All articles by Jan Stuart

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Leaves of Grass

2009-09-15T17:23:00Z

Dir/scr.Tim Blake Nelson. US. 2009. 105 minutes.

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Phantom Pain

2009-09-14T20:41:00Z

Dir. Matthias Emcke. Germany. 2009. 98 minutes

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Solitary Man

2009-09-14T14:09:00Z

Dirs. Brian Koppelman, David Levien. US. 2009. 90 min.

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A Serious Man

2009-09-12T16:00:00Z

Dir/prod/scr. Joel and Ethan Coen, U.S. 2009. 105 min.

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Vision

2009-09-11T14:41:00Z

Dir/scr. Margarethe von Trotta. Germany. 2009. 110 minutes.

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Stay Cool

2009-04-29T18:54:00Z

Dir. Michael Polish. US. 2009 109 minutes

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City Island

2009-04-29T18:06:00Z

Dir/scr. Raymond De Felitta. US.  2009. 103 mins

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Wonderful World

2009-04-29T16:41:00Z

Dir. Josh Goldin. US, 2009, 89 minutes

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Pride And Glory

2008-09-11T17:09:00Z

Dir. Gavin O’Connor. US. 2008 125 min.After sitting on the shelf for the better part of two years, Gavin O’Connor’s bruising Manhattan melodrama charges into a congested festival lineup breathing fire and smoke. A coiling police saga about the clash between family and career loyalties, Pride ...

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Who Do You Love

2008-09-11T15:43:00Z

Toronto: Breezily-entertaining, this jazz-fuelled biopic may still face a commercial struggle, says Jan Stuart. Dir. Jerry Zaks. US. 2008. 90 minutesA breezily-entertaining dramatisation of the life of blues entrepreneur Leonard Chess (Nivola), Who Do You Lovewill test the public’s appetite for recording studio soap operas. While ...

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Middle Of Nowhere

2008-09-08T19:07:00Z

Dir. John Stockwell. USA. 2008. 95 min.

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$5 A Day

2008-09-08T18:10:00Z

Dir. Nigel Cole. US.2008.89 mins.

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Zack And Miri Make A Porno

2008-09-08T13:46:00Z

Dir/scr Kevin Smith. USA. 2008. 102 mi