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| An Appraisal: A Character Actor of Intensified Normalness |
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In his best movie roles, Karl Malden is specifically the other man, the guy defined partly by his lack of certain attributes abundantly present in the protagonist.
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| Movie Review | 'Public Enemies': Seduction by Machine Gun |
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Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” is a grave and beautiful work of art.
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| Movie Review | 'Tony Manero': Somebody in Chile Worships the Disco-Era Travolta |
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“Tony Manero” tells the story of a thug who dreams about a fictional fleeting success.
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| Movie Review | 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs': Notes From the Prehistoric Underground |
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What? Dawn of the dinosaurs? In the Ice Age? You’ve got to be kidding.
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| Movie Review | 'The Beaches of Agnès': Videocam in Hand, a French Filmmaker Sifts Her Memories |
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“The Beaches of Agnès” is at once an illustration of the fine art of foraging and an autobiographical portrait.
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| Movie Review | 'I Hate Valentine’s Day': The Game of Love, Played With an Unorthodox Rule Book |
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The conflicted lovebirds in “I Hate Valentine’s Day” may be in their 30s, but they play the game of romance with the finesse of sixth graders.
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| Movie Review | 'Lion’s Den': Even Behind Bars, Motherhood Can Be Liberating |
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“Lion’s Den” is the Argentine director Pablo Trapero’s sprawling, unpredictable drama about a woman who gives birth in prison while awaiting trial for murder.
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| Movie Review | 'The Girl From Monaco': Long-Range Forecast: All Hot and Bothered |
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If in the end “The Girl From Monaco” is neither a cogent psychological thriller nor an effervescent sex comedy, it does at least have an interesting sense of place.
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