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“Robert Greenwald has become one of the most incisive activist filmmakers in America….WAL-MART is an investigative outcry driven by stringent reporting rather than attitude.” — Entertainment Weekly | 11/11/2005 | p.51

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price - Available on DVD

“…This time the Farrellys….have it figured out….[Dillon is] magnificently venal….[Diaz has a] blithe,easy charm…” — Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly

There’s Something about Mary DVD

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“Shot almost entirely in natural light with a moving camera, the film is at once lively and meditative….It mixes carefully researched ethnographic detail with wildly romantic imagining.” — Sight and Sound

The New World on DVD

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Street Fight © 2006 Genius Productions, Inc.
Street date: 1/9/07

Synopsis: Director Michael Curry takes a look at the 2002 Mayoral race in Newark, New Jersey, in this documentary. With the incumbent, Sharpe James, resorting to dirty tricks to prevent his challenger, Cory Booker, from getting voted in, the police assaulting Curry, and threats being made to anyone who votes against James, STREET FIGHT makes for compulsive and eye-opening viewing.

There’s a great thred discussion going on in the Time Goes By blog involving our list of films on the topic of aging and elder lead characters. Visit Time Goes By.

Ikiru © Criterion Collection

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“Good zombie fun, the remake of George A. Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD is the best proof in ages that cannibalizing old material sometimes works fiendishly well.” — Los Angeles Times

Dawn of the Dead

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A few good movies to watch for on cable:

1. Cronicas - An acclaimed suspense thriller from 2005 is playing on HBO’s Latino channel throughout November. See the schedule.

2. Norma Rae - Playing this week on Cinemax. Featuring Sally Field. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Jordan, who had been blacklisted by every textile union in the South for her fight against the conditions at those mills. However, with the success of NORMA RAE, Jordan began a new career as a spokeswoman for a textile workers union. See the schedule.

3. The Barbarian Invasions - Winner of Best Foreign Language Film in the 2004 Academy Awards®. This highly accesible character study from Canada won its lead actress Marie-Josée Croze a Best Actress award and its Screenplay writer Denys Arcand (also the film’s director) a Best Screenplay award at Cannes in 2003. Playing on IFC Channel Wednesday, October 25 at 11:00 AM and at 6:20 PM.

4. Noi - A beautiful movie from Iceland. Playing on the Sundance Channel Wednesday, October 25 at 1:45 PM.

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