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Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi & Alexandra Schepisi – Heading Into the Eye of the Storm
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Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi & Alexandra Schepisi – Heading Into the Eye of the Storm

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Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi & Alexandra Schepisi Heading Into The Eye of the Storm by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.Posted: September 6, 2012. For decades, people have been trying to figure out a way to translate the works of treasured Australian novelist (and Nobel Prize Winner) Patrick White – with no … Continue reading →

The Eye of the Storm (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Eye of the Storm (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE EYE OF THE STORM (2012) Starring Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis, Alexandra Schepisi, Maria Theodorakis, Helen Morse, John Gaden, Colin Friels, Robyn Nevin and Dustin Clare. Screenplay by Judy Morris. Directed by Fred Schepisi. Distributed by Sycamore Entertainment.  119 minutes.  Rated R. The novels of Patrick White, an Australian Nobel laureate in the … Continue reading →

Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums
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Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums

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Marjane Satrapi Cooks Up A Tasty Chicken With Plums by Brad Balfour Iranian-born director and artist Marjane Satrapi lives in Paris, France, and has never lived in post-revolutionary Persia throughout her adult life. Yet her home country has shaped and influenced her creative work whether it be her written and drawn graphic novels or her feature films. In 2000, an independent … Continue reading →

Elena (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Elena (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ELENA (2011) Starring Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Alexey Rozin and Igor Ogurtsov. Screenplay by Oleg Negin and Andrei Zvyagintsev. Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films.  109 minutes.  Not Rated. Elena is a quietly devastating little film. Quiet is the operative word.  This subtle Russian film doesn’t have a word of dialogue for … Continue reading →

Headhunters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Headhunters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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HEADHUNTERS (HODEJEGERNE) (2011) Starring Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Julie Olgaard, Eivind Sander, Daniel Bratterud, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Reidar Sørensen, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Joachim Rafaelsen, Gunnar Skramstad Johnsen, Lars Skramstad Johnsen, Signe Tynning and Baard Owe. Screenplay by Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures.  100 minutes.  … Continue reading →

Asghar Farhadi – Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center
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Asghar Farhadi – Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center

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Asghar Farhadi Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center by Brad Balfour Iranian director Asghar Farhadi manages to both enlighten and mystify. Maybe that’s why he’s been able to evade both the censors and jailers who police filmmakers for thought crimes against the mega-fascist Iranian state. Or maybe because this … Continue reading →

Turn Me On, Dammit! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Turn Me On, Dammit! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! (2012) Starring Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjørhovde, Henriette Steenstrup, Beate Støfring, Matias Myren, Lars Nordtveit Listau, Jon Bleiklie Devik, Julia Bache-Wiig, Julia Elise Schacht, Arthur Berning, Hilde-Gunn Ommedal, Ole Johan Skjelbred-Knutsen, Finn Tokvam, Per Kjerstad and the voice of Olaug Nilssen. Screenplay by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. Distributed … Continue reading →

Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita
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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita

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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions.  He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais.  He has since worked as an … Continue reading →

Hipsters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Hipsters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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HIPSTERS (2008) Starring Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin and Olga Smirnova. Screenplay by Yuri Korotkov. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy. Distributed by Leisure Time Features.  127 minutes.  Not Rated. If you think it was hard to be a jazz-obsessed beatnik in 1955 America, … Continue reading →

Michel Hazanavicius Silences the Skeptics with the Oscar Favorite The Artist
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Michel Hazanavicius Silences the Skeptics with the Oscar Favorite The Artist

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Michel Hazanavicius Silences the Skeptics with the Oscar Favorite The Artist by Brad Balfour Wily provocateur and indie screen mogul Harvey Weinstein sees beyond the obvious and recognizes value in some rather offbeat films. Thankfully, that support has so far paid off. Four of Weinstein’s pictures won awards at this year’s Golden Globes, with a … Continue reading →