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  Outsider Art
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  In Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro—freed at last from the tyranny of... More >>

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  Just Folk
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We'll Get to the Coens) Someday I'm going to write a song and call it "Ballad of the Blue Badge." I... More >>

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  Follow the Light
  By Casey Burchby
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Daniel Mindel, A.S.C., is part of an ever-shrinking population: cinematographers who have yet to shoot a feature digitally. He acknowledges that... More >>

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  Piano Man
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Ladies and gentlemen—anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug—step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of... More >>

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  Not So Great Gatsby
  By Amanda Lewis
  Thu May 16, 2013

  The only thing we English teachers hate more than SparkNotes is a high-quality, mostly faithful movie version of a book. Why would a student slog... More >>

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  Human Error
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 16, 2013

  The biggest puzzlement of these early days of the festival comes from Sofia Coppola, one of my favorite working directors. Until now, I have... More >>

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  Girl Stuff
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 16, 2013

  François Ozon's Young & Beautiful, a portrait of a seventeen-year-old French call girl, is something else again. This is another story... More >>

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  Graphic Art
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 16, 2013

  One of the most exciting things about attending the Cannes Film Festival is being among the first people to see the films the world will be... More >>

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  Cannes Diary
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 16, 2013

  Nearly everyone I know who has seen the official poster for the 66th Cannes Film Festival -- a bird's-eye view of a kiss between a young Paul... More >>

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  A Fond Farewell
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 9, 2013

  In the course of reviewing movies in the early 2000s, just as computer-generated special effects were becoming radically sophisticated and were... More >>

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  Dads and Lads
  By Inkoo Kang
  Thu May 9, 2013

  In his new film, the social drama At Any Price, director and co-writer Ramin Bahrani examines how the transformation of food into intellectual... More >>

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  Nattering Nabobs
  By Nick Schager
  Thu May 9, 2013

  Uwe Boll will no longer fight you -- at least, not with his fists. Often lambasted by critics as the worst of the worst, Boll once literally got... More >>

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  Black Is Back
  By Chris Klimek
  Thu May 2, 2013

  Iron Man 3 opens this week. For some viewers, the film's appeal isn't the eponymous superhero, but the sarcastic-yet-sensitive hero behind the... More >>

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  Heavy Metal
  By Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 2, 2013

  To: Stephanie Zacharek From: Alan Scherstuhl Hi, Stephanie, welcome again to the Voice! Like you, I found myself worn out by Iron Man 3,... More >>