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Each United States war has produced its own kind of war movie. World War II films generally celebrate the virtues of heroic sacrifice; the Cold War warned against the soul-vampirism of functional Communism; Vietnam showed us the futility of imperialism and the fragility of the human psyche. What most of these had in common is […]

The Beaches of Agnes”Friday-Saturday, Jan 15-16Oklahoma City Museum of Art415 Couch Drive 236-3100 A whimsical, self-guided journey back through the peaks and valleys of her life, “The Beaches of Agnès” is an autobiographical documentary that serves as a playful highlight reel for French film director Agnès Varda (“Vagabond”). Quirky without being pretentious or preening, “Beaches” […]

“35 Shots of Rum,”Thursday-Sunday, Jan 14-17 Oklahoma City Museum of Art415 Couch Drive236-3100 In “35 Shots of Rum,” Joséphine and her father, Lionel, seem to need little more than each other. Employed by the metro train system, Lionel (Alex Descas), a widowed African immigrant, is able to afford a humble-but-cozy apartment in a housing project […]

“Good Hair” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. 236-3100, www.okcmoa.com/film Examining racial differences on film typically results in documentaries that raise and debate issues and motivations, often with a politically pointed finger. But comedian Chris Rock has taken a different angle. An […]

Iraq War thriller “The Hurt Locker” was named the Best Movie of 2009 by the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Kathryn Bigelow was also named Best Director for her role in steering the war drama, which follows an elite team of bomb-disarming soldiers. George Clooney was picked as Best Actor for his “Up in the Air” […]

The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle announced its fourth annual list of awards for achievement in film Dec. 22. OFCC members are Oklahoma-based movie critics who write for print and online outlets that publish or post reviews of current film releases. Among the media outlets represented are The Oklahoman, The Tulsa World, Oklahoma Gazette, Edmond Life […]

Francis Ford Coppola is an odd duck. Insofar as he has the same type of name recognition and public persona as Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg and many other directors of his generation, one tends to think of him as being the same type of auteur. But while Coppola is responsible for landmark films […]

Fall is critical to high fashion, and for the editors of Vogue, the season starts about the time its youngest readers make plans for spring break. “The September Issue” is a documentary that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the frenzy around the magazine’s flagship imprint, which serves to inform, entertain and shape fashion for readers, […]

High art is both lampooned and championed in writer/director Jonathan Parker’s knowing satire “(Untitled).” Adam Goldberg (TV’s “The Unusuals”) is well-cast as the movie’s brooding musician Adrian, a “sound artist” whose sparsely attended cacophonous concerts drive even his otherwise supportive parents to the exit doors. To make matters worse, his brother, Josh (Eion Bailey, “Mindhunters”), […]

High art is both lampooned and championed in writer/director Jonathan Parker’s knowing satire “(Untitled).” Adam Goldberg (TV’s “The Unusuals”) is well-cast as the movie’s brooding musician Adrian, a “sound artist” whose sparsely attended cacophonous concerts drive even his otherwise supportive parents to the exit doors. To make matters worse, his brother, Josh (Eion Bailey, “Mindhunters”), […]