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Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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The new trailer for Fernando

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The new trailer for Fernando Meirellles' The Constant Gardener (Focus Features, 8.26) is up and rolling. Download it and make of it what you will, but also consider the view of a reader who recently saw the entire film: "Gardener is a tad more conventional and mainstream than Meirelles' City of God, which I was a huge fan of, but it combines thriller elements, a love story and searing reportage of everyday catastrophes besetting Africa...it's by far the strongest Le Carre adaptation in feature form ever. There are just so many good things about it that it's hard to know where to start. And while this film is nobody's notion of an easy sell (the big problem is the unfortunate title), The Constant Gardener's uncompromising and indisputable emotional power should give it a shot at a lot of recognition and buzz. You want to see this one ASAP."

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