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Entries Tagged as 'Museums and galleries'

Harsh and Funny With a Twisted Side

November 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

2 Days in Paris (2007)
Written by Julie Delpy
Directed by Julie Delpy
Produced by Tempête Sous un Crâne/ Polaris Films/ 3L Filmproduktion/ Rezo Films
MPAA rating: “R for sexual content, some nudity and language”
Running time: 96 minutes
Should I Care?
As someone who vaguely admires the walking and talking travelogues Julie Delpy starred in with Ethan Hawke for director [...]

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Tags: Drunk scene · Father/daughter relationship · Interrogation · Mother/daughter relationship · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Train · Unconventional romance

Jam Us and Take Us Somewhere

September 1st, 2009 · 6 Comments

The Namesake (2007)
Screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
Directed by Mira Nair
Produced by Mirabai Films/ Cine Mosaic
Running time: 122 minutes
So, What’s This About?
En route by train from Calcutta to Dungarpur in the year 1974, Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) is pried away from Nikolai Gogol’s The Overcoat by a passenger who implores [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Brother/sister relationship · Coming of age · Dreams and visions · Father/son relationship · Mother/son relationship · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Train · Unconventional romance

More To Say the Older You Get

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Broken English (2007)
Written by Zoe Cassavetes
Directed by Zoe Cassavetes
Produced by Vox3 Films/ HDNet Films
Running time: 96 minutes
So, What’s This About?
Bachelorette Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) gets dressed and puts in an appearance at the anniversary party of her best friend Audrey (Drea de Matteo), celebrating five years of matrimony to a movie director (Tim Guinee) [...]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Drunk scene · Mother/daughter relationship · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Unconventional romance

The Quest For An Unusual Romance

July 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Quid Pro Quo (2008)
Written by Carlos Brooks
Directed by Carlos Brooks
Produced by Sanford-Pillsbury Productions/ HDNet Films
Running time: 82 minutes
By Joe Valdez
So, What’s This About?
“I don’t remember any of what I’m about to tell you. I only know what the police and coroner reports said.” So begins a personal remembrance from Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl), correspondent [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Dreams and visions · Mother/daughter relationship · Museums and galleries · No opening credits · Paranoia · Unconventional romance