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So far Mahnaz Dar has created 31 blog entries.

These Birds Walk

Directed by Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq
Produced by Mullick, Tariq, Valentina Canavesio & Sonejuhi Sinha
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pakistan/USA. 72 min. Not rated
Any documentary that takes a look at an impoverished Third World nation runs the risk of inducing guilt or appearing like a grim “Save the Children” ad, but These Birds Walk is infused with […]

By |October 31st, 2013|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

Directed by George Tillman Jr.
Produced by Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Mr. Tillman & Robert Teitel
Written by Michael Starrbury
Released by Codeblack Films/Lionsgate.
USA. 108 min. Rated R
With Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Anthony Mackie & Jennifer Hudson
It’s clear from the opening scenes that Mister (Skylan Brooks) is the kind of kid most […]

By |October 10th, 2013|Crime, Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

Don Jon

Written & Directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Produced by Ram Bergman
Released by Relativity
USA. 90 min. Rated R
With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Rob Brown, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson & Jeremy Luke

If MTV’s The Jersey Shore was remade into a feature-length film and given a darkly humorous treatment, you’d have Don Jon. In the role […]

By |September 29th, 2013|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

Haute Cuisine

Directed by Christian Vincent
Produced by Étiene Comar & Philipe Rousselet
Written by Comar & Vincent, freely inspired by the life of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch
Released by the Weinstein Company
French with English subtitles.
France. 95 min. Rated PG-13
With Catherine Frot, Jean d’Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot, Arthur Dupont & Jean-Marc Roulot
When Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot) is whisked away from her country farm […]

By |September 19th, 2013|French, Top Picks|0 Comments