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The Accountant (2016)

The Accountant (2016)

Ben Affleck is a kind of quirky, deadpan man named Christian Wolff who wears very nice suits. He doesn’t pick up small talk cues, or really look anyone in...

Linda
Life, Animated (2016)

Life, Animated (2016)

When recounting how his vivacious, chatty toddler suddenly changed, father Ron Suskind remembers, “All of a sudden, at 3 years old, Owen vanishes. The doctor says, ‘Let me explain...

Linda
The Odd Way Home

The Odd Way Home

As suggested by its title, The Odd Way Home is not your typical road movie. After fleeing an abusive boyfriend with a bloodied face, several bottles of pills, and...

Linda
Rain Man (1988)

Rain Man (1988)

Alas, where would the world be without Rain Man?  What would we call our friends when they rattled off some obscure fact or showed signs of obsessive rigidity?  What...

Jennifer
Dear John

Dear John

Two very pretty young people meet cute on a gorgeous beach in a charming beach town in the Carolinas. Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) has flaxen hair and huge eyes and...

Linda
Adam (2009)

Adam (2009)

Written and directed by Max Mayer, and minus all the high-concept, big-budget bells and whistles that fill screens this time of year, the film is just a simple love...

Vickie
Snow Cake (2006)

Snow Cake (2006)

Snow Cake must have had my name written all over it, because I circled it in the SIFF guide more than once over the course of the festival, and...

Eric
A Place Nearby (Her i nærheden)

A Place Nearby (Her I Naerheden) (2000)

Nørby plays a single, older mother of Brian, an autistic 20-year-old. One night, Brian comes home late with mud on his shoes, and there is news the next morning...

Linda