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This week at the Tribeca Film Festival, I attended the premiere of Canadian filmmaker Joe Balass’ short film, “Baghdad Twist.” The movie tells the story of Balass’ family, Iraqi Jews who were forced to leave the country after the revolution in 1967. The film, described as a “visual memoir,” combines family photographs, a super 8…

Watch a clip from the new movie “Iron Man,” which hits theaters Friday, May 2. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as the famous super hero, as well as Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow. embedVideo(1529427205);

How does a journalist become a part of a story that he is covering? I first met filmmaker Nina Paley in 2005 when she and some of her friends were hosting an animation party on the roof top of her Brooklyn apartment building. Paley had a short film that was a feminist take on the…

I’ve watched J.J. Abrams’s “Lost” from the very beginning just as faithfully as other devotees. But I have to call it like I see it: the show has deteriorated into a mess of too many plotlines, too many time zones, and too many wrong turns. It’s lost its compass, so to speak. One thing that…
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