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Review: Director Agnes Varda's captivating memoir sifts through her
AGNES VARDA, the accomplished and irrepressible filmmaker dubbed the godmother of the French New Wave, has a helmet of henna hair and an eagle eye...
Oakland Tribune, 10/29/09 by Carrie Rickey · More from publication -
Filmmakers distill the times, the spirit
I wasn't at Woodstock, but I was at Woodstock . At the time, I inhaled the 1970 Michael Wadleigh rockumentary memorializing the 1969 happening...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/09/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
Likely turn-off for fish-lovers
The End of the Line , an eco-mentary that warns against overfishing, baits its hook with alarmist rhetoric and aversion therapy. First, filmmaker...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 07/03/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
Next year, Oscars to field 10 best-picture nominees
With yesterday's news that in February, the Oscars will field 10 best-picture nominees, the horse race that is the Academy Awards promises to look...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/25/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
Morticians at work, eliciting laughter as well as tears
Winner of this year's foreign-film Oscar, Departures veers from comedy to drama, occasionally taking a rest stop on the shoulder of...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/12/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
Film Festival is splitting up
In a breakup that will create rival local movie extravaganzas, the cosponsors of the Philadelphia Film Festival are citing irreconcilable...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/16/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
A villager adapts to urban life
Mr. Karim (Reza Najie), sparrow among ostriches, is small, dun-colored, unshowy. The Iranian husband and father of three is a wrangler on an...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/15/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
Documentary pays tribute to 'A Chorus Line'
Before American Idol , before Fame , there was A Chorus Line , the original reality show. Inspired by the confessions and insights of...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/15/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication -
Lobbying intensifies in Pa. over tax break for filmmakers
When State Rep. Scott Boyd (R., Lancaster) walked into a public hearing yesterday about whether Pennsylvania should repeal the $75 million in...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/02/09 by Carrie Rickey and Mario F. Cattabiani Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication -
Reporter on the case in juicy D.C. thriller
Russell Crowe as a crusading reporter at a sinking broadsheet lately acquired by a multinational corporation. Ben Affleck as a rising politician...
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 04/17/09 by Carrie Rickey Inquirer Movie Critic · More from publication
