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Margot at the Wedding, Noah Baumbach's latest flick, is a pageant of dysfunctional relationships, the chief of which involves two sisters, Margot (Nicole Kidman) and Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) whose reunion on the eve of Pauline's wedding proves disastrous. The plot unravels in a tangle of mannered hysteria -- nearly every character spends some time kicking and screaming -- and Baumbach makes little concession to his audience. He doesn't give us any reason to care... more ›

This year attendance numbers were drastically down in movie theaters. That was the mantra being blasted at anyone who'd listen. When asked what was causing this, industry experts presented cases such as movie piracy, home movie theaters gaining in popularity, and if pressed enough, the waning quality of movies in general. If you looked hard enough or sampled enough of the releases, however, you would have seen a good number of entertaining and challenging films.... more ›