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AFI's Top-10 List Of 2009 Movies

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — The dramas "Precious" and "The Hurt Locker," the comedies "Up in the Air" and "The Hangover" and the animated tales "Up" and "Cora...

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The Philip Roth Reader: Love Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

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Karen Stabiner

I'll endure a dollop of political incorrectness for the sake of an insanely smart story; in this post-feminist world, I'm just that confident.

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The Media are Schrodinger's Cat

Charles Warner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

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Charles Warner

Are newspapers alive or dead? Are the main-stream media fair and balanced or hopelessly biased? Is the New York Times too liberal or not liberal enough?

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A Serious Man

Will Menaker | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Will Menaker

The Coen universe is so meticulously crafted that the absence of an inherent order seems almost impossible. How could something of such exquisite function arise from something so absurd and meaningless?

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The Coen Brothers Get "Serious" with a Comic (and Spiritual) Masterpiece

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Cathleen Falsani

The Coens have created moral universes in which some of life's essential questions are asked -- if not always answered. It seems there's no question the brothers are afraid to tackle.

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: The Wrap-Up

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

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Marshall Fine

I have nothing against transgressive cinema; but Antichrist has the feeling of pushing buttons for its own sake, like a child smearing its own feces on a wall. Why does Lars von Trier do it?

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Fall's Funny Films: Which Will You See? (VIDEO, POLL)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: The Invention of Lying, Previews, Slidepoll, Whip It, Couples Retreat, Zombieland, Good Hair, Youth in Revolt, The Informant, St. Trinian's, A Serious Man, Trailers, Video, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Old Dogs, Fall Films, Gentleman Broncos, Slideshow, Comedy News

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