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'Masquerade' covers old plot with fresh acting
Using as a starting point a missing two weeks from the annals of 17th century Joseon dynasty ruler Gwanghae's record, the Korean historical saga "Masquerade" inserts a fanciful but entertaining bit of court intrigue.
'Goats' just bleats along without insight, tension
A coming-of-age story featuring Vera Farmiga as a narcissistic New Age mom, David Duchovny as her pot-smoking Jesus-bearded goat herder/poolman and Ty Burrell as the divorced dad with the new wife, would appear to have all sorts of behavioral flavors to chew on.
Film shows modernity's tug on tradition
Winds, rain and straying yak are only some of the hardships in the remote and harshly beautiful Sichuan province grasslands where Tibetan nomads toil for their livelihood, but as Lynn True and Nelson Walker's humanely observed documentary "Summer Pasture" hints, it's the pull of modernity th…
Quirky style redeems 'Dragon'
Peter Ho-Sun Chan's "Dragon" begins as many Chinese martial arts films do, with bucolic village scenes that give way to a destructive, stunt-laden fight. In this case, the conflict is between interloping thugs threatening a shopkeeper, and a paper mill craftsman named Jin-xi (Donnie Yen) who…
Thriller 'Rapt' based on true tale of kidnapping, secrets exposed
Issues of criminality, responsibility and victimhood get a muscular workout in Lucas Belvaux's taut French thriller "Rapt," based on a true story of the 1978 kidnapping of a rich industrialist.
It's nutty fun where 'Rubber' meets the road
If you meet the fiendishly deadpan "Rubber" halfway, its assured mix of cinephile artiness and grindhouse spoof will offer some oddball surprises.
Voyeuristic indie best when murky
If you ever thought the peekaboo ominousness of "Blow-Up" or "The Conversation" could be the template for a relationship fidelity drama, "Monogamy" is your movie.
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