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'Romance & Cigarettes' sings up a storm in Queens

It's hard to imagine such an effusive movie having to go unwatched for two years as its director finagled distribution.

You picture a film reel in a dark, dank room, impatiently knocking around like a canister filled with Mexican jumping beans.

This raucous musical from John Turturro teems with song, dance, profanity and bawdy sex, all in good fun. James Gandolfini plays Nick Murder,...

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