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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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National Public Radio news media reporter David Folkenflik following an interview we did in NPR's 42nd Street studio this morning about the dwindling, dying profession of dead-tree film criticism. The piece will also include comments from other authorities (including, I'm told, former N.Y. Daily News film critic Jack Mathews), and will air sometime Wednesday afternoon. The online link will be clickable on the NPR site Wednesday evening.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 06, 2008 at 10:17 PM

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Dzayson says ...

Am I the only one out there wondering when Jeff is going to comment on the Indiana and North Carolina primaries?

Posted by Dzayson at May 6, 2008 11:57 PM

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JD says ...

"dwindling, dying profession of film criticism"

Seems an odd statement given the setup you have. Or do you not consider yourself a film critic? 30 years ago, I'm assuming most critics would have killed to be their own editor and make Hollywood Elsewhere money writing whatever they want whenever they want. I'm not saying it's easy, but you have a lot more autonomy than the typical film critic and there are many others like you out there. What's really dying are newspapers. Film critics are alive and well.

Posted by JD at May 7, 2008 07:32 AM

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corey3rd says ...

Salaried Film Critics are dying. Anybody can be a film critic if they have a livejournal or a myspace page. You're better off on the internet since you can link your reviews to youtube clips and referenced DVDs on Amazon.

and with today's movies, you really should be a comic book or TV reviewer.

Posted by corey3rd at May 7, 2008 08:12 AM

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