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The next big thing
The actress Portia Doubleday talks about landing her part in the teen romance movie Youth in Revolt.
An unlikely story
The director Andrew Bujalski talks about the Mumblecore movement, his latest film and why he avoids narrative closure
Paranormal Activity
Evoking memories of The Blair Witch Project, this film on a shoestring has its fair of thrills between the dead spots.
Avatar
Review As could only be expected, Avatar's special effects are right on the money. It's the story that doesn't quite measure up.
Naomi Watts: maternal instincts
Naomi Watts holds court on marriage, parenthood and her latest movie, Mother and Child, which is screening at the Dubai International Film Festival.
Fame locked up
Stripped down, Jacques Audiard's award-winning film A Prophet is a pure prison drama.
New day for Daniel
Daniel Day-Lewis has made an unexpected musical departure in Nine - a new film that will open the Dubai International Film Festival tonight.
Where the wild ideas are
The director Spike Jonze says that you have to believe in your subject matter to give your best work.
Where the Wild Things Are
For the first time in his hitherto brilliant career, Jonze shows signs of losing touch with the zeitgeist. The film version of Maurice Sendak's children classic is disappointingly tame.
Autopsy
Hospitals are great locations for horror films when their creators possess a shred of creativity.
This Is It
The posthumous Michael Jackson tribute treads too carefully around the late singer to be interesting.
About Elly
About Elly gracefully and touchingly morfs from a light comedy to a complex and tense drama.
It's all in the mind
"I can only play a scene as if it's real. If it's funny, it's funny, and if it's not, it's not.
Capitalism: A Love Story
Capitalism: A Love Story contains the usual Michael Moore shtick but is nonetheless a fun ride
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Despite a weak ending, MEIFF's closing night film is funny and watchable.
