Articles by Robert Bell

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  A Young Patriot

  Haibin Du

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2015

  In the documentary A Young Patriot, director Haibin Du's perspective on Mao's legacy and the Communist Party of China is crystal clear. Tho...

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  Dégradé

  Tarzan and Arab Nasser

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2015

  At the end of Tarzan and Arab Nasser's politically fuelled conversation drama, Dégradé, a title card reveals that the brothers, both first-...

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  Room

  Lenny Abrahamson

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2015

  Please note that only capsule reviews are authorized for this title until its theatrical release. Much of the buzz about Lenny Abrahamson'...

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  Spotlight

  Thomas McCarthy

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2015

  In June 2001, Cardinal Bernard Law, the archbishop of Boston at the time, filed a response to allegations filed against Father John Geoghan...

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  Dressed to Kill

  Brian De Palma

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2015

  It's difficult to discuss Brian De Palma's divisive and controversial 1980 psychological erotic thriller Dressed to Kill without acknowledg...

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  Shocker: Collector's Edition

  Wes Craven

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2015

  Wes Craven's Shocker is one of the horror master's lesser-known and less successful experiments in genre filmmaking. Released in 1989, not...

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  Z for Zachariah

  Craig Zobel

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2015

  If Z for Zachariah and Compliance are any indication, director Craig Zobel is very interested in exploring the human condition. He's curiou...

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  The Second Mother

  Anna Muylaert

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2015

  When Anna Muylaert's wholly engaging class system drama, The Second Mother, starts, Val (Regina Casé), the live-in housekeeper for an afflu...