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The Reel Meaning of Film

Alex Pattakos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Pattakos

The Santa Fe Film Festival represents an important venue for both filmmakers and film audiences to experience the linkage between movies and meaning that otherwise might go unnoticed.

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Movie Review: Youth in Revolt

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

The film has a strong Dickensian flavor to its plotting, as Nick Twisp works his way through both the twisted landscape of suburban Oakland, Calif., and the crowded byways of his own psyche.

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2,000+ Words for the 2,000 Year Old Man: Mel Brooks Is Saluted by the Academy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gregory Weinkauf

Cloris Leachman aptly put it, "There is much that is serious about Mel Brooks. Inside that rapid-fire humor machine is a man with deep emotions, with a great capacity to care, and to love."

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