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Review: The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito)
"Rejoice in the fact that one of world cinema’s great artists is doing anything but resting on his laurels: Pedro Almodovar’s giddily unclassifiable The Skin I Live In might be the most challenging and unsettling movie of the Spanish auteur’s career, while still maintaining his usual unabashed humor and novelistic nuance."
The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito) | Review
Plastic surgery meets spiritual rebirth in Almodovar’s demented, delightful fable
49th NYF: Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ a Surprisingly Personal Journey into 3D
Try to resist reading anything about Martin Scorsese’s big-budget 3D kids movie -- and latest masterpiece -- Hugo beforehand, or watching any trailers. Go on a Lent-like fast, and in a month’s time, you can discover its wonderful secrets freshly, as did the packed crowd at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, for the New York Film Festival’s special work-in-progress sneak preview.
Review: My Week with Marilyn
"Unwilling to offend or alienate even a single paying customer, the filmmakers have scientifically extracted every molecule of potential conflict from the drama. Where we could be in store for a juicy tale about adultery, or sexual obsession, or ruthless Hollywood ego clashes, we are instead treated to a movie about … nothing whatsoever."
Review: Limelight
"Even those ‘90s New Yorkers who kept their distance from the club scene might remember journalist Frank Owen’s seemingly weekly exposés in the Village Voice on Gatien and the nightlife world at large. Owen was a great read then, and he’s by far the most engaging talking head in Limelight, handy with an outrageous anecdote, eager to burst the bubble of a ludicrous lie, bereft of an agenda. If only Corben’s movie had emulated Owen’s admirable mixture of candor and circumspection."
