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The Oscar-winning Born Into Brothels
April 24th, 2005
In any event, the winner this year was a film called Born Into Brothels, by activist/photographer Zana Briski and Ross Kaufman.
European Union Film Festival
April 24th, 2005
This March, the Gene Siskel Film Center celebrated its 8th annual European Union Film Festival. From March 4 to 24, 43 films, ranging from full-length features to documentaries and short subjects, represented all 25 of the European Union nations.
Go Inside Deep Throat
March 25th, 2005
If you've ever seen the 1972 porn classic "Deep Throat", it's hard to understand exactly what all of the fuss is about.
Cinematters: Fat Girl Catherine Breillat Comes to Criterion
February 26th, 2005
If you're anything like me, new releases from The Criterion Collection make your heart beat a little faster. Imagine my delight, when I discovered that they were going to be releasing a film by Catherine Breillat, the French filmmaker, whose controversial films about sex have challenged a generation of cinephiles. The film Criterion chose from Breillat's filmography, is called "A ma soeur" in French, which means, "to my sister," but Breillat herself prefers the English title "Fat Girl".
Cinematters: The Goodness of Vera Drake
December 26th, 2004
Films are human endeavors and one can safely assume that they will, by their very nature, contain flaws. Some films contain glaring errors while others contain rather subtle ones, but most will agree that there is no such thing as a perfect film. While these assumptions are usually quite serviceable, there is that rare film that makes you step back in awe and just marvel at its mastery. Director Mike Leigh’s latest film, Vera Drake, is just such a film.
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