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'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,' 'Mongol' and more
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Paramount, $34.99/$39.99; Blu-Ray, $39.99 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' fourth trip to the world of everyone's favorite swashbuckling archaeologist took so long to arrive that its silly plot...Tags: Harrison Ford, George Lucas, The Edge of Heaven, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount
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TriBeCa Film festival's delicate balancing act
Special to NewsdayThe most poignant movie experience of the TriBeCa Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, may turn out to be an 89-minute documentary about a trapeze artist, made up largely of black-and-white still photographs, and set in - and above - a Manhattan of 34...Tags: Photography, Music Theater, Robert De Niro, David Mamet, John Anderson
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'Standard Operating Procedure'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comThere's a reason that Errol Morris, after 30 years of filmmaking, isn't a celebrity or "brand" like Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock. He doesn't mug for his own camera or force an agenda. Instead, he tells others' stories, nailing down facts while...Tags: Movies, Manhattan (New York City), Michael Moore, Morgan Spurlock
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Errol Morris directs 'Standard Operating Procedure'
Special to NewsdayThe list of those he has interviewed reads like roll call on the Island of Misfit Toys. Serial killers, pet cemetery workers, an electric chair repairman (who just happens to be a Holocaust denier), cosmologist Stephen Hawking, Vietnam War architect...Tags: Meryl Streep, Manhattan (New York City), Wars and Interventions, Texas, Theater
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HBO's summer of documentaries
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSHEILA NEVINS vividly recalls her first reaction to “ Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,”Marina Zenovich’s new documentary about the controversial Oscar-winning filmmaker that premiered on HBO Monday night. Fifteen minutes into the...Tags: Roman Polanski, Clive James, Newspapers, Awards and Prizes, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'Standard Operating Procedure' is an intense look at Abu Ghraib
Sun movie critic(A-) Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris' documentary about the crimes against humanity at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003, catalyzes unexpected and often harrowing blends of outrage, sympathy and sorrow. What it doesn't provoke are stock responses of...Tags: Photography, Abusive Behavior, Prosecution, Defense, Movies
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'Standard Operating Procedure' by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris
Standard Operating Procedure
Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris
The Penguin Press: 288 pp., $25.95
Late in the summer of 2003, former senior administrators of American correctional institutions were busy refurbishing the cellblocks at Abu Ghraib....Tags: Photography, Wars and Interventions, History, Abusive Behavior, Prisoners and Detainees
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'Standard Operating Procedure' Torturous Viewing
LOS ANGELES TIMES"Standard Operating Procedure" is not the first documentary on Iraq. It's not the first film on America's embrace of torture as a weapon of choice. It's not even the first picture to focus on the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. But it is the first time Errol...Tags: Movies, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Standards, Abusive Behavior, Film Festivals
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Standard Operating Procedure: The truth behind Abu Ghraib
amNewYork Movie Critic3.5 stars In "Standard Operating Procedure," Errol Morris takes on Abu Ghraib, exhaustively tracing the short but loaded history of the infamous torture photos: When they were taken and by whom, which ones were ultimately classified as criminal acts and...Tags: Standards, Abusive Behavior, Danny Elfman
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Summer movie preview
amNewYork Movie CriticWith April just days away, it's time to take a look at the must-see movies that will be rolling out in theaters this summer. Here's a peek at the blockbusters, comedies and indie films worth marking on your calendar, from the superhero action flicks to...Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, Music Theater, David Mamet, Tim Roth, Public Employees
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'Fish Kill Flea' unfunny, un-revealing
Sentinel Movie CriticIn some parts of the country, flea markets are a novelty, the eccentric folks from the lower rungs of society who sell or shop their objects of fun. That might explain the heady endorsements and comparisons to deadpan documentarian Errol Morris (Gates...Tags: Florida, Movies, Wildlife, Natural Resources, Roger Moore
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'Manda Bala'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEdgy and provocative but with a weakness for sensationalistic footage, "Manda Bala" (Send a Bullet) is a series of snapshots of Brazil that focuses on perceived connections between the country's violence, poverty and political corruption. When a...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Corrupt Practices, Kidnapping, Corruption, Cinema Industry
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