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Inside Out 2012: ‘Keep the Lights On’; a powder Blue Valentine

Keep the Lights On Directed by Ira Sachs Written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias USA, 2012 Keep the Lights On tells the story of Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt), a gay Danish documentary filmmaker living in late 90’s New York City. While not filming, Erik likes to patron the city’s phone-sex lines, soliciting no-strings-attached one-night …

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‘Blue Valentine’ Soundtrack: Haunted by Ghosts of the city and the past

The news of indie favourites Grizzly Bear contributing an all-original soundtrack for the intense romantic drama Blue Valentine has been circulating on the internets for quite sometime now. Bated breaths were held, waiting for the new material to surface accompanied closely by the  also no doubt brilliant, yet heartbreakingly beautiful, film featuring Ryan Gosling and …

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Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is a film less about love and more about how fleeting life is, and the film does right in reminding us of this, through the creeping of age, the inevitability of death, the offering of flowers that will surely wither, and love here one moment, then gone. The film shifts back and forth …

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“Blue Valentine”: Breaking up is hard to do

Blue Valentine Directed by Derek Cianfrance Written by Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne Possibly the natural result of having a gestation period longer than some directors’ entire careers, Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine manages to feel tortured but not labored. Written and workshopped over half a decade, and conceived considerably longer ago, Cianfrance’s film …

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Weinstein’s Battle for “Blue Valentine”: Was it just another publicity stunt?

Until last week, the film Blue Valentine still sat under the “Weekly Ratings Bulletin” on the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) website, with a rating of NC-17, and a note that said, “Intends to appeal to the CARA appeals board.” CARA, which stands for Classification and Ratings Administration, is the division of the MPAA …

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2010 Fall Preview: Part 1

Fall is now upon us. With Labor Day upon us, that means it’s time to get the rake out and pass on those trick or treats. Football has replaced Baseball, although with the pennant race in full gear, important baseball is still to be played. I am glad I mentioned the word important because that …

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