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A Documentary, ‘The Hermit of Treig’ Tells the Story of a Man Who’s Lived Off the Grid for Decades
The environmentally minded will take a shine to the subject’s fortitude and his back-to-the-land sense of wonder, but few of them are likely to take up a life in which convenience is in such short supply.
While ‘Glazer’ Is Imperfect, the Debut Feature Introduces Us to Two Scrappy Talents Worth Watching
Ryan J. Sloan and his co-writer and lead actress, Ariella Mastroianni, cite Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man,’ Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,’ and Lee Dang Chong’s ‘Burning’ as their inspirations.
Revival of 1980’s ‘The Elephant Man’ Offers an Opportunity To Focus on Its Director, David Lynch, Who Died This Year
This was Lynch’s first shot at the big time. His previous feature, the hallucinatory ‘Eraserhead,’ was a perennial on the midnight movie circuit, but its notoriety as a cult movie was, by its very nature, limited.
Rest Easy, Art Lovers, the Frick Collection’s Renovation Hasn’t Spoiled the Views
The Frick Collection is set to re-open on April 17 after having had its doors shut for some five years, and it’s time for a collective sigh of relief.
In Louise Courvoisier’s Debut Feature, ‘Holy Cow,’ the Director Gets Great Performances From the Actors, All First-Timers
Is there a happy ending? You bet there is, except it’s not altogether what you might expect, being surprisingly raucous and laugh-out-loud funny.
Release of ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Offers a Chance To Extol the Many Virtues of Steve Coogan
The comedian and actor was nominated for an Oscar as a screenwriter on Stephen Frears’s ‘Philomena,’ but to this critic’s lights he has been conspicuously overlooked by the Academy.
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