Curly Cohen
LATEST ARTICLES BY Curly Cohen
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Opinion
A cold, grim look at life in Ozarks
July 5, 2010Movie review: Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" takes viewers to the dark, shady, shadowy and sinister world of meth labs in Ozarks.
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U.S.
Latino and Palestinian film festivals offer great viewing
April 14, 2010CHIGAO - The Latino Film Festival and the Palestine Film Fesitval both run from April 16-29, so you might consider being at two theaters on the same night.
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Opinion
From Cuba, tender story about grueling sport
March 5, 2010Documentary gives a tender and inside look at the renowned Cuban training academy for boxing.
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Opinion
Films provoke disturbing image: ‘world war’ against women
January 11, 2010With the spectacular response of the movie "Precious," this might be the moment that some movies are sending urgent messages to us about a "world war" against women.
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Opinion
When capitalism destroys democracy
October 22, 2009There's a purpose why Michael Moore presents a two-hour, rapid fire account of harrowing, horror and arresting stories in his newest film "Capitalism: A Love Story." There are too many stories.
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Opinion
Facing the death dance: Israel’s My Lai
March 13, 2009“Waltz with Bashir” is an animated Israeli film with English subtitles about Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
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PrintEditions
Namesake challenges melting pot myths
June 1, 2007The director of “The Namesake,” Mira Nair, seems to be making a deliberately foreign film in America. The film is based on the 2004 novel of the same title by Jhumpa Lahiri.
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Journalism and the truth in Iraq, U.S.-style
April 13, 2007In Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s movie “The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair,” the camera spends a great deal of time focused on the face of Yunis Abbas.
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