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Review of Life Is Beautiful (1997)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 08 Mar 2013

Roberto Benigni's finest hour arrived in 1997 when the triple-threat writer/director/actor delved deep into Charlie Chaplin territory - see…

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Review of Ginger & Rosa (2012)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 Mar 2013

[VIDEO ESSAY] Writer/director Sally Potter's tantalizing Ginger & Rosa is a socially complex coming-of-age movie with teeth…

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Review of Phantom (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 25 Feb 2013

The cinematic offenses committed by the filmmakers of Phantom are varied and many…

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Review of Phantom (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 25 Feb 2013

The cinematic offenses committed by the filmmakers of Phantom are varied and many…

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Review of Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 23 Feb 2013

Two-Lane Blacktop prompts a dialogue of uncertain expectation with its audience…

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Review of Like Someone in Love (2012)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 18 Feb 2013

No filmmaker is above making errors of judgment. Kiarostami makes a big one…

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Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 Feb 2013

An unbalanced dual narrative plays out in Derek Cianfrance's (Blue Valentine) unsteady attempt to extract universal truths about unintended…

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Review of Caesar Must Die (2012)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 12 Feb 2013

If you're looking for an adventurous thought-provoking film, Caesar Must Die more than fits the bill…

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Review of Beautiful Creatures (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 Feb 2013

[VIDEO ESSAY] An imaginative adolescent gothic romance, Beautiful Creatures arrives with considerably more camp and intellectual humor than…

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Review of A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 10 Feb 2013

[VIDEO ESSAY] Roman Coppola goes so far as to throw in a literal kitchen sink as part of his ploy to entertain, but A Glimpse Inside the Mind…

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Review of The Playroom (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 Feb 2013

A chamber piece cousin to The Ice Storm, The Playroom hones in on the mentality of so many irresponsible '70s era parents whose children grew…

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Review of Bullet to the Head (2012)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 02 Feb 2013

Audiences drawn to a movie with such an obvious title as Bullet to the Head will get every line of cheesy dialogue, intelligence-defying plot-point,…

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Review of Warm Bodies (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 01 Feb 2013

Featuring an inept use of on-the-nose music over an insipid narrative that poses as satire, Warm Bodies should be taught in film schools for…

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Review of Side Effects (2015)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 30 Jan 2013

There are plenty of twists and surprises in Side Effects that keep you guessing. The first real movie of 2013 is finally here…

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Review of Side Effects (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 30 Jan 2013

There are plenty of twists and surprises in Side Effects that keep you guessing. The first real movie of 2013 is finally here…

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Review of Koch (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 29 Jan 2013

A warts-and-all observation of the rise and fall of one of New York City's most controversial Mayors, Neil Barsky's well-paced documentary…

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Review of Lore (2012)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 28 Jan 2013

At once literal and yet nimbly metaphoric, Lore condenses its extensive subject into a cinematic poem that is easily apprehended…

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Review of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 27 Jan 2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters could be a poster-movie for the exact type of gratuitously gun-heavy Hollywood flick that is being blamed for…

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Review of Movie 43 (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 27 Jan 2013

Movie 43 will earn a cult niche in cinema history if only for the film's bizarre coupling of high-octane talent with some of the worst comic…

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Review of No (2012)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 26 Jan 2013

[VIDEO ESSAY] Gael Garcia Bernal's television adman-turned-political-commercial-creator Rene Saavedra is such an ethically ambiguous protagonist…

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