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DVD Review: Cassandra’s Dream
One of Woody Allen's critically abused films is, surprise, actually a terrific film.
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DVD Review: Pioneers In Ingolstadt
An atrocity of cinema from Germany's Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Why The Easter Parade was Richard Yates' Best Novel, Not Revolutionary Road
A classic novel that does not live up to the hype, even as it exceeds its author's earlier works.
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DVD Review: The Human Condition
Not quite a masterpiece, but one of the most ambitious films of all time, finally gets the treatment it deserves on DVD.
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DVD Review: The World Of Apu
A great end to one of the better film trilogies in world cinema.
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Book Review: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
An overpraised mediocrity from the age when novelists were still seen as gods.
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DVD Review: Bergman Island
An odd DVD release, where the extra feature trumps the main attraction.
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DVD Review: Werckmeister Harmonies
Bela Tarr's masterpiece is all a film should be.
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DVD Review: Three Monkeys
Nuri Bilge Ceylan takes a step backward from greatness with his latest film.
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DVD Review: Dark City (Director's Cut)
A film that, over a decade on, still does not get its due.
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