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A Secret Based on psychoanalyst/novelist Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel "Memory," "Un Secret" is a fictionalized account of Grimbert's Jewish family's survival under the German occupation in Vichy France. Happy-Go-Lucky An obnoxious central character smirks her way through Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky." Mister Foe Grumpy Glaswegians going at it are once again the focus of David ("Young Adam") Mackenzie's bleak and dreary — but not wholly uninteresting — drama. Morning Light This flat, uninspired sailing documentary from the Walt Disney studios has surprisingly little to say. The Duchess Who couldn't love a movie "based on a true story" about an 18th-century relative of Princess Di, whose life was an almost perfect blueprint for her 20th-century descendant? Frozen River "Frozen River," about two poor women's perilous attempts to make some illegal cash through smuggling, is too calculated to feel like real life. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People The British funny man continues his downwards spiral with the lame, "'Devil Wears Prada"-styled "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People." Burn After Reading A pleasant return to the silliness of the Coens' earlier pictures from the stiltedness of their latter-day offerings. A Man Named Pearl Black and white and green all over. Previously reviewed: Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Boy A Brideshead Revisited Eight Miles High Elegy Encounters at the End of the World Expired    Felon Man on Wire Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind Tell No One Trumbo The Wackness

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Brooklyn International Film Festival The 11th Brooklyn International Film Festival is all about travelers, from badasses in the Outback to the president of the United States in his fictional hometown. • Reviews: The Collective, Coyote, Crawford, Fix Archive: New York Film Festival    New York Korean Film Festival

Fix The story of three people's dizzying dash through the unseen underculture of Los Angeles to get $5,000 for drug treatment. Coyote A hyperreal and perhaps ill-advised tour of the Mexican border-crossing business by two regular guys who decide it can't be that hard. Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris's documentary is a much less extraordinary exploration of Abu Ghraib than it should have been — delving into the little pictures without exploring the big picture or even the raw personalities of the people involved. Complete archive Archive articles (latest 50): 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days 9 Songs After the Day Before After You Bubble Cape of Good Hope Capote The Children of Huang Shi City of Men The Collective The Constant Gardener Crawford The Definition of Insanity Don't Move The Education of Shelby Knox Escape Artists Eternal Funny Games Grizzly Man Gunnin' For That #1 Spot Horrible Child The Human Condition    Hunger Junebug Land of Plenty The Last Mistress Let's Get Lost March of the Penguins Max and Grace Nightingale in a Music Box Nine Lives One Bright Shining Moment The Orphanage Regular Lovers Reprise Snow Angels Stuck The Syrian Bride There Will Be Blood Through the Forest The Visitor War Inc. Yes 2046