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Review of Elephant (1993)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Elephant is one of this year's boldest movies....But, in refusing to assert a point of view about what troubles American youth, Van Sant...flees…

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Review of Wonderland (1999)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work…

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Review of Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

A loving tribute to a writer, his craft and, above all, the idea of living and dying by one's own creed…

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Review of Raising Victor Vargas (2002)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Ultimately, it lacks the backbone, the thematic heft, to be anything beyond a sweet redemption story…

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Review of The Other Side of the Bed (2002)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

It's impossible for me to completely dismiss a movie that features not one but two Spanish women....The rest of [this] sex romp/romantic comedy...can't…

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Review of Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Its irresistible charms and performances are what linger and make Beckham a popcorn, er, samosa flick worth savoring…

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Review of Wonderland (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work…

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Review of Elephant (2010)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Elephant is one of this year's boldest movies....But, in refusing to assert a point of view about what troubles American youth, Van Sant...flees…

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Review of Intermission (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Dizzily paced and structured, the Irish import Intermission charms with a never-let-'em-see-you-sweat exuberance…

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Review of Confidence (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

While it sometimes fails to live up to its title, Confidence ultimately, wins us over-in short, it dazzlingly does what all good cons are supposed…

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Review of Father and Son (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

For a hit of pure cinema, you could do no better...than to spend a few moments reveling in its high…

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Review of American Splendor (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

It gets the mood right, but never slows enough to explore its rich, existential landscape--the cynical, ultimately humanist, musings at the…

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Review of Bubba Ho-tep (2002)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Bubba Ho-Tep tries ineffectually to be both a lyrical character study and a darkly satirical horror flick…

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Review of Wonderland (1931)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work…

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Review of Wonderland (2016)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work…

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Review of Nicotina (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Nicotina feels so comfortably middle-of-the-road...that it makes us ponder the purpose of its very existence and makes the task of reviewing…

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Review of Confidence (1933)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

While it sometimes fails to live up to its title, Confidence ultimately, wins us over-in short, it dazzlingly does what all good cons are supposed…

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Review of Elephant (2015)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

Elephant is one of this year's boldest movies....But, in refusing to assert a point of view about what troubles American youth, Van Sant...flees…

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Review of Confidence (1980)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 29 Sep 2004

While it sometimes fails to live up to its title, Confidence ultimately, wins us over-in short, it dazzlingly does what all good cons are supposed…

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Review of Bright Young Things (2003)

By Jay Antani (281) for Los Angeles Alternative (40) on 28 Sep 2004

Bright Young Things lacks free-spiritedness and bite…

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