Rebecca Alvin
I am an independent filmmaker and writer. I write, direct, produce and edit documentaries and I also write for numerous publications, including Cineaste, Journal of Film and Video, and Provincetown Magazine. I am from NewYork, but now live on Cape Cod.
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'Up in the Air', a Funny, Thought-provoking Look at Corporate, Computerized LifeIn Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air," the plight of human interaction in the computer age and the spiritually dead corporate world are the focus. George Clooney stars as a man who must re-evaluate his life as automation threatens his livelihood. -
The Parrots Among Us: A Review of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph HillWhen you think of exotic parrots, it's unlikely that a major urban center like New York, London or San Francisco comes to mind. And yet, over the past 10 years or so, flocks have flourished in these and many other cities across the U.S. and Europe.
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Documentary Review: Alex Gibney's Enron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomAfter watching Alex Gibney's new documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, one feels the distinct urge to shower. But the grime of white-collar greed, shocking government complicity, and the inherent flaws in our economic system can't be washed.
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Journalist David Corn Tells it Like it IsDavid Corn says he's "more a journalist than I am an idealogue," but separating the two is not somethng he's likely to do as the liberal token on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor."
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Robert Reich Talks About His Play Public ExposureYou might think that when the former U.S. Secretary of Labor writes a play about politics, it's going to be a heavy-handed diatribe against the Radical Right. Not so, according to Robert Reich.
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Russian Artist Vitaly Komar on the Nature of ArtAn interview with Russian artist Vitaly Komar, co-founder of the Sots Art movement, who has continually explored the question - 'What is art?'
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Ballets Russes:Straightforward Documentary Features Colorful CharactersBallets Russes is not a great work of art itself, but it does document some talented men and women of all different backgrounds who came together for a few decades of ballet .
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Garcon Stupide:Genuine Performances Heat Up Swiss Character StudyThe new Swiss film Gar�on Stupide is about overindulgence in the meaningless things in life, while denying oneself everything important and human about us.
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Startling Performances Make My Summer of Love Worth Its WaitPawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love is not a perfect film. It starts off sluggish and the pacing is uneven, but the acting is exceptional.
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Everything is Illuminated: Memory and Regret IlluminatedEverything is Illuminated is a rather conventional film in quirky clothing. It has its charm, but the one thing that needs to be illuminated - the main characters - happens too late.
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Separate Lies: Thought-provoking Adaptation Lacks EmotionSeparate Lies is a complex, thought-provoking piece, but only on an abstract, intellectual level. It isn't really entertaining in the sense of being able to escape into a film and live vicariously through the characters.
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Rodrigo Garcia's Nine Lives Is a Drama in the Most Extreme SenseRodrigo Garcia's Nine Lives is a drama in the most extreme sense. There are no moments of lightness to permeate the darkness of this patchwork quilt of feminine misery and despair.
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Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont undoubtedly invites comparisons to the daring Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby in 1971. But while both films center on the relationship between a young man and an elderly woman, that's where their similarities end.
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Documentary Style Enhances Good Night and Good LuckAfter attending the screening with me for George Clooney's new film Good Night and Good Luck, my mother-in-law asked "do you consider that a documentary?" Her question brought to light some interesting qualities of Clooney's film.
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The Two Lives of Truman CapoteBennett Miller's Capote shows us the dual life of Truman Capote during the time when he was writing In Cold Blood, between 1959 and 1965.
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Interview With Mary Harron, Filmmaker on the EdgeI caught up with filmmaker Mary Harron ("American Psycho", "I Shot Andy Warhol") at this year's Provincetown International Film Festival. She shares her thoughts on the subject of her upcoming biopic "The Notorious Bettie Page" (opening this spring).
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Grizzly Man Best Documentary of the Year!Grizzly Man is ostensibly a documentary about a wildlife activist who literally lived among grizzly bears in Alaska for 13 summers before being killed by one in 2003. But in Director Werner Herzog's hands, the film's subject is more than that. -
A Cinematic Take on Austen's Pride and PrejudiceJoe Wright's 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, is an excellent version of this story, incorporating truly cinematic storytelling techniques and expanding on Austen's critiques.