keith Sanborn posted October 3, 2008
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His Will on Film
The defiant irresolution of late-period Oshima
by Rob Nelson posted October 1, 2008
