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...Strada,” “8 1/2”), Michelangelo Antonioni (“L’Avventura,” “Blowup”), Ingmar Bergman (“The Seventh Seal”), and Akira Kurosawa (“Rashomon??) in the middle third of the 20th century.But without Janus Films, a distribution company based at the Brattle Theater, these artistes and their masterpieces might not have reached a broader American audience—it’s all relative, after all.At the very least, these movies wouldn?...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MCCOLUMN: Films Worth Mulling Over | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...story of Little Red Riding hood, and opens with the fable we all know: Red (Anne Hathaway) visits her Grandmother’s house, finds a suspiciously hirsute creature and a woodsman instead, and pandemonium ensues. From there, the film is largely composed of four “Rashomon??-esque interviews, facilitated by the Forest Police, in which each character retells his or her version of the tale. Each interview reveals, via some extended flashbacks, a wacky personality twist. For example, Granny (Glenn Close) is an extreme sports freak, as illustrated by a few grainy parodies...

Author: By Hayes H. Davenport, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hoodwinked | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

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