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‘Looking for Eric’ falls short of its goal
Ken Loach, that accomplished English chronicler of the working class, is more convincing and compelling as director of feel-bad films than of feel-good films. Looking for Eric is a whimsical take on a...
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A bracing ‘Sweetgrass’
** On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See ** There are films so wildly uncommercial that, whatever their actual merits, you have...
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‘Ondine’ is seductive but contrived
** On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See ** Don’t overload Neil Jordan’s moody idyll Ondine with too many expectations, and...
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‘8: The Mormon Proposition’ is a powerful expose
** On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See ** California’s first gay marriages took place two years ago. But it was a sadly brief...
View Article‘Air Doll’ a surreal meditation on desire, loneliness
On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See *** He deserts you every day, in the evening over dinner talks only about himself, and...
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‘OSS 117′ Rio mission falters
On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See *** OSS 117: Lost in Rio, from director Michel Hazanavicius, is the second in a parody...
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‘Best Worst Movie’: fond tribute to a crappy cult flick
On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See *** To really fail, you can’t try to fail. Folks will see through any cynical effort at...
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‘The Extra Man’ is enjoyably eccentric
On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See *** Say your son is a preppy lit major and a bit of a dilettante. What future could there...
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‘Perrier’s Bounty’ overflows with cheap nihilism
On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See *** A nihilistic Irish caper film that blends grotesque, casual violence with slapdash...
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A smart, bracing ‘Stonewall Uprising’
On the Cine Synapse rating scale, this film receives a: Nah Take It or Leave It Well Worth Your While Must See *** The first gay-pride march took place 40 years ago, setting the tone for a new era....
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