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Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
More than 14 years later and the war in Afghanistan is still going on. President Obama declared the end of U.S. military combat operations in Afghanistan in December of 2014, but 9,800 American...
Feb 24, 2016 / Eric M. ArmstrongLes Invisibles: Speaking up, stepping out
Les Invisibles does more than you’d expect of a documentary about elderly gay and lesbian people. I went into this film anticipating a series of interesting stories about individual lives, but this...
Jul 19, 2013 / Alison Frank‘The Queen of Versailles’: a call for revolution
This documentary gives curious viewers a glimpse into the life of timeshare mogul David Siegel and his family. The titular ‘queen’ is Siegel’s wife Jacqueline, and Versailles is the monster home they...
Sep 24, 2012 / Alison FrankJames Cameron Talks ‘Avatar 2′ and Re-release of ‘Avatar’ With Extra Footage
In an interview with Market Saw yesterday, James Cameron opened up about his plans to re-release his environmentally-conscious alien epic “Avatar” with an additional nine minutes of pure CG footage,...
Aug 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLocation, Location, Location: ‘Casimir Effect’s’ Creative Approach to Low-Budget Filmmaking
Against a post-dawn March sky, Cardiff’s historic Coal Exchange silently welcomed cast and crew to the set of “Casimir Effect,” a science fiction romance/thriller. In the late 1800s this site bustled...
May 7, 2010 / Lynnette PorterLars Von Trier’s ‘Dogville’ and the Dogme Legacy
I must confess to a prejudice: I hate films that don’t change spaces. At the theatre, it doesn’t matter to me if there are no set alterations and every scene takes place in the same location; when it...
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