Articles by Robert Bell

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  Crooked Arrows

  Steve Rash

  PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2012

  In some ways, the standard Mighty Ducks underdog story is socially irresponsible and ignorant. It posits that any idiot or screw-up can ove...

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  A Little Bit of Heaven

  Nicole Kassell

  PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2012

  Indirectly, A Little Bit of Heaven (Nicole Kassell's surprisingly generic follow-up to her creepy, calculated debut, The Woodsman) is a shi...

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  Cha Cha For Twins

  Jim Wang & Yi-Chien Yang

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2012

  Far too twee and naive to inspire actual anger, Jim Wang and Yi-Chien Yang's feature film debut, Cha Cha For Twins, is exceedingly novice d...

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  She's Not Crying, She's Singing

  Philippe de Pierpont

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2012

  Without introducing and superfluous elements or even standard subtext, Philippe de Pierpont's single-minded character study, She's Not Cryi...

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  In Pieces (Trente Tableaux)

  Paule Baillargeon

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2012

  Writer, director, actress, feminist, mother and artist, Paule Baillargeon, has been integrated with the Canadian film world for the last fo...

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  Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings

  Tadashi Nakamura

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

  Hawaii-born Jake Shimabukuro, known worldwide for his mastery of the ukulele, was given the instrument at the age of four by his musically...

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  Three Days of the Condor

  Sydney Pollack

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

  Though prescient in its own way, pivoting on a CIA conspiracy to take over Middle Eastern oil fields noting the likely resource shortages o...

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  Dark Horse [Blu-Ray]

  Todd Solondz

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

  Having solidified himself as the caustic voice of anti-American sentiment, cinematically tearing down any notion of the American dream that...