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By Richard Schickel — There has to be a lingering suspicion (and hatred) that “The Help” cannot bear to contemplate. It wants us to believe that all involved learned their costly lessons in the Mississippi of 50 years ago.
Posted on Aug 14, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — In the summer, when we are always in the mood for fun and frolic, “The Whistleblower” is an easy movie to ignore. But we should not.
Posted on Aug 7, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — Morris’ film has a giddy quality. But, essentially, he is trying to keep a straight face amid the chaos he is recounting. Come right down to it, what could a filmmaker add to this story by striking attitudes toward the events he recounts?
Posted on Jul 15, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — We have witnessed, in this film, a prolonged study in animal abuse. I think Terrace is the worst kind of sadist—the unknowing kind—and I think this very good film provides a record of “science” at its most useless.
Posted on Jul 11, 2011
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By Chris Hedges — The documentary film “Page One: Inside the New York Times” is an infomercial for The New York Times. It says nothing about the internal dynamics of the institution. It fails to portray the titular Page 1 process.
Posted on Jul 6, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — “Larry Crowne” is a wan and predictable romantic comedy, much more the former than the latter. It is, for me at least, a major disappointment.
Posted on Jul 1, 2011
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By Marcia Alesan Dawkins — Let’s be honest. Teachers don’t get into the profession for the money. Nowadays they don’t get into the profession for respect either. So why do they do it?
Posted on Jun 26, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — “City of Life and Death,” by the Chinese writer-director Lu Chuan, is the second film about Nanking, and it is a work that aspires to the definitive and almost achieves that status.
Posted on Jun 18, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — This will not do—either as philosophy or as the conclusion of a picture that has wasted close to two and half hours of our time with its twaddling pretenses. But it is not quite the end of our concern with it.
Posted on May 29, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — Bergé admits that his own nature was controlling, and he makes no apology for it. Indeed, he makes no apology for anything in his life. And therein lies something of a mystery. We are not allowed to imagine what Saint Laurent saw in this man—except an enabler.
Posted on May 13, 2011
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By Sheerly Avni — Hey Hollywood, we’ve got your next blockbuster. It’s heartwarming, politically relevant, uncontroversial and, best of all, based on a true story!
Posted on May 5, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — What I’m saying is that Herzog is a director whose work is never to be missed, for the simple reason that he takes you places—especially in his documentaries—that no other director thinks of going.
Posted on May 3, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — There are times in director Kelly Reichardt’s very bad movie—she’s something of a specialist in low-energy inconsequence—when we become, despite our better judgment, fascinated by its utter lack of spectacle, by the way it insists on testing our patience.
Posted on Apr 17, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — Despite landing the Oscar for best foreign film, not to mention some good acting, “In a Better World” aims for the heart—and misses.
Posted on Apr 1, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — Democracy is ever a fragile thing, especially in states that have no tradition of democratic rule and have, instead, a tradition of self-serving rule by self-appointed and often brutal elites.
Posted on Mar 26, 2011
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