Monthly Archives: September 2012

Everybody Has a Plan (Todos tenemos un plan)

Everybody Has a Plan (Todos tenemos un plan) (Director: Ana Piterbarg): This marks the fourth Spanish-language film for Viggo Mortensen, who spent a number of years in his youth living in Argentina. His latest project finds him playing identical twin … Continue reading

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The Color of the Chameleon

The Color of the Chameleon (Director: Emil Christov): Based on the novel Zincograph by noted Bulgarian academic and novelist Vladislav Todorov, this spy thriller pastiche is the sort of go-for-broke filmmaking that seems increasingly rare in risk-averse Hollywood these days. … Continue reading

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The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines (Director: Derek Cianfrance): The Place Beyond the Pines derives its title from the English translation of the Mohawk name for Schenectady, New York, where the film is set. Director Derek Cianfrance’s third feature is the … Continue reading

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Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö)

Eat Sleep Die (Äta sova dö) (Director: Gabriela Pichler): Grounded in the director’s own experience growing up in a working-class immigrant family in a small Swedish town, Eat Sleep Die is a gritty and affecting debut. Using a non-professional cast … Continue reading

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The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (Director: Sophie Fiennes): It’s hard to believe it’s been six years since Sophie Fiennes put Slovenian philosopher and “cultural critic” Slavoj Zizek into a rowboat and filmed him in a facsimile of a scene from … Continue reading

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