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Damsels In Distress—movie review

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • April 6, 2012 1:19 AM
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It’s difficult to know what to make of Whit Stillman’s 'Damsels in Distress'. When I screened it for my class at USC my students’ reaction was all over the map. One young woman said it was possibly the worst movie she’d ever seen, while a young man raised his hand to say that he loved it; many others echoed their sentiments. I fall somewhere in between those two extremes.
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More: Film Reviews, Whit Stillman, Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton, Indie Films

Declaration Of War—movie review

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • February 2, 2012 6:02 PM
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It’s been decades since television created a genre that pundits labeled “disease-of-the-week” movies. Cable networks such as Lifetime have kept the form alive, because such stories are natural fodder for relatable drama, while medical TV shows have never gone out of style.
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More: Film Reviews, Indie Films, Foreign Films, Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli

Pariah—movie review

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • January 5, 2012 6:21 PM
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Although its title may be off-putting to some people, the main character in 'Pariah'—as played by glowing newcomer Adepero Oduye—is so emotionally open and real that you can’t help responding to her. First-time feature filmmaker Dee Rees has crafted a movie that is consistently riveting because it is steeped in truth. She and her cast never once strike a false note.
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More: Film Reviews, Indie Films, Sundance Institute

The 11 Best Films You May Have Missed In 2011

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • December 27, 2011 2:26 PM
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The folks at Huffington Post asked me to provide a list of the 11 best films people might have missed this year, and I was happy to oblige. If you’re a discerning moviegoer who lives in a community with a specialty theater (or art house, as we used to call them), you may have seen some of the titles on my list. But there are some smaller, more offbeat pictures, that fly under the radar of even avid film buffs. Because they don’t have major marketing budgets—or, in most cases, marquee stars—they have no presence on billboards, bus stops, magazine covers, or talk shows. Some are home-grown and some are foreign-made; many are serious but others take a lighter approach to the stories they present.
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More: Film Reviews, Indie Films

Trucker

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • December 6, 2009 11:59 AM
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Trucker is an emblematic American indie film. It offers a juicy leading role to an actress who usually works in mainstream Hollywood fare, and completely fulfills its modest ambitions. Writer-director James Mottern has crafted a vivid, credible character study of a young woman whose fierce independent streak has led her to a career that allows her to live life on her own terms as a truck driver, while steering her away from long-term relationships. Saddling her with the sudden...

responsibility for an 11-year-old son she abandoned in infancy may seem formulaic, at first glance, but the story plays out with such genuineness—and avoidance of cliché—that one can’t, and shouldn’t, complain.

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More: Film Reviews, James Mottern, Michelle Monaghan, Jimmy Bennett, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams, Indie Films

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