Take The City And Run

1. The Sweet Hereafter
2. Boogie Nights
3. In The Company Of Men
4. Welcome To Sarajevo
5. The Game
6. L.A. Confidential
7. Deconstructing Harry
8. 4 Little Girls
9. La Promesse [Film Log]
10. The Ice Storm

Directed by John Lasseter
It doesn’t measure up to its Pixar-produced predecessors, but it has its moments. Not surprisingly, the animation is gorgeous, but the story is much too standard and predictable, offering little in the way of original characters and moments. The movie is at its best when it simply offers visual splendor to be […]

Directed by Mark Andrews and Andrew Jimenez
A well-made short with a good premise and interesting escalation of action, but the payoff could have been a bit stronger.
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Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
A quality film that draws on traditions descended from Italian neorealism in the way it explores problems of the socially disadvantaged — in this case, the Belgian immigrant population.
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Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
The idea behind the Baraka school, subject of this documentary, is that if you can’t take the trouble out of the kid, take the kid out of the trouble. African American boys from Baltimore are sent to a school in Kenya, with hopes that they can focus on their educations […]

The downside to Eliot Spitzer running for Governor is that the Democratic party is left with two childish sycophants dueling for the nomination to replace him as Attorney General. Both Andrew Cuomo and Mark Green have rubbed me the wrong way over the years, arrogantly praising and decrying the system as it suits them.

I plan on seriously paying attention to Jonathan Tasini and suggest that anyone else who has a problem with Hillary Clinton’s support for the Iraq War do the same. Right now, he’s obviously a dark horse, and I admittedly know little about him, but I’d like that to change. I’m not saying I will definitely […]

Q: How can you tell it’s an election year?

A: Ann Coulter is on the warpath against widows who done her wrong.
[via Better Than Fudge]

With Bill Weld out of the running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, it looks like we’ve got a Spitzer Vs. Faso race from now until November. Yes, Tom Suozzi is still nipping at Eliot Spitzer’s heels, but not much seems to be coming of it.

Directed by Tay Garnett
A pretty decent noir tale with an extremely cynical view of love and hate and how fickle people can be in relationships. Lana Turner and John Garfield seem capable of flipping the way they feel about each other like a coin. Maybe, in the end, the screenplay offers a few too many […]

The Working Families Party held their convention over the weekend to endorse candidates for upcoming elections. Check out the WFP Blog to see who was endorsed for what.

Directed by Guy Hamilton
James Bond: Do you expect me to talk?
Auric Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.
Of the first three Bond films, this probably has the most straightforward, smoothly plotted story. And that, perhaps, gives it a slight edge over its predecessors. Goldfinger is also more of an archetypal nemesis than Bond’s […]