Articles by Robert Bell

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  Austenland

  Jerusha Hess

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2013

  While difficult to tell, seeing as sophomore director Jerusha Hess's vision doesn't appear to have any sort of planning or trajectory, it s...

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  This is Martin Bonner

  Chad Hartigan

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2013

  Coming from the school of mumblecore, Chad Hartigan's sophomore effort, This is Martin Bonner, marks a sharp stylistic departure, having a...

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  Virtually Heroes

  G.J. Echternkamp

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2013

  With films like Hobo with a Shotgun and V/H/S validating the nostalgic, antiquated fantasy ethos of a generation of emotionally limited you...

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  Pandora's Promise

  Robert Stone

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2013

  In detailing the many ways in which nuclear energy is the cleanest, most pragmatic, source of power on the planet, noting the forecasted in...

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  Mud

  Jeff Nichols

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2013

  "A lot of junk comes down the river. Some of it can be worth of a lot of money after you clean it up, but a lot of it is just junk. You nee...

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  Soldate Jeannette

  Daniel Hoesl

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2013

  Though very little action or conflict occurs on screen, Daniel Hoesl's modern pseudo-feminist character play, Soldate Jeannette, is infused...

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  On the Road

  Walter Salles

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2013

  Into every generation, the affected children of the middle-class are born, each eschewing perceived notions of the mainstream in favour of...

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  Mekong Hotel

  Apichatpong Weerasethakul

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2013

  In reworking his planned 2002 feature, Ecstasy Garden , injecting rehearsal scenes, documentary footage and other thematically appropriate...