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Les Blank dies, leaving legacy of quirky documentary films
Les Blank dies: A documentary filmmaker, Les Blank made movies about garlic, gap-toothed women, Werner Herzog eating a shoe, and Dizzy Gillespie. Blank followed his instincts.
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Tom Cruise works as tough guy 'Jack Reacher'
Tom Cruise takes on the character depicted in author Lee Child's thriller.
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Woody Harrelson plays effectively in 'Rampart': movie review
A dirty cop movie, 'Rampart' gets inside the head of the paranoid Dave Brown, played by Woody Harrelson, as investigative units start to close in on him.
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Pina: movie review
Wim Wenders documentary on German choreographer Pina Bausch leaves as much mystery as enlightenment.
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The best films of 2011
Monitor film critic, Peter Rainer, remembers the hundreds of movies he watched in 2011, and highlights his favorites ... and some he thought were overrated.
12/24/2011 06:34 pm -
10 best movies of 2011
From young love to a documentary on capital punishment, here are the 10 movies that wowed Monitor film critic Peter Rainer at the multiplex this year
12/21/2011 04:04 pm -
Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life: movie review
Werner Herzog's 'Into the Abyss' takes a fair-minded look at capital punishment – why people and the state kill.
12/02/2011 03:22 pm -
Toronto International Film Festival: the buzz this year
George Clooney film captures attention, along with a new Neil Young documentary.
09/16/2011 04:40 pm -
Cave of Forgotten Dreams: movie review
In 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams,' Werner Herzog takes us on an extraordinary journey to see Earth's first artists and ponder the origins of what it means to be human.
04/29/2011 05:00 pm -
Toronto International Film Festival: An insider’s guide to babe magnets and albino alligators
Colin Firth was in town to promote his new film ‘The King’s Speech,’ while Werner Herzog intoned about albino alligators in his 3-D film ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams.’
09/18/2010 11:50 am -
3-D, this time with feeling
With digital 3-D, filmmakers aim to add emotional, not just visual, depth.
08/31/2010 06:23 pm -
'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' – movie review
Werner Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' casts Nicolas Cage as a cop who becomes increasingly unhinged by gambling debts and drug use.
11/20/2009 12:00 am -
Ten best films: Biopics and classroom acts score high
The Monitor's critic sorts through what he sat through this year.
10/19/2009 09:47 pm -
Sundance: Take my film ... please!
The annual indie film festival is proving a tough sell for moviemakers as the economy craters and distribution channels shrink.
10/19/2009 09:45 pm -
Controversy flourishes at Toronto film fest
Michael Moore's latest, along with a spotlight on films from Tel Aviv, brings out the protesters, while others swoon over Clooney.
10/19/2009 09:09 pm -
Review: 'Encounters at the End of the World'
Documentary chronicles filmmaker's trip to Antarctica in a cranky, lyrical way.
06/14/2008 01:00 am
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