May Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month.Amazon DVD: Women in Love (with Rosamund Pike and Rachael Stirling). Amazon Theatricals: Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundament-alist (with Riz Ahmed), Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha (with Greta Gerwig), Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's (documentary with Giorgio Armani, Marc Jacobs, etc.), Scot McGehee and David Siegel's What Maisie Knew (Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan), and The Spectacular Now (Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley).Still playing: Admission, Disconnect, Life of Pi, Quartet, and The Sapphires.  Line Out: The Phoenix Foundation Goes Deep, Scout Niblett: No Wigs, No Scrubs,

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April Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: A Late Quartet [Blu-ray] (Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Cath-erine Keener), Weeds - Season Eight: The Final Season [two-disc set], and Parade's End (Judi Dench).Amazon Theatrical: Disconnect (Alexander Skarsgård). Still playing (or yet to open): Admission, Amour, Beyond the Hills, The Guilt Trip, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Quartet, and The Sapphires.Line Out: Herbcraft's Fantastic Voyage, Ellen Alien Composed a Score for You, New Video and Song: The Cyclist's "Bones in Motion," King Tuff: Bad Words and Classic Beats, New Dark Dark Dark Song

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March Reviews

Still from Beware of Mr. Baker.These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: The Sessions [Blu-ray] (with John Hawkes and Helen Hunt) and Secrets of Highclere Castle. Amazon Theatricals: The Sapphires, Admission (with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd), At Any Price (Dennis Quaid and Zac Ephron), and CristianMungiu's Beyond the Hills.   Still playing (or yet to open): Amour, Bless Me, Ultima, The Guilt Trip, Life of Pi, Lincoln, The Master, Quartet, and Rust and Bone. Line Out: The Asshole Glory of Ginger Baker, Cellist Julia Kent Has Character, Yellowbirds - "Young Men of Promise," Helado Negro - Calm Cool, and Collect

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February Reviews

Paul Williams (Paul Williams: Still Alive) at the Egyptian on 5/12. These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: Downton Abbey -Season Three [two-disc set] and Boardwalk Empire - The Complete Third Season [five-disc set].Amazon Theatricals: Bless Me, Ultima.  Still playing (or yet to open): Amour, Anna Karen-ina, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Quartet, and Rust and Bone. Line Out: Feeding People's Island Universe, Yo La Tengo - Steadfast and True, Sleepwalking in Space with Psychic Twin, Julian Lynch's Lovely "Carios kelleyi I," Mouse on Mars Are on the Move, Pony Time - "What If You Caught Me," White Fence's Fuzztas

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January Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month.Amazon DVDs: The Life & Times of Tim - The Complete Third Season [2-disc set], The Hour - Season Two [2-Blu set], Scarecrow and Mrs. King - The 4th and Final Season [5-disc set].  Amazon Theatricals: Amour (Michael Haneckedirects Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva) and Quartet (Dustin Hoffman directs Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay).Still playing (or yet to open): Anna Karenina, The Guilt Trip,  Life of Pi, Lincoln, Playing for Keeps, and Rust and Bone.  Line Out: Raw Balls and Bad Eggs: The Ballad of UV Race, Listen to Broadcast's Semi-Final LP, Girls Names -

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