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JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
RATING: R for language and sexual humor Directed by: Ricki Stern Anne Sundberg
1 hr 24 min (USA) In English
Starring Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Kathy Griffin, and Melissa Rivers
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year long ride with legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. The film is an emotionally surprising and revealing portrait of one the most hilarious and long-standing career women ever in the business. (IFC Films)
FOUR STARS: " She's a teller of hilarious gutbucket truths as surely as Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor ever were. Yet while they were consumed by their demons, Rivers is just the opposite. —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
FOUR STARS: " It's one of the best documentaries ever made about show business, about what it really consists of and what it demands." —Mick La Salle, San Francisco Chronicle
" This convulsively funny movie takes an up-close and sometimes queasy-personal approach to its motormouth subject, who, when she’s not making you howl with laughter (or freeze up in horror), brandishes her deeply held hurts, fears, prejudices, poor judgment and bad taste as if they were stigmata." —Manohla Dargis, New York Times
" A gripping documentary." —Michael Philips, Chicago Tribune
" As the film demonstrates over the course of a full year with her, and not a great year by any stretch -- there is more to this particular hard-charging, egomaniacal, joke machine than gets revealed onstage."
—Bob Mondello, NPR
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THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Rated R 2 hr 9 min (Sweden, Denmark) In Swedish with English subtitles
Directed by
Daniel Alfredson
The Girl Who Played with Fire" reunites Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, along with Michael Nyqvist who again portrays Mikael Blomkvist, the crusading journalist cum amateur sleuth. This time, the pair investigates a suspected sex-trafficking operation with underage girls in Sweden. When Lisbeth is accused of three murders, she goes on the lam while Blomkvist tries to clear her name. But can he do it before it’s too late and is Lisbeth really as innocent as he thinks? (Music Box Films). |
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WINTER'S BONE
RATING: R for some drug material, language and violent content
1 hr 40 min Directed by: Debra Granik (USA) In English
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, Kevin Breznaha, Isaiah Stone, Shelley Waggener, Ashlee Thompson, and William White
This tense, naturalistic thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. Featuring a star-making performance by Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone is sure to be one of the most-critically acclaimed films of the year. (Roadside Attractions)
FOUR STARS: "
For all the horror, it’s the drive toward life, not the decay, that lingers in the mind. As a modern heroine, Ree Dolly has no peer, and Winter’s Bone is the year’s most stirring film."
—David Edelstein, New York Magazine
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Again, Granik has foregrounded a bold woman, expertly balanced between fearlessness and Ree’s own private nervousness." —Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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One of the unshowiest and most true-blooded epics of Americana you're ever likely to see." —Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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Spectacular for its humanity, austere beauty and heart-stopping urgency."
—Joe Morgenstern, Wall St. Journal
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Every so often a film gets under our skin with its haunting authenticity, reinforcing our faith in the wonderfully transporting power of cinematic storytelling. Winter's Bone is unquestionably that film." —Claudia Puig, USA Today
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The movie heroes who affect me most are not extroverted. They don't strut, speechify and lead armies. They have no superpowers. They are ordinary people who are faced with a need and rise to the occasion. Ree Dolly is such a hero." —Roget Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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