Patrick Z McGavin

  • Afghan Star
    Reviews

    Afghan Star

    2009-01-27T10:42:00

    Dir. Havana Marking. UK/Afghanistan. 2008. 88mins.

  • Motherhood
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    Motherhood

    2009-01-26T18:35:00

    Dir/scr: Katherine Dieckmann. US. 2009. 90mins.

  • World's Greatest Dad
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    World's Greatest Dad

    2009-01-26T17:57:00

    Dir/scr: Bobcat Goldthwait. US. 2009. 98 mins.

  • Shrink
    Reviews

    Shrink

    2009-01-22T13:57:00

    Dir: Jonas Pate. US. 2009. 105mins.

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    Arlen Faber

    2009-01-20T16:44:00

    Dir/scr: John Hindman. US. 2009. 95mins.

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    Taking Chance

    2009-01-18T01:01:00

    Dir: Ross Katz. US. 2009. 80mins.

  • Moon
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    Moon

    2009-01-17T11:13:00

    Dir: Duncan Jones. UK. 2008. 97mins.

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    The Human Contract

    2008-10-29T18:40:00

    Dir/Scr: Jada Pinkett Smith. US. 2008. 106mins

  • News

    In Focus: Criterion puts classics on Blu-ray

    2008-10-03T00:00:00

    The first time Joseph Cotton's war correspondent Holly Martins discovers his presumed dead friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles), in postwar Vienna, the moment packs a powerful punch.

  • News

    Profile: Music Box Films

    2008-09-26T00:00:00

    At the end of summer 2007, William Schopf, Ed Arentz and Brian Andreotti had a drink in the bar of a dazzling Chicago Loop skyscraper for a low-key launch of their new distribution concern.

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    Gigantic

    2008-09-16T12:46:00

    Dir: Matt Aselton. US. 2008. 96mins.

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    One Week

    2008-09-16T12:33:00

    Dir/Scr: Michael McGowan. Canada. 2008. 94mins.

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    The Secret Of Moonacre

    2008-09-14T20:22:00

    Dir: Gabor Csupo. UK. 2008. 103mins.

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    Nothing But the Truth

    2008-09-09T06:00:00

    Director: Rod Lurie. US. 2008. 107mins.A dramatic fictionalization thatconflates the political scandal of former covert intelligence officerValerie Plame and controversial journalist Judith Miller, Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truthis a miscalculated piece damaged by poor direction, mediocre writingand performances that feel consistently misguided and off-key. Lurie (The Contender) is acontemporary ...

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    Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

    2008-09-07T03:30:00

    Dir. Peter Sollett. US. 2008. 89mins.The highly anticipated second feature of the New York-based independent Peter Sollett (Raising Victor Vargas) valiantly attempts to both enliven and subvert the tendencies and predictability of the teenage romantic comedy - although the whole never quite registers as forcefully as individual pieces.The movie’s antecedents ...

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    Dean Spanley (2008)

    2008-09-06T14:52:00

    Dir. Toa Fraser. New Zealand/UK. 2008. 99mins.New Zealand director Toa Fraser’s Dean Spanley overcomes an uncertain and sketchy opening section to register as a moving and visually wondrous evocation of magic and imagination. The movie’s tonal shifts are fairly abrupt and the first third is frustratingly undeveloped dramatically, but the ...

  • Features

    The lowdown - How does 3D work'

    2008-08-01T00:00:00

    The 3D projection formats introduced in the 1950s were cumbersome, labour-intensive and required two cameras projecting onto the same screen, making synchronisation difficult. Today, there are three far more sophisticated 3D digital projection technologies in the theatrical market: RealD, Dolby Digital Cinema and Imax 3D.

  • News

    Journey to the Third Dimension

    2008-08-01T00:00:00

    In 1953, studio chief Jack Warner implored Alfred Hitchcock to work in the new format of 3D for his film Dial M For Murder. Hollywood had just introduced the colour stereoscopic photographic technology to fend off the pervasive reach of television. But by the time of the release, the 3D ...

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    United States - A one-shot deal

    2008-04-25T00:00:00

    On a sombre late March morning in Chicago before dawn breaks, it is day four of shooting on Helix, the first feature from the Beverly Hills-based production company Windward Entertainment.

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