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Corps de Ballet: ‘Black Swan’ chronicles a dancer’s quest for perfection
‘Black Swan’: horror movie, camp classic or balletomane’s dream?
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Speak, Lord: ‘The King’s Speech’ is no musty historical drama
“The King’s Speech” is no musty historical drama
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Life is Beautiful: The gruesome splendor of Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’
A “feel-good film” is the oddest of descriptions of a movie about human dismemberment. Yet in the case of “127 Hours,” the cliché is apt.
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Ghost Stories: The vacuous theology of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’
The vacuous theology of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’
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Un-Friendly: David Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’
Ultimately ‘The Social Network’ is not really about the founding of Facebook.
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Still Waiting: A teacher’s take on ‘Waiting for Superman’
A teacher’s take on ‘Waiting for Superman’
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The Seer: ‘Vision’ profiles Hildegard von Bingen
‘Vision,’ Margarethe von Trotta’s study of Hildegard of Bingen, is both a film and a moral lesson.
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A Friend Is Born: ‘The Social Network’ examines the founding myth of Facebook
‘The Social Network’ examines the founding myth of Facebook
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A History of Violence: George Clooney seeks some kind of redemption in ‘The American’
‘The American’ is a film about America today: a nation that has made too many weapons and killed too many people.