In the world of the perfectly adequate (though exceptionally well-lit) rom-com, everything is possible.
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Watch The Disaster Artist and you’ll never enjoy The Room again
James Franco spoils the magical ineptitude of Tommy Wiseau’s enduring cult movie.
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Bondage and Hamburger, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The kids are all over in Delivery Man
In Delivery Man, Vince Vaughn is a sperm donor with 533 children.
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The BOC stops here, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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What movies are doing to dope
This Is the End is the latest mainstream comedy to take a casual attitude toward getting high.
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Armageddon is just the beginning in This Is the End
In This Is the End, Seth Rogen and pals go surfing on the Lake of Fire.
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English tape, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The best, the worst, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Opening soon: The Watch
Ben Stiller and company go hunting for aliens in this sci-fi comedy
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Cancer is better funny than mawkish
50/50 plays cancer for laughs; Restless is Stage IV stupid.
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Nice Handbag—But What Does It Mean?
I’m sure there have been whole dissertations written on the cultural significance of the handbag in contemporary society. Trying to prove myself right, I stumbled across an interesting essay on the subject from Paula Marantz Cohen, an author and professor of English at Drexel University who has written many lively pieces about shopping and style.
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A.O. Scott on Holocaust movies
The New York Times critic appears this weekend at KAM Isaiah Israel in Hyde Park. Also this week: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Tokyo Sonata” opens at Music Box; So Yong Kim’s “Treeless Mountain” closes the Asian American Showcase; and Kelly Reichardt’s “Wendy and Lucy” makes a curtain call at Facets.