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2010 Stories by Vadim Rizov

• Sex, Death and Pragmatism

  published October 28, 2010

  "It's number seven. The angel caressing the blonde." On the phone with his publicist, selecting stills from his new... More >>

• Pictures at a Revolution

  published October 21, 2010

  Preparing for a weeklong run of Olivier Assayas' Carlos — both in its full 319-minute glory and, for the... More >>

• Screwball Triple

  published October 14, 2010

  The New Beverly's triple feature of classic screwball comedies presents a chance to consider two different approaches to comic rage. Monkey... More >>

• Movie Review: ALPHA AND OMEGA

  published September 16, 2010

  ALPHA AND OMEGA Someday they'll make an animated movie in which carnivorous animals actually kill and eat their prey; until... More >>

• Movie Review: Resident Evil

  published September 16, 2010

  RESIDENT EVIL Afterlife 3D Having directed the first Resident Evil movie and written every installment since, crap... More >>

• Movie Review: Takers

  published September 2, 2010

  GO TAKERS "Come drink with me from the goblet of destruction," quotes T.I.'s bank robber (from Genghis Khan!)... More >>

• Get Out of the Car: Dystopia by the Dashboard Light

  published August 19, 2010

  Toward the end of Los Angeles Plays Itself — Thom Andersen's magisterial index of the city as captured,... More >>