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Tue, Mar 20, 2007

Casino Royale

Taking It in the Cojones for Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Is Bond defining a new type of post-war masculinity for Britain?

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Tue, Jan 30, 2007

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

The Perverse Allegory of a Savior

Tom Tykwer offers an odd-smelling twist on the Christ-figure.

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Wed, Nov 29, 2006

Unforgiven

The Course of Empire

Clint Eastwood and an elegy to a dying genre, a lost frontier.

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Mon, Sep 04, 2006

The Wicker Man

Wicker Men

A look at the cult classic and its contemporary remake reveals two films with one message.

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Sun, Jul 09, 2006

Trainspotting

Addicted to Denial

If a train is heading toward you, ignorance does not lead to bliss.

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Sat, May 06, 2006

V for Vendetta

V for Vindictive

The Wachowski Brothers’ fear and loathing of the Bush Administration, or, Neo regresses.

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Tue, May 02, 2006

The Passion of the Christ

Of Passions Medieval and Modern

The critics lashed Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ two years ago with a frenzy surpassed only by popular enthusiasm for the film. The reasons for the gap go deep—right to the film’s roots in medieval religious art.

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Sun, Mar 05, 2006

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Adolf Did

Or, Schindler's List in Slapstick

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