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By Sean Burns

"Frances Ha" explores yet another over-entitled underdog

This sounds a lot like "Girls" even before Adam Driver shows up. But "Frances Ha" has a much sunnier disposition than Lena Dunham’s HBO show.

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Posted May. 22, 2013 | Comments: 0

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By Sean Burns

Time is the Enemy in Assayas' Autobiographical "Something in the Air"

It's mostly a film about fading out, about how youthful passions dissolve. But it's saner than Olivier Assayas’ earlier fare.

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Posted May. 15, 2013 | Comments: 0

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By Sean Burns

The Sprawling "Midnight’s Children" Goes in Too Many Directions

Covering some 60-odd years, the movie leaps from one coup to the next revolution in five-minute intervals, accomplishing nothing of particular dramatic merit.

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Posted May. 8, 2013 | Comments: 0

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By Sean Burns

Neil Barsky’s "Koch" Keeps It Light


New York’s iconic mayor gets a 
documentary love letter from a former journalist.


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Posted Apr. 24, 2013 | Comments: 0

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