Articles by Robert Bell

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  Palo Alto

  Gia Coppola

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2013

  In the opening scene of Gia Coppola's (Francis Ford Coppola's granddaughter) directorial debut, an adaptation of James Franco's short story...

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  Bad Hair

  Mariana Rondón

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2013

  Marta (Samantha Castillo), a single working mother in lower class Venezuela, is struggling to keep things together. Her husband recently w...

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  Cutie and the Boxer

  Zachary Heinzerling

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2013

  Japanese expatriate, Ushio Shinohara, a man with a lifelong dedication to art, was thrust into the spotlight when he arrived in New York Ci...

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  Cinemanovels

  Terry Miles

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  When Cinemanovels opens, Grace (Lauren Lee Smith) is dealing with the loss of her father, an esteemed Quebecois filmmaker that left her and...

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  The Dark Matter of Love

  Sarah McCarthy

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  On January 1, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin had the Kremlin issue new legislation banning the adoption of Russian children by U.S....

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  Night Moves

  Kelly Reichardt

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  With Wendy & Lucy and Meek's Cutoff, minimalist director Kelly Reichardt established herself as a political, albeit contemplative and pract...

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  Enough Said

  Nicole Holofcener

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  Writer/director Nicole Holofcener's style, as deceptively simple as it may be, is that of clever social observation. Her characters are oft...

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  Austenland

  Jerusha Hess

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 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...