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‘The Namesake’: A Journey of Self Discovery
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Idol Chatter
Gogol Ganguli. That’s the name Ashoke and Ashima fill out in the forms for their newborn when a letter from their grandmother–that was supposed to inform the Gangulis of their newborn’s name, as per the Bengali tradition of the elders choosing a “good name” for the baby–doesn’t arrive in time. Adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri’s book,…
‘Premonition’: Déjà Vu Or Curse of the Faithless?
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jmcgee
In “Premonition,” creaky stairs, dramatic music, and strange spiritual overtones try to create scares where there are none. This technique proves particularly weary in a church scene that has Sandra Bullock’s Linda Hansen seeking advice from a priest who, huddled in a grey chamber of pews, describes his theory of nightmares brought to life. His…
Beyond Sacrifice in ‘Beyond the Gates’
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Kris Rasmussen
In 1994, there were very few safe havens for the Tutsi people of Rwanda when the violent rebels of the Hutu race began killing hundreds of thousands of Tutsi in a brutal civil war. The Ecole Technique Officielle, a school in the capitol city of Kilgali, was one of those few safe havens. In the…
‘Tortilla Heaven’: A Bite of Christ, Reasonably Priced
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Donna Freitas
Wacky is the only way to describe “Tortilla Heaven,” this wonderful kitschy comedy film that will have a limited release starting March 16th. Isidor and his family own a restaurant called Tortilla Heaven (of course) in a tiny New Mexico town–so small it doesn’t even have a paved road leading up to it. The townspeople…
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