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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Maron”

In its first season, Marc Maron’s self-created series MARON was more of an uneven experiment than a cohesive series. Maron tried on several different formats in the course of its 10 episodes on IFC–mordant ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Upstream Color”

UPSTREAM COLOR: Worth A Ticket – But Not If You Require Coherent Plotting I’d be lying if I said I really knew what the hell was going on in UPSTREAM COLOR, and yet the experience of watching it was surpris...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”

TOY’S HOUSE is a delightful Sundance surprise, a fresh take on adolescent boys coming of age. The conceit of Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film, written by Chris Galletta, is that Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), his best ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “A.C.O.D.”

Stu Zicherman’s A.C.O.D. (written by Zicherman and Ben Karlin) suffers a bit from a familiar indie comedy malady: the conflicting desires to tell meaningful and even dark stories, while at the same time getting ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”

EMANUEL AND THE TRUTH ABOUT FISHES is deeply, satisfyingly strange. In a way, it’s a validation not just of Sundance, but the whole film festival system that is now our main way of finding out about distinctive ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rust and Bone”

‎ Jacques Audiard doesn’t do sentimental. His last film, A Prophet, had the clear-eyed view of crime and the dramatic heft of a French version of “The Wire,” and his new and very different drama RUST & B...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

THE MASTER: Worth A Ticket – The Title Describes the Filmmaker Our shorthand for describing movie directors, even great ones, is to compare them to other filmmakers. So Quentin Tarantino is Sergio Leone plus ha...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”

One of the things that happens at film festivals is that as you see many films in back-to-back proximity, mini-trends start to emerge, at least in the mind, and pictures that were made entirely separately, and which may ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

The 41% Weekend 3 drop for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Warners) is a bit better than Dark Knight‘s parallel 43% decline, but in actual numbers, Dark Knight‘s 3d weekend is $6.3M ahead ($42.7M vs $36.4M), and the $...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Louie”

LOUIE: Thursday 10:30PM on FX WHERE WE WERE: In the mind of Louis C.K. It’s a place where a moderately successful working stand-up comic named Louie shares custody of two daughters with his ex-wife and lives ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “It’s A Disaster”

IT’S A DISASTER: Worth A Ticket – And They Feel Just (More Or Less) Fine IT’S A DISASTER is the movie Seeking A Friend For the End of the World aspired, but failed, to be: a laugh-out-loud, t...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Seeking A Friend For the End Of the World”

SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD – Watch It At Home – Apocalypse Rom-Com Now SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD marks the directing debut of its writer Lorene Scafaria, who until now ha...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

RUBY SPARKS: Worth A Ticket – A Narrative Feat Woody Allen is one of the most influential figures in modern independent film, but his ghost is usually evident in the many romantic comedy-dramas we get each...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Lola Versus”

LOLA VERSUS: Watch It At Home – An Unmemorable Woman LOLA VERSUS‘ ambition is pretty clear: it wants to be the 2012 version of Paul Mazursky’s 1978 comedy-drama AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, which is to say c...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Maron”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Upstream Color”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “A.C.O.D.”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rust and Bone”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Master”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Louie”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “It’s A Disaster”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Seeking A Friend For the End Of the World”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Lola Versus”

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