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Cinema News & Reviews

Cinema News and Reviews

Talk Cinema brings you festival news, exclusive interviews and reviews from our founder, Harlan Jacobson.

Harlan's Reports

Harlan's Podcasts from 2007

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Two films by Mexican directors, and a film fest in the desert.
January 5, 2007

Chasing after a wascally wabbit
January 12, 2007

Live from the Sundance Film Festival
January 19, 2007

Live from Sundance, part deux.
January 26, 2007

Ralph Nader reconsidered, and a classic western.
February 2, 2007

A look back at East Germany.
February 9, 2007

Two French-language films worth checking out.
February 16, 2007

Who gets the little golden man?
February 23, 2007

A serial killer strikes in San Francisco.
March 2, 2007

300 scantily clad men & A mutant tadpole?!
March 9, 2007

Irish revolutionaries for St. Patrick's Day
March 16, 2007

Two films about women living on the edge.
March 23, 2007

Ferrell on skates, and a Danish wedding.
March 30, 2007

A "hoax" and a fake double-feature.
April 6, 2007

A good one and a bad one,
April 13, 2007

Two small films to see this weekend
April 27, 2007

Two blockbusters... that aren't really worth your time.
May 4, 2007

A would-be suicide bomber or a charming Irish street busker: you decide!
May 11, 2007

Harlan calls in from France!
May 18, 2007

Cannes Report, part deux.
May 25, 2007

Two unlikely (and winning) love stories.
June 1, 2007

Another drop in the Ocean.
June 8, 2007

Harlan Jacobson and the Case of the Tedious Remake
June 15, 2007

A mighty movie?
June 22, 2007

A sicko, and a mad doctor.
June 29, 2007

John McClayne is back...and there are rats in the kitchen!
July 06, 2007

Harry Potter and the -- wait, which one are we on? Is this number five?
July 13, 2007

Running around the jungle with Werner Herzog.
July 20, 2007

We're going to Springfield!
July 27, 2007

Harlan goes to Locarno... and finds Jason Bourne there!
August 3, 2007

Harlan checks in from the conclusion of the Locarno Film Festival.
August 10, 2007

Harlan reviews Death at a Funeral & Delirious
August 17, 2007

Harlan checks in from Montreal.
August 24, 2007

Harlan's taking the day off! Kind of...
August 31, 2007

Harlan reports in from the Great White North, despite their faulty phone lines...
September 7, 2007

Checking in from Toronto, plus two to consider seeing this weekend.
September 14, 2007

Harlan Jacobson goes Into the Wild.
September 21, 2007

Harlan travels on the Darjeeling Limited, with stops in New York and Iceland.
September 29, 2007

Harlan gets into the finger paints, and shows us around the New York Film Festival.
October 5 2007

Gone Harlan Gone
October 19, 2007

Harlan Jacobson, Jonathan Demme, and... Jimmy Carter?
October 26, 2007

Harlan review two movies from respected directors.
November 2, 2007

The Coen brothers meet Cormac McCarthy in the desert.
November 9, 2007

Harlan goes to 19th century Colombia.
November 16, 2007

Harlan's Not There -- but wait, he is!
November 23, 2007

Harlan communicates by flickering one eyelid.
November 30, 2007

Harlan's got an indie-movie pick for this weekend, as an antidote to all the holiday craziness.
December 7, 2007

Harlan goes to Afghanistan and back... to fly a kite.
December 14, 2007

Ho ho ho! It's a glut of holiday movie releases!
December 21, 2007

Another year-end "best-of" list. But this one is better! Really!
December 28, 2007

What We Watch

GasLand
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3.4
Reviewed by Gustaviuss
"The good news in Gasland is that energy companies do not discriminate. If you thought natural ..."
Sweet Crude
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4.6
Reviewed by Gustaviuss
"The Niger Delta is among the most polluted places on earth, says UC Berkeley geography professor ..."
Crude
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4.0
Reviewed by Gustaviuss
"Chevron reappears as the villain in Joe Berlinger's compelling documentary following the progres..."
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