Nadav Schirman‘s The Green Prince (Music Box, 9.12), winner of the 2014 audience award in the World Documentary category, is about Mosab Hassan Yousef, the “Son of Hamas” who double-agented for the Israelis before moving to the U.S. His story is basically the real-life version of Palestinian-traitor plots used by the much-hailed Bethlehem and Omar. I just wrote about this guy and his book a few days ago.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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