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Movies Without Oscar's Endorsement

Bill Augustin | Posted 04.25.2012

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There were some fantastic movies that came out last year that didn't get any Academy Award nominations. Here are five that are all available on DVD or streaming online and totally worth checking out.

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The 11 Best Films You May Have Missed In 2011

Leonard Maltin | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: The Guard, The Woman on the 6th Floor, Incendies, Leonard Maltin, Submarine, Of Gods and Men, Indie Movies, Higher Ground, Movies, Cinema, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Wwii, Indie Cinema, Sarah's Key, City of Life and Death, Higher Ground Movie, Win Win, Terri, Arts News

If you're a discerning moviegoer who lives in a community with a specialty theater (or art house, as we used to call them), you may have seen some of the titles on my list. But there are some smaller, more offbeat pictures, that fly under the radar of even avid film buffs.

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The 11 Best Films You May Have Missed In 2011

Leonard Maltin | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: The Guard, The Woman on the 6th Floor, Incendies, Leonard Maltin, Submarine, Of Gods and Men, Indie Movies, Higher Ground, Movies, Cinema, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Wwii, Indie Cinema, Sarah's Key, City of Life and Death, Higher Ground Movie, Win Win, Terri, Arts News

If you're a discerning moviegoer who lives in a community with a specialty theater (or art house, as we used to call them), you may have seen some of the titles on my list. But there are some smaller, more offbeat pictures, that fly under the radar of even avid film buffs.

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Optimism for the Euro and Europe: The Win-Win Situation

Vivian Norris | Posted 02.11.2012

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The United States, and in fact, the rest of the world, especially the fear-driven crisis-mongering media and markets, could learn a few things by slowing down, realizing it takes time to build healthy economies, especially such a new one as the European Union.

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5 Must-See Indie Movies

Leonard Maltin | Posted 11.01.2011

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Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer, and a traditionally fallow period for good movies as studios and distributors dump a lot of crummy movies ...

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Winning Film Hits Close To Home For Director

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 10.26.2011

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The dream, as it is usually imagined and, in rare cases realized, is to leave behind the small town and shine in the bright lights of Hollywood. Turni...

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The Films We Didn't Expect To Love This Year

Posted 09.13.2011

At its halfway point, 2011 has seen a number of blockbusters already -- think "Bridesmaids," "Hangover II," "X-Men" -- but it's also seen a range of m...

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The best films of 2011 - so far

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2011

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So - if the movie year had ended June 30 and we had to choose the best films of 2011 from the releases that hit American screens since Jan. 1, which o...

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Basic Co-Parenting Tips

Diana Mercer | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's hard enough as a married couple to keep lines of good communication open and flowing...

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Negotiating Your Divorce Settlement

Diana Mercer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Negotiating isn't about getting the biggest slice of the pie--it's about learning to make the pie bigger.

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Redefining What It Means To Win

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

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What if our most important endeavors, those that determine the direction of our country, dictate the quality of our relationships and define us as human beings, could be structured in such a way that everybody wins?

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Win Win Review and Filmmaker Interview

Richard Karpala | Posted 06.04.2011

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There's not much glamor found in high school wrestling. And Win Win does a pretty good job of showing it.

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5 Must-See Indie Films

Leonard Maltin | Posted 05.31.2011

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By Leonard Maltin With so much mediocrity on display at the multiplex, it's cause for celebration when terrific new movies from two world-class filmm...

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Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan talk Win Win

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Onscreen in Tom McCarthy's Win Win, they interact like a long-time married couple. In fact, actors Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan barely knew each other ...

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30 Things We Need -- and 30 We Don't

Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you have the feeling, as I do, that in the tsunami of everyday life, we're getting too much of stuff we don't need, and not enough of what we do? Herewith my first set of suggestions about how to redress the imbalance.

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Movie Review: Win Win

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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An editor once defined the word "dilemma" for me as "a choice between two undesirable outcomes." Life is full of dilemmas. So are movies: Without dil...

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Live From Sundance 2011: Day 2

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Film festival programmers rarely create festivals full of films built around a single theme. Yet quite unintentionally, I spent Friday seeing five films that dealt with the idea of abandonment, reunion and reconciliation.

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Live From Sundance 2011: Day 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, the opening day of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, my actual Sundance day began and ended with the opening night screening of Susan Rost...

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Cox and Arquette: Modern Divorce Role Models

Diana Mercer | Posted 05.25.2011

Okay, let me start by saying I know that they are not getting divorced, at least not at the moment, and that they're trying to work things through wit...

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Why Jon and Kate Should Stop the Divorce Drama

Diana Mercer | Posted 05.25.2011

Kate Gosselin recently admitted that two of her kids have anger issues, which she believes stem from her divorce. But she then said "there's no truce necessary" between her and her ex-husband. Really?

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